The Interoperability Challenge - A Case Study Summary

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The Interoperability Challenge - A Case Study
Summary
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A leading cancer treatment and research health
system faced these challenges of
interoperability, which caused reduced
productivity and poor resource management   Modal
ity resource management - Imaging modalities sent
images to multiple destinations. Computing cycles
utilized for routing slowed down imaging
operations,reducing departmental productivity and
increasing loss of revenue.
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Excess point-to-point integrations -Without a
cohesive and standardized methodology to handle
the installation and interoperability of various
modalities, departments resorted to a tedious
process of manual, point-to-point integration for
each modality one.   Non-standard DICOM
-Modalities and other DICOM devices transmitted
image sets that include non-standard or
proprietary DICOM tags.  
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Mitigation of Workflow Disruptions and
Productivity Loss- Lack of interoperability
created unplanned downtime in the PACS, RIS,or
EMR caused substantial imaging workflow
disruptions and productivity losses that far
outlasted the downtime itself.   Fragmentation of
DICOM Modality Work Lists (MWL) - Each PACS/RIS
vendor typically provided its own unique Modality
Work List, which turned into a configuration and
business continuance challenge in the event of a
system failure.
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Tedious HL7 feed enabling - For each new HL7 feed
request, IT would typically needed to undergo a
tedious, time-consuming integration with the EMR
vendor, a process that could span a period of
several weeks of bidirectional configuration and
testing.   The Interoperability Solution Dicom
Systems core platform, the Enterprise Imaging
Workflow Unifier, provided the health system with
a controlled environment and technology that
empowers IT and clinical personnel to own the
entire process without having to develop or
maintain a costly homegrown product.  
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