Desirable attributes of an integrated system: from the perspective of local administrators
| The system should: |
| • allow for anonymous reporting and for high level confidentiality |
| • have mechanisms for authenticating quality control with respect to reliability and validity |
| • have comprehensive flexible security, allowing access to data and for fields to be user specific |
| • have comprehensive audit trails |
| • be able to guide users and facilitate compliance with statutory immunity and privacy requirements, wherever relevant |
| • allow for comparisons between like units across a jurisdiction, with the identity of the other like units being masked |
| • have explicit arrangements for support, backup, maintenance, and updating |
| • have suitable mechanisms for communicating information about “bugs” and desired enhancements |