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Enhancing ECG Accessibility and Quality through IHE Interoperability Standards

The integration of ECGs into healthcare systems faces challenges in accessibility, quality, and interoperability. This initiative aims to enable seamless retrieval and display of high-quality, vector-based ECG documents using standardized formats like PDF and SVG, ensuring artifacts are minimized. The goal is to foster a platform-neutral application environment, allowing medical professionals to access ECGs anywhere, anytime. By leveraging existing IHE frameworks and specified extensions, we aim to enhance utility through structured XML listings and facilitate side-by-side comparisons of ECGs to improve patient care.

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Enhancing ECG Accessibility and Quality through IHE Interoperability Standards

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  1. Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise Retrieve ECG for Display Profile Barry D. Brown, Mortara Instrument, Inc. ECG Profile co-editor IHE Cardiology Technical Committee

  2. ECG Needs • ECGs Accessible Everywhere! • Need broad distribution of ECGs using ubiquitous technology (Web). • Allow medical applications to easily retrieve and display ECGs in a platform/vendor neutral way. • High-quality ECG documents. Avoid artifacts on zoomed ECGs and arbitrary display geometries. • Vector images required (not rasterized) • Facilitate apps for serial comparison (side-by-side synchronized display). IHE Interoperability Workshop

  3. Goal for Year 1 • High ROI—value added problem solutions • Standards in place (HTTP, PDF, SVG) • No “political” challenges – just technical • Restricted scope for a “quick win” • Reuse successful IHE IT Infrastructure Retrieve Information for Display (RID) profile to meet similar needs IHE Interoperability Workshop

  4. In Scope for Year 1 • Provide ECGs and related documents to enterprise • Reuse IHE-ITI RID • Retrieve list of documents; retrieve single document • ECGs served in ready-to-display format (PDF, SVG) • Limited extension for ECG-specific needs • Add requirements on display format and quality • Include XML-based ECG report list IHE Interoperability Workshop

  5. Out of Scope for Year 1 • ECG acquisition and reading workflow. • ECG raw data interchange. • Export of reports to external repository. • Central management and configuration of ECG devices. IHE Interoperability Workshop

  6. Year 1 Strategy • Reuse IHE-ITI RID as it is: • Retrieve list of cardiology documents, including ECGs in ready-to-display format (HTML) • Retrieve single document, including an ECG • ECGs served in ready-to-display formats (PDF, SVG) • Compatibility with existing RID clients IHE Interoperability Workshop

  7. Year 1 Strategy (cont.) • Make ECG-specific extensions to RID • Place requirements on ECG source to ensure high-quality ECG documents. • Add ECG-specific request for list of ECGs to be returned as XML allowing more client flexibility. • Add SVG as allowed ECG document format. IHE Interoperability Workshop

  8. PDF • ECG Source required to support PDF so it is compatible with existing RID clients. • PDF is a common document type and most computers already have a viewer. • ECG Source required to use vector graphics for waveforms in PDF. • Gives high quality line drawings at any screen resolution and zoom factor. • Rasterized (e.g. scanned, bitmapped) ECG “images” not allowed. IHE Interoperability Workshop

  9. Example ECG in PDF Format IHE Interoperability Workshop

  10. SVG • Scalable Vector Graphics – “XML Graphics for the Web” – a W3C standard. • Well suited for line drawings (e.g. waveforms) in a XML/Web environment. • Currently supported through web browser plug-ins. • Allows scripting to enable advanced user-side display control. IHE Interoperability Workshop

  11. Example ECG in SVG Format IHE Interoperability Workshop

  12. Use Case D1: Simple Display • Display actor requests list of ECG documents for a specific patient ID. • RID profile SUMMARY-CARDIOLOGY request returns list as HTML. • ECG profile SUMMARY-CARDIOLOGY-ECG request returns list as XML with stylesheet. • Display actor requests a specific ECG document using a unique document ID. • The ID of the requested document may not have been obtained from the previously retrieved list. IHE Interoperability Workshop

  13. Example List as HTML IHE Interoperability Workshop

  14. Use Case D2: Advanced Display • Display actor requests list of ECG documents for a specific patient ID using ECG profile request type. • List of ECGs returned as structured XML. • Display actor parses structured document list to select related ECGs for serial comparison, for example. • Display actor requests the specific ECG documents using the unique document IDs obtained in structured list above. • Display actor displays the ECGs in a meaningful way. IHE Interoperability Workshop

  15. ECG List XML Details • IHE uses DICOM and HL7 standards, methods, and information models when appropriate. • HL7 V3 has Reference Information Model (RIM) and modeling method for creating general healthcare messages. • HL7 V3 method produces XML schema. • XML schema for IHE ECG list developed using HL7 V3 modeling method. IHE Interoperability Workshop

  16. ECG List HL7 V3 R-MIM IHE Interoperability Workshop

  17. ECG List XML Schema IHE Interoperability Workshop

  18. ECG List XML Example (1/3) IHE Interoperability Workshop

  19. ECG List XML Example (2/3) IHE Interoperability Workshop

  20. ECG List XML Example (3/3) IHE Interoperability Workshop

  21. ECG List XML Example Formatted with Stylesheet IHE Interoperability Workshop

  22. ECG List XML ExampleSimple Serial Comparison App. IHE Interoperability Workshop

  23. Serial Comparison Example 23-April-200413:45:02 23-April-200413:47:45 IHE Interoperability Workshop

  24. For more info: • IHE Cardiology Technical Framework Version 1.0 for Trial Implementation at: • www.rsna.org/ihe • www.acc.org/quality/ihe.htm • ECG List XML schema and example available at same location. • Submit questions and comments to: • http://forums.rsna.org IHE Interoperability Workshop

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