Results and EHR1

IHE, Results in electronic formIHE, Results in electronic formand EHR and EHR

Nicholas BrownNicholas Brown

Results and EHR2

IHE and EHRIHE and EHR(outside the service dept)(outside the service dept)

IHE enables user domain systems to:IHE enables user domain systems to:

• Send Requests in a standard waySend Requests in a standard way

• Receive results in a standard wayReceive results in a standard way

It provides a firm basis for development of It provides a firm basis for development of Hospital and Community systems Hospital and Community systems

Results and EHR3

Making results available Making results available in electronic formin electronic form

• Send the result data Send the result data (maybe including some images)(maybe including some images)– Traditional hardcopy wayTraditional hardcopy way

• Inform recipients that the data is available Inform recipients that the data is available by remote accessby remote access– Recipient can choose how much to referenceRecipient can choose how much to reference

(or send some and reference some)(or send some and reference some)

Results and EHR4

Results of diagnostic service procedures in electronic form Document StoreIncludingProcedure reports

Results and EHR5

Results of diagnostic service procedures in electronic form Document StoreIncludingProcedure reports

Image storeIncluding Graphs

Results and EHR6

Results of diagnostic service procedures in electronic form Document StoreIncludingProcedure reports

List of Procedure resultsIncluding: Numerical values, Codes, Character strings Pointers to images

Image storeIncluding Graphs

Results and EHR7

Results of diagnostic service procedures in electronic form Document StoreIncludingProcedure reports that may reference results

List of Procedure resultsIncluding: Numerical values, Codes, Character strings Pointers to images

Image storeIncluding Graphs

Results and EHR8

Results of diagnostic service procedures in electronic form Document StoreIncludingProcedure reports that may reference results

List of Procedure resultsIncluding: Numerical values, Codes, Character strings Pointers to images Pointers to documents

Image storeIncluding Graphs

Results and EHR9

Common format for Common format for spreadsheet/databasespreadsheet/database

• IHE provisions can form the basis for IHE provisions can form the basis for common format for all stored resultscommon format for all stored results

• Implementation of EHR will be greatly Implementation of EHR will be greatly facilitated if a common format exists for facilitated if a common format exists for the results of diagnostic procedures the results of diagnostic procedures stored in electronic form that are made stored in electronic form that are made available outside the Service Departmentavailable outside the Service Department

• The data matters not the standardThe data matters not the standard