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INTEGRATING THE INTEGRATING THE HEALTHCARE ENTERPISEHEALTHCARE ENTERPISE

Morten Bruun-Rasmussen, MEDIQ

Charles Parisot, GE Healthcare, IHE International Board

Vilnius, Lithuania. January 26Vilnius, Lithuania. January 26thth 2012 2012

Interoperability: From a problem to a solutionInteroperability: From a problem to a solution

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Profile Development& testing

eHealth Projects

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Project Specific ExtensionsIHTSDO

IETFIETF

Profiling Organizations are well established

Base Standards

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IHE: Connecting Standards to CareIHE: Connecting Standards to Care

Healthcare professionals work with industryHealthcare professionals work with industry

Coordinate implementation of standards to Coordinate implementation of standards to meet clinical and administrative needsmeet clinical and administrative needs Clinicians and HIT professionals identify the key Clinicians and HIT professionals identify the key

interoperability problems they faceinteroperability problems they face Providers and industry work together to develop and Providers and industry work together to develop and

make available standards-based and tested make available standards-based and tested specificationsspecifications

Implementers follow common guidelines in purchasing Implementers follow common guidelines in purchasing and integrating effective systemsand integrating effective systems

IHE: A forum for agreeing on how to implement IHE: A forum for agreeing on how to implement standards and processes for making it happenstandards and processes for making it happen

IHE Europe & IHE NationalIHE Europe & IHE NationalIHEIHE

InternationalInternational

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Standards Adoption ProcessStandards Adoption Process

Document Use Case Document Use Case RequirementsRequirementsDocument Use Case Document Use Case RequirementsRequirements

Identify available Identify available standards (standards (e.g. HL7, e.g. HL7, DICOM, IETF, OASIS)DICOM, IETF, OASIS)

Identify available Identify available standards (standards (e.g. HL7, e.g. HL7, DICOM, IETF, OASIS)DICOM, IETF, OASIS)

Develop Develop technical technical

specificationsspecifications

Develop Develop technical technical

specificationsspecifications

Testing at Testing at ConnectathonsConnectathonsTesting at Testing at ConnectathonsConnectathons

IHE IHE DemonstrationsDemonstrationsIHE IHE DemonstrationsDemonstrations

Products Products with IHEwith IHEProfilesProfiles

Products Products with IHEwith IHEProfilesProfiles

Timely access to Timely access to informationinformationTimely access to Timely access to informationinformation Easy to integrate Easy to integrate

productsproductsEasy to integrate Easy to integrate productsproducts

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13 Years of Steady Evolution 1998 – 201113 Years of Steady Evolution 1998 – 2011

The IHE Development DomainsThe IHE Development Domains

PharmacySince 2009

Pathologysince 2006

Radiation Oncologysince 2004

Radiologysince 1998

Cardiologysince 2004

Patient Care Devicessince 2005

Patient Care Coordinationsince 2004

Eye Caresince 2006

QualityResearch & Public Health

since 2006

Laboratorysince 2004

(Healthcare)IT Infrastructure

since 2003

since 2008

Today over 100 Profiles for Interop.

within theEnterprise

& National-RegionalHealth InfoExchange

At Home

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International Growth of IHEInternational Growth of IHE

FranceFrance

Local Deployment, National Extensions Promotional & Live Demonstration Events Over 400 Organizational Members

(see www.ihe.net/governance)

USAUSA

GermanyGermany

ItalyItaly

JapanJapanUKUK

CanadaCanadaTaiwanTaiwan

NetherlandsNetherlandsSpainSpain

AustriaAustria

Pragmatic global standards harmonization + best practices sharing Pragmatic global standards harmonization + best practices sharing

AustraliaAustraliaChinaChina

TurkeyTurkey

SwitzerlandSwitzerland

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Interoperability Testing Needs an EcosystemInteroperability Testing Needs an Ecosystem

Document Use Case Document Use Case RequirementsRequirementsDocument Use Case Document Use Case RequirementsRequirements

Identify available Identify available standards (standards (e.g. HL7, e.g. HL7, DICOM, IETF, OASIS)DICOM, IETF, OASIS)

Identify available Identify available standards (standards (e.g. HL7, e.g. HL7, DICOM, IETF, OASIS)DICOM, IETF, OASIS)

Develop Develop technical technical

specificationsspecifications

Develop Develop technical technical

specificationsspecifications

Testing at Testing at ConnectathonsConnectathonsTesting at Testing at ConnectathonsConnectathons IHE IHE

DemonstrationsDemonstrationsIHE IHE DemonstrationsDemonstrations

Products Products with IHEwith IHEProducts Products with IHEwith IHE

Timely access to Timely access to informationinformationTimely access to Timely access to informationinformation Easy to integrate Easy to integrate

productsproductsEasy to integrate Easy to integrate productsproducts

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IHE ConnectathonIHE Connectathon

Open invitation to vendor and other Open invitation to vendor and other implementers communityimplementers community

Advanced testing tools (GAZELLE)Advanced testing tools (GAZELLE)

Testing organized and supervised by project Testing organized and supervised by project management teammanagement team

Thousands of cross-vendor tests performedThousands of cross-vendor tests performed

Results recorded and publishedResults recorded and published

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IHE ConnectathonsIHE Connectathons

2011 Connectathons: 2011 Connectathons: Chicago, USA, January 17-21, 2011Chicago, USA, January 17-21, 2011 Pisa, Italy, April 11-15, 2011Pisa, Italy, April 11-15, 2011 Australia, July 2011Australia, July 2011 Japan, October 2011Japan, October 2011

Next EU Connectathons:Next EU Connectathons:Bern, Switzerland, May 2012Bern, Switzerland, May 2012Istanbul, Turkey, April 2013Istanbul, Turkey, April 2013

Massive yearly events :Massive yearly events :70-80 vendors70-80 vendors250-300 engineers250-300 engineers100-150 systems100-150 systems ……… ………tested in 5 daystested in 5 days

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