Client Programming

The Client Programming Group assists the UC Irvine School of Medicine and Medical Center information communities in developing and deploying web-based applications and system integration solutions that improve data availability, provide operational support, facilitate decision making, and enhance the productivity of individual users, user groups, and the enterprise as a whole. Plying a wide range of Microsoft technologies, contemporary development tools and techniques, database development and administration expertise, and a wealth of experience in the healthcare information industry, the Client Programming Group collaborates with users to meet the challenges of our diverse and ever-changing information environment.

Web Services

Client Programming provides assistance to UC Irvine Health departments, programs, divisions, centers, and workgroups in the development and support of inter- and intranet websites, which can include website space, web page design using Marketing Communication-approved web templates and guidelines, database infrastructures, and site hosting.

SharePoint Services

The Client Programming group also assists the UC Irvine Health community in the development of SharePoint sites.  Microsoft Office SharePoint Server provides a single, integrated environment where users and workgroups can efficiently collaborate with team members, post and access organizational materials, manage collaborative efforts and workflow, and leverage business insight to assist in the making of better-informed decisions.  SharePoint's features and facilities include:

Collaboration

Allow teams to work together effectively, collaborate on and publish documents, maintain task lists, implement workflows, and share information through the use of wikis and blogs.

Enterprise Search

Quickly and easily find people, expertise, and content in business applications.

Content Management

Create and manage documents, records, and web content.

Business Process and Forms

Create workflows and electronic forms to automate and streamline your business processes. 

Business Intelligence

Allow workgroups to easily access critical business information, analyze and view data, and publish reports that can assist in the making of more well-informed decisions.

System Integration Services

The Client Programming Group also assists in the integration of systems into, and the inter-communication of data within our diverse information environment.  The need to accommodate multiple processing platforms, operating systems, applications, and database technologies pervades the Health Affairs information landscape, from Clinical Management to Student Admissions, from Lab Results to Time and Attendance.  Working with user groups and vendors, Client Programming makes use of contemporary technologies to ensure that critical systems and applications communicate and exchange data reliably and accurately.  

Reporting Services

SQL Reporting Services, a Microsoft product, is a report generation and distribution application that, in conjunction with Microsoft Business Intelligence Studio, provides a robust and user-friendly environment for designing and rendering reports against a variety of data sources, such as SQL Server and MS Access, and makes these reports available to the enterprise through a flexible and secure user interface. The Client Programming Group uses the Reporting Services facilities extensively to depict a wide variety of operational and business intelligence information for a broad enterprise audience