Information Lifecycle Management Research Articles

Digitalization Of Document Management System In Medical Organizations: Theoretical Aspect

Introduction. Modern medical organizations, multifunctional medical centers, public and private medical institutions actively use digital technologies such as document management systems to optimize internal business processes and increase the efficiency. Proper document management and easy access improve the workflow. Thus, integration and development of advanced digital products allow medical organizations to ensure efficient time management which, in turn, reduces costs and saves time.
 The purpose of the study was to present theoretical aspects of digitalization of document management system in medical organizations as a modern organizational and managerial process that ensures the effectiveness of healthcare development. 
 Materials and methods. Content analysis of scientific literature on the development and implementation of document management systems, transfer of documents to electronic version, introduction of digital technologies upon the specifics of medical organizations was used.
 Results. The study showed that document management systems currently run up document-based information lifecycle management. Their active implementation began in the 2000s, and it is expected that the market volume of document management systems will grow from 6.57 billion US dollars in 2023 to 12.94 billion US dollars by 2028, on average by 14.50% during the forecast period (2023-2028). Significant amounts of health data are collected manually using various internal IT-systems and numerous collections of documents, databases and forms. The introduction of document management systems allows healthcare actors to create electronic patient records, thereby minimizing the risk of documentation loss and increasing security. It is assumed that in the near future all the system will be based on digital solutions aimed at solving routine tasks such as document management, storage and use. These trends provide solutions to the problems that medical organizations may face and ensure effective strategies based on the digitalization of document management systems.

Continuing Professional Development for Lis Professionals in University Libraries of Punjab

A study was conducted to assess the competencies, needs, and trends in continuing professional development for Library and Information Science (LIS) professionals in university libraries in Punjab, Pakistan. The study covered both public and private sector universities and included sub-campuses. Data was gathered through convenience sampling using questionnaires distributed through various methods. The findings revealed that LIS professionals were well-versed in certain aspects of their field, such as library advocacy, ethics, and collection management. However, they exhibited a moderate level of familiarity with other areas, including the lifecycle of information, cataloging standards, and organizational principles. The study identified areas where LIS professionals required further training, including communication skills, knowledge of library history, problem-solving techniques, awareness of social and cultural policies, legal frameworks, and various aspects of information lifecycle management. Additionally, the study identified several barriers to continuing professional development, such as a lack of interest, limited resources, a shortage of experts, inadequate infrastructure, time constraints, unsupportive work environments, and a scarcity of training opportunities in the country. In summary, the study highlighted the need for targeted professional development opportunities for LIS professionals in Punjab, Pakistan, while recognizing the challenges they face in accessing such opportunities.

The integration of BIM in the application of green building materials in construction projects

In recent years, with the growing call for sustainable development, green building materials, which are of great meaning for reducing resource and environmental impacts, have attracted more and more attention. However, in China, a country with frequent construction activities and high resource consumption, the application of green building materials in construction projects still faces challenges. Building Information Modelling (BIM) as an emerging technology in the construction industry can increase the adoption rate of green building materials in construction projects. The aim of this study is to identify the barriers encountered in the application of green building materials in Chinese construction projects, and to propose corresponding improvement measures by integrating BIM in the decision making. This study adapted a qualitative research method, using semi-structured interviews as a research tool. A total of 6 respondents (including project managers, architects, engineers, and researchers) from Chinese construction companies and research institutions collected interview data, and used Nvivo software to analyze and summarize. The results of this study show that although the application of green building materials in construction projects in China still faces challenges, including market acceptance and supply chain issues, cost and economic feasibility issues, and lack of relevant technology and knowledge. In addition, the study found that BIM technology made a great contribution in promoting the application of green building materials. Through BIM technology, the whole life cycle information management such as material selection, engineering simulation and performance evaluation of construction projects can be carried out, so as to improve the application of green building materials. By exploring the obstacles to the application of green building materials in China’s construction projects and combining with the promotion of BIM technology, this study puts forward a series of specific suggestions and solutions to foster the application of green building materials. This research has made certain theoretical and practical contributions to foster the application of green building materials for the sustainable development of China's construction industry.

Information Life Cycle Management and Organizational Excellence of Telecommunication Firms Rivers State, Nigeria

This study examined the relationship between information lifecycle management and organizational excellence of telecommunication firms in Port Harcourt. A sample size of one hundred (100) employees of the four telecommunication giant were selected from the population using random sampling procedure. Information life cycle management was measured by tasking, data sourcing and data transformation while organizational excellence was proxied by customer focus, innovation and commitment data were sourced through questionnaire administered to the employees of the telecommunication firms. The study adopted the quantitative method of data analysis which means that the gathered data from the retrieved research questionnaire was analyzed statistically and in three phases’ namely descriptive analysis, univariate analysis and bivariate analysis. The study found positive and significant relationship between inflation life cycle management dimensions and measures of organizational excellence. It is, therefore, recommended that management attention need should be directed to information management life cycle and system integration.

A Semi-Explicit Practical Coding Method for Prefabricated Building Component Parts in China

In the context of building industrialization, the dissemination and transmission of information related to prefabricated building component parts are of paramount importance throughout the building’s life cycle and the entire industry chain, necessitating high standards of information integration. At present, the development of information coding for prefabricated building component parts in China is hindered by various challenges, such as the lack of uniform norms and standards across different regions, as well as significant differences in the composition and character length of coded information categories. Through reviewing academic papers and society, group, and local standards related to the coding of prefabricated building component parts, this article identifies the importance of component part coding information categories. Considering the readability of codes, a practical coding system is adopted for the coding design, proposing a semi-implicit practical coding method for prefabricated building component parts. This method has strong flexibility and wide applicability. Additionally, a common coding system for component parts is devised to address the issue of missing information caused by the limited characters of component parts codes. This system enables comprehensive life cycle information management of component parts of prefabricated buildings and promotes the application of prefabricated buildings in China.

A Comprehensive Security Architecture for Information Management throughout the Lifecycle of IoT Products

The Internet of things (IoT) is expected to have an impact on business and the world at large in a way comparable to the Internet itself. An IoT product is a physical product with an associated virtual counterpart connected to the internet with computational as well as communication capabilities. The possibility to collect information from internet-connected products and sensors gives unprecedented possibilities to improve and optimize product use and maintenance. Virtual counterpart and digital twin (DT) concepts have been proposed as a solution for providing the necessary information management throughout the whole product lifecycle, which we here call product lifecycle information management (PLIM). Security in these systems is imperative due to the multiple ways in which opponents can attack the system during the whole lifecycle of an IoT product. To address this need, the current study proposes a security architecture for the IoT, taking into particular consideration the requirements of PLIM. The security architecture has been designed for the Open Messaging Interface (O-MI) and Open Data Format (O-DF) standards for the IoT and product lifecycle management (PLM) but it is also applicable to other IoT and PLIM architectures. The proposed security architecture is capable of hindering unauthorized access to information and restricts access levels based on user roles and permissions. Based on our findings, the proposed security architecture is the first security model for PLIM to integrate and coordinate the IoT ecosystem, by dividing the security approaches into two domains: user client and product domain. The security architecture has been deployed in smart city use cases in three different European cities, Helsinki, Lyon, and Brussels, to validate the security metrics in the proposed approach. Our analysis shows that the proposed security architecture can easily integrate the security requirements of both clients and products providing solutions for them as demonstrated in the implemented use cases.

Impact of Changing Regulations and the Dynamic Nature of European Risk Management Plans for Human Medicines on the Lifecycle of Safety Concerns.

IntroductionThe European Risk Management Plan (EU-RMP) is a proactive planning tool for identification, characterisation and management of important risks and missing information throughout the lifecycle of a medicinal product. Over the past 15 years the EU-RMP has been a part of the pharmacovigilance practice in Europe, but there are no published studies assessing impact of the growing experience and evolving regulatory framework on the content and focus of the EU-RMP.ObjectivesThe objectives were to study the real-world impact of evolving pharmacovigilance guidelines on the proactive lifecycle management of important risks and missing information through EU-RMPs, and to further explore the impact of different resources on the management of the benefit-risk profile.MethodsA retrospective study based on the review of 64 EU-RMPs dated between 01 January 2006 and 01 October 2020 for seven human medicinal products for which Boehringer Ingelheim holds the Marketing Authorisation in the European Union. Data on the timing and rational behind changes (i.e., inclusion, reclassification, removal) to the safety concerns (Important Identified Risks, Important Potential Risks, Missing Information) and associated additional Pharmacovigilance activities and/or Risk Minimisation measures were collected and assessed.ResultsThe analysed EU-RMPs included a total of 197 safety concerns, 129 of which were removed and 19 were reclassified during the observation period. The implementation of the Guidelines on Good Pharmacovigilance Practices Module V in 2012 and Revision 2 in 2017 resulted in a noticeable decrease in the number of safety concerns. Clinical trial, non-clinical and routine post-marketing data were common sources that influenced the safety concern dynamics, and results from dedicated post-authorisation studies lead to the removal of 21 important risks and missing information. Many safety concerns were related to pharmacological class effect (n = 55) and target population characteristics (n = 37).ConclusionsThis study demonstrated that the growing knowledge regarding benefit-risk of approved products and the introduction of new or revised regulatory guidelines influenced the EU-RMP lifecycle of safety concerns, and moreover, the results emphasise that exchange of knowledge about the pharmacological class and target population between stakeholders are important for keeping an up-to-date understanding of a medicinal product’s safety profile. The aim of improving the efficiency of risk management has leveraged the accumulation of knowledge leading to revision of regulatory guidelines and increasingly, proactive Risk Management Plans focused on safety concerns that are important for patients and public health.

Research on Digital Modeling and Life Cycle Information Management of Architectural Heritage Protection Based on BIM

Building information modelling (BIM) has been adopted in the architectural heritage industry. The digital protection method with BIM Technology as the core can introduce the information management workflow into the protection of architectural heritage, which can provide possibility for the complete preservation of all kinds of information related to the architectural heritage, improve the efficiency of protection, and meet the management needs of the whole life cycle of the architectural heritage. This paper is based on digital technology and combined with the characteristics of architectural heritage to create a BIM model of architectural heritage. The Autodesk Revit software, which is commonly used in China, is used as the entry point, and the C# language is used to develop Revit to make up for the shortcomings of traditional architectural heritage protection. At the same time, all kinds of information related to the architectural heritage are completely preserved, improving the efficiency of protection work, and meeting the information management needs in the process of building heritage maintenance and management.

Информационная поддержка жизненного цикла теплоэнергетического оборудования на этапе проектирования

Development of a proactive life cycle information management and support system for thermal power equipment can reduce costs and risk of equipment operation. Developing this system at the stage of equipment design is crucial for selecting correct technical and engineering solutions for further efficiency and resilience. Business process re-engineering in design and a CAD library of models for a variety of thermal power equipment are major parts of the suggested approach.

Product design lifecycle information model (PDLIM)

In response to rapidly changing market and customer needs, product design and development (PDD) is evolving into a human-centred and data-driven design paradigm. The design environment gets more open often involving crowdsourcing and the design process becomes more complex, considering product family design along product whole lifecycle development, and needing more data support. Therefore, it is critical to effectively capture, share, and manage design-related information in such a complex design environment. From this perspective, it is a prerequisite to have a proper product design lifecycle information model (PDLIM) to guide information gathering, sharing and management. To the best of our knowledge, currently, there lacks such a PDLIM to support effective PDD, though digital twin (DT) technology shows a great potential of supporting product lifecycle information collection and management. In this paper, the overall structure of the proposed PDLIM is firstly developed to frame in all main product lifecycle stages and the corresponding key phases for structurally capturing and storing necessary data along a product lifecycle. Secondly, key design information items against the main product lifecycle stages and their corresponding key phases are explored from literature reviews and case study analyses. Thirdly, the necessity of the identified information items in the PDLIM is qualitatively evaluated by two case studies. Finally, the PDLIM is further evaluated by applying formal object-role modelling (ORM) to demonstrate how design information items are used and interacted in exemplary design interaction scenarios, and to approve that it can be formally described and managed as an information model. The evaluation results show that the PDLIM is feasible to be adapted in a crowdsourcing-combined PDD process for supporting design management, reviewing, quality control, and next round product redesign and improvement.

Organization and Management System Innovation of BIM Life Cycle Management

During the entire life cycle of rail transit projects, many participants, complex types of information, diverse forms and large quantity make poor information communication and serious information loss in the management process, which greatly restricts the improvement of project management level and management efficiency. Taking the information management of rail transit project as the research object, carrying out information analysis and BIM application research in all stages of project construction, this paper puts forward the framework system of information management for the whole life cycle of rail transit project based on BIM, realizes the effective communication of information in the whole life cycle of rail transit project, and provides theoretical support for the whole life cycle information management.

The new physicality of data

The mass digitisation of data arguably began in the late 1980s with the mainstream adoption of new low-cost desktop computers in the workplace and visions of a paperless office. The term reflected a focus on the digitisation of existing processes. Such comparisons continued with the arrival of the Internet and worldwide web in the mid-1990s, with visions of e-commerce replacing traditional bricks-and-mortar shops. In the first two decades of the 21st century, we have entered an era where much of the data created is now digital by design and default yet simultaneously integrated with physical objects and real-world interactions. This article explores some of the innovations made possible by this new physicality of data, from the birth of a digital twin to the death of privacy, and the growing urgency for new approaches to data governance and information lifecycle management.

A multi-platform information management system of total life cycle for medical equipment

Objective: To establish a total life cycle information management system for medical equipment based on our hospital’s actual situation. Methods: Per the definition of the total life cycle for the particular item of medical equipment, the function modules were designed and distributed according to different staff postings and then implemented on the WeChat public account-a series of API and services to develop custom features, a mobile app, and a computer web browser. Results: After implementation, the system can cover a series of management stages of the entire life cycle for medical equipment and the information exchanged among various stages. The relevant staff in different posts can operate the medical equipment management information on any of the three platforms. Conclusion: The improvement and efficiency aid staff in various settings in managing medical equipment and medical behaviors and patient safety is increased.

Sustainable product development in a circular economy: Implications for products, actors, decision-making support and lifecycle information management

The concept of circular economy (CE) is of great interest for manufacturing companies since it provides a framework which allows them to align organisational objectives with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Corporate CE entails the adoption of several value-retention options (R-strategies) throughout companies’ operations, which aim at creating, preserving and recovering the value of assets and products. The sustainable product development (SPD) process, in which around 80% of the total environmental impact of a product is determined, is employed to translate R-strategies into new product requirements. This study is aimed at investigating the implications of R-strategy adoption for decision-making in SPD. The research follows an empirical approach, combining a literature review and in-depth semi-structured interviews with product developers and sustainability experts working in companies operating in the technical material cycles of the CE. Thus, implications for product dimensions, inter- and intraorganisational actors, decision-making support types and lifecycle information flows so that SPD processes further accommodate CE principles into products are investigated. This study reveals new directions to adjust the contextual factors of SPD to further align existing processes with widely expanding CE organisational cultures.

Requirement management in a life cycle perspective based on ISO 19650-1 and CoClass as the new classification system in Sweden

PurposeEach building project demands an integrated method for information and requirement management in its life cycle. The main purpose of this paper is to explore the major obstacles in integrated life cycle information management and recognize the potentials of CoClass as the new Swedish digital classification system to tackle them throughout asset life cycle.Design/methodology/approachThe industry viewpoint toward the current status of asset information management considering ISO 19650-1 principles and the existing obstacles and the industry practitioners' ideas regarding CoClass capabilities and applicability were captured and analyzed. A total of 13 semistructured interviews were conducted with the AECO industry professionals to have an understanding of information requirement management. Then the results were analyzed qualitatively, using the NVivo 12 software. Different attributes of a component (heating panel) in a meeting room according to CoClass and data deviations throughout the asset life cycle were elaborated.FindingsThis study reveals some obstacles in information management process in seven categories in relation to: (1) the need to employ information exchange platforms as common data environments (CDEs) by all actors from early stages; (2) the communication issues caused by lack of utilizing common languages; (3) the costly and time-consuming implementation process; (4) the misunderstandings in terms of data communication between service providers and owners; (5) the definition and fulfillment of information requirements as well as keeping track of data deviations throughout asset life cycle; (6) the information update difficulty; and (7) the need for training practitioners dealing with new systems such as CoClass.Originality/valueThe research explores the major obstacles in information requirement management concerning the practical implementation of the new Swedish classification system, CoClass, supporting the asset life cycle.

Abstract IA20: California Teachers Study (CTS) Data Management Platform: A model for a repeatable turnkey, end-to-end, cloud-based data management and analytics solution for epidemiology cohorts

Abstract The Health Cyberinfrastructure (CI) Division at the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) has been deploying secure, compliant, end-to-end solutions to support critical applications including, but not limited to, biomedical research, detecting and preventing medical fraud, enterprise risk management, and medical device data management. These applications have relied on technologies ranging from the traditional data warehouse to the more recent big data platforms leveraging Hadoop, Software as a Service (SaaS) capability leveraging container technology, business intelligence and analytics solutions, and IOT/streaming solutions. Operating these applications and the underlying platforms requires organizations to be agile and visionary in this arena to grow with the ever-changing technological, regulatory, and unique customer requirements, while simultaneously ensuring data security and privacy. To that end, the SDSC Health CI Division is participating in a multi-institution project with City of Hope, a National Cancer Institute (NCI)-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center, and other universities and health organizations to create a research cyberinfrastructure that includes a secure, cloud-based data management platform. The data management platform consolidates all CTS data, including datasets, codes, and accompanying documentation, and operates within Sherlock Cloud, a secure hybrid cloud platform. The innovative platform allows every member of the CTS team to securely access and use all CTS data and information in real time in a consolidated, integrated, and secure manner. Researchers have access to a data warehouse, domain-specific data marts, and analytics platform built on secure cloud technology that greatly enhances the reliability and accuracy of the data collected, and has a more seamless mechanism to access, annotate, input, and transmit data, thereby heightening accuracy and the quality of collaborative analysis performed. This approach not only transforms how CTS data is collected, stored, and shared for high-impact research, but also has the potential to reduce associated costs of ongoing research while increasing efficiency and security. SDSC Health CI Division’s work in building innovative data management and compute solutions for health care researchers over the last decade, and its collaboration with the CTS researchers more recently, has demonstrated a clear need for a unique type of managed services capability that serves the biomedical community. Specifically, the epidemiology cohorts have practiced a more traditional approach consisting of decentralized data management and computing. Even though this approach has served the community well in the past, as we look into the future, it has obvious shortcomings in terms of supporting enterprise-level data management, scale, interoperability, and provenance. SDSC Health CI Division takes a modern approach to information lifecycle management through its Sherlock Cloud platform. Sherlock Cloud Data Management framework captures users’ evolving requirements, and provides centralized, secure cloud-based managed services capability that supports end-to-end data lifecycle management including data integration capabilities, allowing data to be captured, rationalized, homogenized, and managed using best practices and standards. This includes dynamic mappings, transformations, and master data-management techniques utilizing established governance methodologies, with specific focus on data quality, metadata management, and governance. The CTS data management and analytics platform implementation can serve as a model for other epidemiology cohorts and studies. SDSC Health CI Division plans to achieve this by leveraging the existing investment NCI and CTS has already made in building the cloud-based, secure CTS data management platform. Using container technology, Sherlock will package the various components of the data management framework and analytical tools, creating a turnkey offering that can be deployed for other similar studies. This cloud platform agnostic, open-source, turnkey solution provides other cohorts a template they can build on top of, and leverage all the work CTS has performed to develop the core, domain-specific data management and analytics capability, and all that will remain is study specific customizations that cohorts will need to perform. Additionally, APIs built on top of the in-built data model will provide seamless integration with external NCI- and NIH-established Commons. The epidemiology community has a way to go before it is on par with communities in other verticals in their adoption of cutting-edge, enterprise platforms and tools for data management and analytics, but initiatives like CTS can demonstrate that, once designed and developed, these capabilities can be easily packaged and deployed for other studies, providing a framework that a larger research community can leverage. Citation Format: Sandeep Chandra. California Teachers Study (CTS) Data Management Platform: A model for a repeatable turnkey, end-to-end, cloud-based data management and analytics solution for epidemiology cohorts [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the AACR Special Conference on Modernizing Population Sciences in the Digital Age; 2019 Feb 19-22; San Diego, CA. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2020;29(9 Suppl):Abstract nr IA20.

Research on BIM Model Identification System for Substation Project Management

In the current construction of the Internet of Things, informational data has become an important technical content. Among them, information classification and coding are the basis of informational data construction. In the BIM (Building Information Modeling, 3-dimension information model) project management, the identification system code is used as the encoding carrier by the BIM model. Through the coding, the corresponding physical model objects can be found, which makes the information database more clear and complete, and helps to apply the life cycle database. At present, the application of BIM technology to substation engineering management is a relatively new field. The corresponding BIM identification system coding research work is not enough, and the traditional KKS identification system shows great defects in the current professional technical rules and application of the project management platform using BIM technology. This paper aims to improve the BMS technology project management by substation BIM technology project based on the existing KKS identification system framework, through unifying coding format, enhancing coding level identification, creating substation building code identification and prominent electrical main professional identification. To form a three-dimensional model identification system and apply it to substation BIM technology project management and carry out practice in actual engineering projects. To realize the accurate delivery and standardization of BIM model information data by the life cycle information management platform.

Experience of Enterprise Imaging in Iran

Background: The use of digital imaging has substantially grown in recent decades in traditional services, new specialties, and departments. The need to share these data among departments and caregivers necessitates central archiving systems to communicate with various viewing applications and electronic medical records. This has promoted the development of modern vendor-neutral archive (VNA) systems. The need to aggregate and share imaging data from various departments has promoted the development of enterprise-imaging (EI) solutions that replace departmental silos of data with central healthcare enterprise databases. The term “enterprise imaging” is relatively new and continues to evolve. Currently, enterprise imaging usually means collecting all patients’ data, including images and reports, into one place. There are lots of research demonstrating that image exchange can reduce unnecessary redundancy and provide other compelling values, including cost reduction, patient care improvement, patient satisfaction, research and educational benefits, and so on. Enterprise imaging and VNA are on the horizon for every institution as a mainstream expectation of patients, hospitals, and health care providers. Such a program comes with a significant capital cost, and in these times of economic constraints in the health care industry, investments must be wisely chosen. We review the background of VNA and EI solution development and describe the characteristics and advantages of such systems. We, then, describe our experience in the implementation of Enterprise PACS of Shiraz University of Medical Sciences since 2015. Objectives: By listening to this lecture, the audience is expected to: 1. Be familiar with the standard concept of Enterprise Imaging, Vendor Neutral Archive, standards and achievements. 2. Be aware of a variety of challenges of Enterprise Imaging Implementation on VNA infrastructure. 3. Be able to consider suitable planning before approaching the implementation of Enterprise Imaging on VNA infrastructure. Outline: The use of digital imaging has substantially grown in recent decades in traditional services, new specialties, and departments. The need to share these data among departments and caregivers necessitates central archiving systems to communicate with various viewing applications and electronic medical records. This has promoted the development of modern vendor-neutral archive (VNA) systems. The need to aggregate and share imaging data from various departments has promoted the development of enterprise-imaging (EI) solutions that replace departmental silos of data with central healthcare enterprise databases. The important feature of most VNA systems is the programmable “life cycle” of studies or files. The VNA life cycle, if activated and programmed, compresses all studies and copy to a cheaper media saving space and money. It also can move, change, compress, change metadata, auto copy from folders, etc. In general, VNA must become the “final archive” of the PACS and other medical systems. Cardiology PACS, radiology PACS, pathology PACS, laboratory systems, radiotherapy and planning and other systems must be allowed to save final studies and reports on the VNA either by DICOM connection, HL7 delivery, direct upload, ftp or any other valid method. Combining VNA and EI, the overarching themes include: • Capturing data from any source and in any format. • Storing data on any storage and with any strategy. • Accessing and exchanging any image anywhere. The following outcomes are to be expected after VNA and EI implementation: ⎕ Reduced system complexity achieved through the consolidation of all storage solutions to a single centralized solution that can be operated more efficiently with implications on reliability and total cost of ownership. ⎕ Improved technology management through controlling and synergies in information lifecycle management (ILM), disaster recovery (DR), workflow, data security, and data mining. ⎕ Improved interoperability and data exchange as achieved through a single point of integration. An obvious necessity is that this single point of integration provides an interface implemented through adherence to open standards. ⎕ Through this lecture, we are going to introduce the accurate concept of Enterprise Imaging and Vendor Neutral Archive, as well as related standards, technical and workflow challenges and prerequisites, to launch Enterprise Imaging Implementation on the VNA platform. Besides, we are going to share the experience of previous Enterprise Imaging implementations in Iran, especially the Shiraz University of Medical Sciences as a Premier Enterprise PACS solution in Iran since 2015.

Research on equipment life cycle information management

At the beginning of this century, with the rapid development of information technology and the high technology of weapons and equipment, the traditional management model can no longer meet the current and future development needs of equipment construction. It is urgent to establish an information management system to improve the life cycle of equipment. This paper explores the life cycle information management model of equipment from many perspectives and levels, such as equipment management at home and abroad, equipment information management analysis, basic principles of equipment information management construction, system technology platform, system development and so on.

Data provenance collection and security in a distributed environment: a survey

Keeping track of lifecycle history and information origins are important because that is the only key issue to confirm information probative value and integrity. Provenance information management (Data Provenance) has recently been gained significant interest in computer security specifically in the domain of distributed environment. This is due partly to the increased in digital facts (complexity and size) and it widely spread usage in other fields of study, such as medicine, government, commerce, and science. Although its applications and use bring numerous benefit to scholars and practitioners, challenges still exist in its lifecycle history and information management. In this paper, we present a comprehensive survey of potentially influential components on provenance collection and its security, which enables us to investigate and summarize the current trends, methods and techniques addressing the aforementioned elements. This review provides more insight for researchers, system developers and engineers working on data, data mining and information security. More than 90 research publications on provenance collection and security have been examined, classified and listed for reference.