SRandtheIHEYear2TechnicalFramework-Dicom.ppt

Structured Reporting and the IHE Year 2 Technical Framework Simon Wail, PhD Marconi Medical Systems What is IHE? IHE is “Integrating the Healthcare Environment” by: Continuity Integrity of Patient Information Clinical Workflow Optimization Foster Communication Among Diverse Healthcare Information Systems Avoid Repeating Tasks Eliminate Data Redundancy Eliminate Rigid Costly Proprietary Solutions Show Evolving Capabilities of Standards Promote Emerging Standards What is IHE? (cont.) Sponsored by RSNA (Radiological Society of North America) and HIMSS (Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society) 5 year program of Incremental Capability Demonstration Growth Demonstrations at each RSNA and HIMSS Annual Meetings IHE Year 1 IHE Year 2 Structured Reporting Transaction Chart Structured Reporting Actors and Transactions Report Creator Report Submission (C-STORE SCU) Report Actor Grouping Any actors may be grouped together depending on implementation specification Must still support all external transactions and individual actor requirements according to the IHE Technical Framework For example - group Report Creator and Report Manager Must support Report Submission as SCU AND SCP Must support Report Issuing as SCU Must support creating new reports (Report Creator) and managing/modifying existing reports (Report Manager) Report Creator Provides user interface to create new reports including setting status flags - “Completion Flag” and “Verification Flag” Configurable coded entries Must support evidence sequences to specify referenced objects Must support “Identical Documents Sequence” if necessary Creates Basic Text SR object OR Creates Enhanced SR object Stores report in Report Manager using: Basic Text SR Storage SOP class; OR Enhanced SR Storage SOP class; OR both Report Manager Receives reports from Report Creator Supports Basic Text SR objects Supports Enhanced SR objects (optional) May forward reports to Report Repository at any time Must allow users to set