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In the beginning focus was the key to success
- Our project was restricted to use in the Emergency Department only.
- All work groups were focused on the same goal—initial use in the Emergency Department
- Financial Work Group
- Technical Work Group
- Privacy and Security Work Group
- Clinical Work Group
- The privacy and security work group narrowed the use of the data to the purpose of diagnosis and treatment.
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