DESIGN OF RCSS - RESOURCE COORDINATION SYSTEMS FOR SURGICAL SERVICES USING DISTRIBUTED COMMUNICATIONS

The plans for Resource Coordination for Surgical Services system (RCSS ) incorporate a distributed objectbase with a coordinating server. Use r-centered information screens are customized for each geographic loca tion in surgical services. User interfaces are designed to mimic paper Lists and worksheets used by health care providers. Patient-specific and site-specific data will be entered and maintained by providers at each geographic location, but also rebroadcast and displayed for all p roviders. Although RCSS is primarily a communications system, it will also support review of surgical utilization and operative scheduling.