Better coordination between the person who fills out the forms and the person who uses the data collected. Many problems are forms management problems, not solvable by better forms themselves. Many participants in the forum want to avoid rekeying data. They can improve accuracy and save time in two ways. The data from your completed form can then be returned automatically to one or more databases.
Forms often have no connection to underlying data.
User needs to maintain connection to data. Many of the attendees have some experience in the problems of developing and then maintaining some sort of distributed computer system. Concerns were raised over tools that could be used to create forms, the technology by which revisions to existing forms would be distributed, and over the supporting tools for electronic signatures and Web systems. Many problems are forms management problems, not solvable by better forms themselves. Clarify roles of technical and administrative staff.