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DICOM PS3.17 2020a - Explanatory Information |
a.Search from EMR b.Populating FHIR resources c.Worklist in Viewer
d.Study Import Duplication Check e.Multiple System Query
f. Clinical Reconstruction g.Mobile Device Access
HHH.4.2.1 Search From EMR
A General Practitioner (GP) in a clinic would like to check for imaging studies for the current patient. These studies are stored in a PACS, Vendor Neutral Archive (VNA) or HIE that supports QIDO functionality. The GP launches an Electronic Medical Record (EMR) application, and keys in the patient demographics to search for the patient record within the EMR. Once the record is open, the EMR, using QIDO, makes requests to the back-end systems, supplying Patient ID (including issuer) and possibly other parameters (date of birth, date range, modality, etc.). That system returns the available studies along with meta-data for each study that will help the GPselectthestudytoopen.Themeta-datawouldinclude,butisnotlimitedto,StudyDescription,StudyDate,Modality,andReferring Physician.
HHH.4.2.2 Populating FHIR Resources
HL7 has introduced FHIR (Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources) as a means of providing access to healthcare informatics in- formation using RESTful web services.
While FHIR will not replicate the information contained in a PACS or other medical imaging storage system, it is desirable for FHIR to present a view of the medical imaging studies available for a particular patient along with the means of retrieving the imaging data using other RESTful services.
HHH.4.2.3 Worklist in Viewer
A Radiologist, is reading studies in the office, using software that maintains diagnostic orders for the facility. This system produces the radiology worklist of studies to be read and provides meta-data about each scheduled procedure, including the Study Instance UID. When the next study is selected to be read on the worklist, the system, using the Study Instance UID, makes a QIDO request to the local archive to discover the instances and relevant study meta-data associated with the procedure to display. Subsequent QIDO requests are made to the local archive and to connected VNA archives to discover candidate relevant prior studies for that patient.
For each candidate relevant prior, the full study metadata will be retrieved using WADO-RS and processed to generate the list of relevant priors.
HHH.4.2.4 Multiple Systems Query
A Radiologist is working in a satellite clinic, which has a system with QIDO functionality and small image cache. The main hospital withwhichtheclinicisaffiliatedhasasystemwithQIDOfunctionalityandalargehistoricalimagearchiveorVNA.Theviewingsoftware displays a worklist of patients, and a study is selected for viewing. The viewer checks for prior studies, by making QIDO requests to boththelocalcacheandremotearchiveusingthePatientID,NameandDateofBirth,ifavailable.IfthePatientIdentifierisn'tavailable, other means (such as by other demographics, or a Master Patient Index) could be utilized. Any studies that meet relevant prior criteria can be pre-fetched.
HHH.4.2.5 Clinical Reconstruction
A Neurologist is preparing a surgical plan for a patient with a brain tumor using three-dimensional reconstruction software, which takes CT images and builds a 3D model of various structures. After supplying the patient demographics (or Patient Identifier), the software requests a list of appropriate studies for reconstruction (based on Study Date, Body Region and Modality). Once the user has selected a study and series, the software contacts the QIDO server again, requesting the SOP Instance UIDs of all images of a