Symulacja modelu komunikacji w pracowni radiologicznej szpitala oparta na modelu opracowanym przez organizację IHE

Artykuł prezentuje projekt aplikacji zarządzania pracownią radiologiczną, która organizuje prace wykonywane przez systemy zewnętrzne pracowni. Wymogiem jej działania jest poprawna komunikacja z pozostałymi systemami wykorzystywanymi w pracowni, oraz szpitalnym systemem informacyjnym. Aplikacja ma na celu usprawnienie działania placówki obsługującej dużą liczbę pacjentów, która wymaga szybkiej obsługi danych z pracowni.

The paper presents a radiology lab management application, which organizes activities performed by peripheral systems of a laboratory. The prerequisite for its operation is its correct communication with other systems used in the laboratory as well as the hospital IT system. The purpose of this application is to improve the institution activity handling a large number of patients and requiring quick data handling within the laboratory. The work on development of the structure of the reports involved a large emphasis being placed on the adherence to the IHE recommendations. The model put forward assumes a multiple sending process for the very same information in order to maintain synchronization. Those decisions were important from the point of view of programming the report handling procedures. The exact project of data exchange improves the process of application programming. The use of XML format for coding the information allows the data exchange to be traced with use of a sniffer. The communication mechanics adopted by us allows for efficient exchange of information. There are more than a dozen commercially available HL7 protocol interfaces. The lack of availability of a specification and the ambiguous mechanics of data organization, used within Polish hospital applications has led us to use our own protocol. The working solution utilizes only a few communicates based on HL7. The work puts a higher emphasis on the informational content of those communicates. Our own protocol is also used to code DICOM communicate equivalents, which convey text messages or serve as event reminders.