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Review
. 2016 Oct;29(5):547-58.
doi: 10.1007/s10278-016-9885-x.

Considerations for Exchanging and Sharing Medical Images for Improved Collaboration and Patient Care: HIMSS-SIIM Collaborative White Paper

Amy Vreeland  1 , Kenneth R Persons  2 , Henri Rik Primo  3 , Matthew Bishop  4 , Kimberley M Garriott  5 , Matthew K Doyle  6 , Elliott Silver  7 , Danielle M Brown  8 , Chris Bashall  9
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Considerations for Exchanging and Sharing Medical Images for Improved Collaboration and Patient Care: HIMSS-SIIM Collaborative White Paper

Amy Vreeland et al. J Digit Imaging. 2016 Oct.

Abstract

The need for providers and patients to exchange and share imaging has never been more apparent, yet many organizations are only now, as a part of a larger enterprise imaging initiative, taking steps to streamline an important process that has historically been facilitated with the use of CDs or insecure methods of communication. This paper will provide an introduction to concepts and common-use cases for image exchange, outline challenges that have hindered adoption to date, and describe standards for image exchange that show increasing promise of being adopted by vendors and providers.

Keywords: DICOM; FHIR; Health information exchange; IHE; Image exchange; Interoperability; Medical image sharing; Telehealth; Telemedicine; XDS; XDS-I.

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Fig. 1
Graphical view of the workflow for the tele-burn use case for transport and care evaluation.
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Fig. 2
Shows how documents and images are shared between sources and consumers using actors and transactions based on the XDS/XDS-I IHE Integration Profiles. Documents are stored in an XDS document repository and registered. DICOM images are stored in an Imaging Document Source, and an Imaging Manifest Document is created, stored in an XDS document repository and registered.
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