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PACS/information systems interoperability using Enterprise Communication Framework.

Y alSafadi·W P Lord·N J Mankovich
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Interoperability among healthcare applications goes beyond connectivity to allow components to exchange structured information and work together in a predictable, coordinated fashion. To facilitate building an interoperability infrastructure, an Enterprise Communication Framework (ECF) was developed by the members of the Andover Working Group for Healthcare Interoperability (AWG-OHI). The ECF consists of four models: 1) Use Case Model, 2) Domain Information Model (DIM), 3) Interaction Model, and 4) Message Model. To realize this framework, a software component called the Enterprise Communicator (EC) is used. In this paper, we will demonstrate the use of the framework in interoperating a picture archiving and communication system (PACS) with a radiology information system (RIS).

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Y alSafadi, W P Lord, N J Mankovich. 1998. PACS/information systems interoperability using Enterprise Communication Framework.. https://doi.org/10.1109/4233.720521

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