Once complete, all CRIS functions will be tightly integrated and revolve around two cores—the Clinical Data Repository, hub of all patient- and operational-related interactions, and the Clinical Data Warehouse, home to historical data that can be accessed and analyzed in groups.

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All CRIS functions will be tightly integrated and revolve around two cores—the Clinical Data Repository (CDR), hub of all patient- and operational-related interactions, and the Clinical Data Warehouse (CDW), home to historical data that can be accessed and analyzed in groups. The repository feeds the warehouse; the warehouse feeds the institute research systems.

The first ring around the CDR: documentation, alerts, orders, scheduling, medications, and master index. The outer ring: nutrition, pharmacy, surgery, critical care, protocol services, consent management, document management, home monitoring, credentialing, medical records, customer service, PACS/RIS, and other clinical systems.

Surrounding the CDW are decision support, terminology and coding, and resource utilization.