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management use cases and specify how to use standards, such as DICOM or HL7, to address them. Each profile assigns specific requirements to specific actors, defined in terms of its primary responsibility, that are responsible for producing, managing or acting on information in the context of the profile. robert Baumgartner, administrative co-chair Simply put, an actor is what a user (or anof the Ihe cardiology Planning committee and other system) interacts with. director of product marketing for McKesson’s medical imaging group Recognizing that it’s not sufficient merely to publish Integration Profiles, the IHE created a forum in which healthcare informatics vendors could test their technology with profile and acof the profile and is comprised predominately of vendor technitor (system) compliance as well as its interoperability with other cal-resource members as well as cardiologists, who ensure the developers’ products. These events—called Connectathons—are clinical accuracy of the profile. held annually in North America and Europe and intermittently in Asia. What is the current status For vendors of cardiology information systems, these profiles of the IHE cardiology domain? act as implementation guides. For the cardiology providers that wish to deploy these systems, the profiles provide a basis for inteIHE Cardiology has a number of profiles that have been degration requirements in their purchasing contracts. veloped over the past four years, such as: The IHE cardiology domain, now in Year 5, has developed a clutch >Cardiac Cath Workflow (CATH): Integrates ordering, schedof profiles that have been adopted by cardiac information systems uling, imaging acquisition, storage and viewing for cardiac cathetervendors. Cardiovascular Business recently spoke with Robert Baumization procedures. gartner, director of product marketing for McKesson’s medical >Echocardiography Workflow (ECHO): Integrates ordering, imaging group and administrative co-chair of the IHE Cardiology scheduling, imaging acquisition, storage and viewing for digital Planning Committee, on the status and future of the domain. echocardiography. >Retrieve ECG for Display (ECG): Provides access throughout the enterprise to electrocardiogram documents for review purposes. How is the IHE cardiology committee structured? >Evidence Documents (ED): Adds cardiology-specific options to the radiology ED profile. There are actually two primary committees: Planning and >Implantable Device Cardiac Observation (IDCO): Specifies the Technical. The Planning Committee is just that; it looks at creation, transmission, and processing of discrete data elements and new profiles as well as the marketing of the profiles and educareport attachments associated with cardiac device interrogations tion. This committee is composed of a number of cardiologists (observations) or messages. and vendor representatives (who are predominantly from prod>Stress Testing Workflow (STRESS): Provides ordering and collectuct management). ing multi-modality data during diagnostic stress testing procedures. The Technical Committee works through the technical aspects >Displayable Reports (DRPT): Distributes “display ready” (using “the cardiology profiles are workflow-oriented and are built around real-world cases and issues.” Q A Q A CardiovascularBusiness.com Cardiovascular Business 31 http://CardiovascularBusiness.com

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Cardiovascular Business - May/June 2008 Contents First Word Cover Story - Coronary CTA: Drafting the Strategic Plan Financing New Technologies: Early Adopters, Lease vs. Purchase, and Joint Ventures Clinical Study Digest: ACE or ARB: It's Your Choice Can Off-Hour D2B Times Be Reduced Without Breaking the Bank? Digital Image Management Primer: Integrating Echo SPECT/CT for Cardiac Disease Detection: An Economic Conundrum Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise Connects IT Systems News & Views Calendar Reader's Resources The Back Page

Cardiovascular Business - May/June 2008

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