TY - JOUR
T1 - The RSNA Image Sharing Network
AU - Langer, S. G.
AU - Tellis, W.
AU - Carr, C.
AU - Daly, M.
AU - Erickson, B. J.
AU - Mendelson, D.
AU - Moore, S.
AU - Perry, J.
AU - Shastri, K.
AU - Warnock, M.
AU - Zhu, W.
N1 - Funding Information:
As of this writing, the ISN software is at version 3.1 and all primary use cases have been achieved. Recent improvements have been undertaken to ease system administration (alerting system administrators of failures via email) and sending emails to patients to alert them when they have new studies on the CH to view. As this project was funded by the NIH, all codes and documentation are open source and available at Github []. The adventurous can proceed there to download both source and an installer if they choose to build an Edge Server from scratch. For those who prefer a run-ready appliance, a virtual machine is available as well [].
Publisher Copyright:
© 2014, Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine.
PY - 2014/2
Y1 - 2014/2
N2 - In the era of health information exchanges, there are trade-offs to consider when sharing a patient’s medical record among all providers that a patient might choose. Exchange among in-network partners on the same electronic medical records (EMR) and other integrated information systems is trivial. The patient identifier is common, as are the relevant departmental systems, to all providers. Difficulties arise when patient records including images (and reports) must be shared among different networks and even with the patients themselves. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) challenged Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) to develop a transport method that could supersede the need for physical media (for patients or other providers), replace point-to-point private networks among providers, and enable image exchange on an ad hoc basis between arbitrary health networks without long legal delays. In concert with the evolving US health care paradigm, patient engagement was to be fundamental. With Integrating Healthcare Enterprise’s (IHE’s) help, the challenge has been met with an operational system.
AB - In the era of health information exchanges, there are trade-offs to consider when sharing a patient’s medical record among all providers that a patient might choose. Exchange among in-network partners on the same electronic medical records (EMR) and other integrated information systems is trivial. The patient identifier is common, as are the relevant departmental systems, to all providers. Difficulties arise when patient records including images (and reports) must be shared among different networks and even with the patients themselves. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) challenged Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) to develop a transport method that could supersede the need for physical media (for patients or other providers), replace point-to-point private networks among providers, and enable image exchange on an ad hoc basis between arbitrary health networks without long legal delays. In concert with the evolving US health care paradigm, patient engagement was to be fundamental. With Integrating Healthcare Enterprise’s (IHE’s) help, the challenge has been met with an operational system.
KW - Computer systems
KW - Digital image management
KW - Integrating Healthcare Enterprise (IHE)
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84922001826&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/s10278-014-9714-z
DO - 10.1007/s10278-014-9714-z
M3 - Article
C2 - 25037586
AN - SCOPUS:84922001826
SN - 0897-1889
VL - 28
SP - 53
EP - 61
JO - Journal of Digital Imaging
JF - Journal of Digital Imaging
IS - 1
ER -