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L <br />single document. The data from various departments can be shared on a single data base. <br />This should aid County Administrators in decisions on future resource allocations. <br />A MCIF system mayalso enhance the level of information sharing between and <br />within departments, while decreasing the paperwork load on workers and clients. An <br />integrated system shared by all departments involved in Human Services can promote <br />more efficient and improved services for the clients in a community. Most information <br />related to a client can be Iocated on a central system that all departments can access. The <br />client only has to fill out basic information once, alleviating the duplication of basic data <br />for each section or department. Common departmental data can also be maintained on <br />such a system. <br />The importance of confidentiality in centralized data base management systems <br />cannot be understated. The interests of and privileged communication between workers <br />and clients must be protected to the extent that the law and professional ethics require. <br />This means that careful consideration must be given to privacy and confidentiality <br />requirements in systems development and that every effort should be made to protect <br />selected records from being inappropriately viewed or altered from unauthorized <br />personnel. <br />............... ?la(c . Nu=n .Serz? ces Xpearch & !)csign Laboratory <br />