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Design of RCSS

Resource Coordination Systems For Surgical Services Using Distributed Communications

Affiliations of the authors: Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care (DPS); AIM Laboratory, Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA (LGV, JHM).

Correspondence and reprints: Luis G. Vargas, PhD, AIM Laboratory, Katz Graduate School of Business, University of Pittsburgh, 314 Mervis Hall, Pittsburgh, PA 15260.

Abstract The plans for Resource Coordination for Surgical Services system (RCSS) incorporate a distributed objectbase with a coordinating server. User-centered information screens are customized for each geographic location 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 providers. Although RCSS is primarily a communications system, it will also support review of surgical utilization and operative scheduling.

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