Custom Registry Solutions
A Solid Foundation
Digital Innovation, Inc.'s (DI) strong software engineering background, places it in a unique position as a registry vendor, in
that DI is capable of developing both applications and tools. The vast majority of solution providers and vendors only have application development
skills, not engineering skills, and therefore they cannot develop tools. The ability to develop and extend tools provides numerous benefits for DI in
the areas of functionality, ease-of-use, and maintainability. As a result, DI's solutions have stood the test of time - across numerous data set
revisions and platform changes, while preserving client investments in historical data, application development, and system configuration.
Versatile, Cutting Edge Solutions
Whether the need is Internet-based technologies, data validation, or unique coding systems, DI engineers can readily adapt to a
variety of systems to satisfy specific client requirements. Capabilities are used to develop numerous interfaces between our products and other
information systems and to extend the functionality of our products.
Customized Software
Our customization experience provides DI with unique perspectives and a knowledge bank for assisting our clients in their system
planning and data set definition phases - phases which are critical to the ease of data entry, reporting, and overall system success. DI and
Collector are unique in their ability to implement a proven trauma registry system to such an extent.
DI has customized over 50 Collector Hospital Trauma Registry and EMS systems throughout the United States, Canada, and
internationally - and actively supports these users and systems with high-quality technical support services, software maintenance, and updates. This
experience provides DI with unique perspectives and a knowledge bank for assisting our clients in their system planning and data set definition
phases - phases that are critical to system success.
Database Management Products
DI offers customizable database management products with extensive facilities for entering, validating, managing, transferring,
and analyzing data.
- Collector for Windows Database Management System (User and Central-Site)
- Case Management Solutions
- DI Continuum of Care Server
- DI Match Review System
Using these products, Digital Innovation has developed numerous medical database applications, including both user and
central-site components. For example, we have also developed central-site components for medical database applications in trauma, EMS, cancer,
pharmaceutical, and other areas. Central-site applications include Logger, Match Review, Linking, Coding, Web Reports Distribution, and other data
management and interface functions.
Digital Innovation has also developed a product line for automating case management functions. It is currently being deployed
with great success in the tribunal and chancery markets. The application involves sophisticated linking approaches - which will provide additional
innovations to our trauma registry application line and address areas such as detailed tracking, workflow management, and cross-referencing between
providers, facilities, and numerous other components in the continuum of care.
NRCPR: DI was selected to develop both the user and central-site software for the AHA's National Registry of
CardioPulmonary Resuscitation (NRCPR). A number of additional central-site modules were also included for managing users, automating report
preparation via the secure NRCPR Internet web site, and publishing electronic distribution of comparative and ad hoc reports. Tri-Analytics, Inc., a
division of DI, (TAI) provides the data management services for NRCPR.
Pennsylvania Trauma Systems Foundation (PTSF)
PTSF: For more than a decade, DI has provided the statewide trauma registry products for both the PTSF's central
statewide database and for individual trauma centers throughout the state. The Pennsylvania Collector Trauma Registry solution includes central-site
and user software, as well as a Site Survey system to assist PTSF in its accreditation process. To meet the increasing needs of the PTSF, DI has
recently expanded its products and services to including an outcomes measurement/ performance improvement system to interface with Collector.
DI also provides a number of training, development and support services for PTSF.
The Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health
NSCOT: DI developed the data collection and reporting software for the National Study for Cost and Outcomes in Trauma
(NSCOT), a nationwide research study which focuses on evaluating the cost and effectiveness of trauma care of both trauma and non-trauma centers
nationwide. DI also provides software maintenance and technical support services to the study's regional coordinators and central data center.
For the study, a sampling group of 10,000 patients was called upon to participate in a two-part survey to gather information regarding the hospital
care and treatment injured patients, as well as areas of their lives that may have changed after being injured. NSCOT was sponsored by a grant
through the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the study was conducted through
the collaborative efforts of the Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health, Center for Injury Research and Policy, and the University of
Washington School of Medicine.
