Proceedings of the 33rd Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences
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Abstract

A significant strength of the current World-Wide-Web (Web) includes the striking similarity between "a document" and "an object", as defined by distributed object computing. In effect, the Web is a simple-minded distributed object system. It is generally recognized that current Web technologies are insufficient for supporting complex, enterprise-class applications such as distributed, network-based healthcare applications. Currently, several web-based technologies are under development to support the evolution of the commodity Web toward a true "object-oriented" paradigm. These technologies and the associated risk, utility, and scalability of this type of deployment in modern healthcare-related enterprises will be the focus of our report.The transfer, extension, and fusion of these technologies into the "next generation" Web, and the deployment of such technologies in the "next generation" Internet are discussed in detail. Based on these conclusions, a loose specification of technologies, system architectures, and applicable Web-based software paradigms will be provided which will be adequate for the healthcare enterprise, in general, and sport medicine in particular.A framework for software development based on domain information, software architecture, and component technology is proposed to deal with the software bottleneck facing organizations. In accomplishing the foregoing, we also propose that there should be partnerships established between researchers who can transfer cutting edge knowledge and practitioners who can adopt and implement such information.

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