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Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise: A Primer

Part 4. The Role of Existing Standards in IHE¹

¹ From Eastern Informatics, Silver Spring, Md (M.H.); LAI Technology, Homewood, Ill (F.M.B.); GE Medical Systems Information Technologies, Buc, France (C.P.); Department of Diagnostic Imaging, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore (E.L.S.); and Department of Radiology, Northwestern University Medical Center, 448 E Ontario St, Suite 300, Chicago, IL 60611 (D.S.C.). Received August 24, 2001; revision requested August 29 and received August 31; accepted August 31. Address correspondence to D.S.C. (e-mail: dsc@radiology.northwestern.edu).

View larger version (21K): [in a new window]   Figure.   Interaction diagram shows how patient information flows from the registration system to interested endpoint systems by means of ADT messages. A01, A04, A05, A11, and A38 represent the specific trigger events that cause the transmission of messages: admission, registration, preadmission, admission or registration cancellation, and preadmission cancellation. Each of these events triggers the generation of an event-specific message to the Order Placer, department, and master patient index (MPI) systems.