XDS-I Gateway Development for HIE Connectivity with Legacy PACS at Gil Hospital

Autor: Mikael Fernandus Simalango, Youngchul Kim, Young Tae Seo, Young Hwan Choi, Yong Kyun Cho
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2013
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Zdroj: Healthcare Informatics Research, Vol 19, Iss 4, Pp 293-300 (2013)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2093-3681
2093-369X
DOI: 10.4258/hir.2013.19.4.293
Popis: ObjectivesThe ability to support healthcare document sharing is imperative in a health information exchange (HIE). Sharing imaging documents or images, however, can be challenging, especially when they are stored in a picture archiving and communication system (PACS) archive that does not support document sharing via standard HIE protocols. This research proposes a standard-compliant imaging gateway that enables connectivity between a legacy PACS and the entire HIE.MethodsInvestigation of the PACS solutions used at Gil Hospital was conducted. An imaging gateway application was then developed using a Java technology stack. Imaging document sharing capability enabled by the gateway was tested by integrating it into Gil Hospital's order communication system and its HIE infrastructure.ResultsThe gateway can acquire radiology images from a PACS storage system, provide and register the images to Gil Hospital's HIE for document sharing purposes, and make the images retrievable by a cross-enterprise document sharing document viewer.ConclusionsDevelopment of an imaging gateway that mediates communication between a PACS and an HIE can be considered a viable option when the PACS does not support the standard protocol for cross-enterprise document sharing for imaging. Furthermore, the availability of common HIE standards expedites the development and integration of the imaging gateway with an HIE.
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