title: HIS-PACS coupling: BAZIS/ZIS and Philips/MARCOM on speaking terms.
abstract: Nowadays a growing number of experts in the PACS field agree on the necessity of having an integrated HIS-PACS combination available in modern hospitals in order to manage the enormous amounts of patient data, both textual, numerical and image information, in an effective way. Since 1986 BAZIS (the Development and Support Group of the Hospital Information System), Philips Medical Systems and the University Hospital of Utrecht (AZU) are partners in the so-called Dutch PACS Project in the development and evaluation of a fully integrated image information system. The first phase of the coupling (sub)project consists of establishing a communication link between the BAZIS/ZIS and the Philips/MARCOM system with the following restrictions: the only data sent concerns the inpatients of one ward; data will only flow one way, from BAZIS/ZIS to Philips/MARCOM. In the second phase two-way communication will be realized and more departments can be part of the experiment. In phase 3 a more general HIS-PACS interface will be developed, independent of the manufacturers of HIS and PACS. In this paper the technical solution chosen for the first phase coupling, the format of the messages being transferred, and the events which result in sending the messages, will be described. Also, reference is made to the demonstration of the working HIS-PACS link, given during the 6th EuroPACS meeting in Utrecht and Leiden on 25-26 April 1988.
authors.affiliation: BAZIS, Central Development and Support Group Hospital Information System, Leiden, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Lodder
authors.forename: B M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: van Poppel
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Wilmink
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Scharnberg
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: de Valk
authors.forename: A R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Bakker
mesh_terms: D003195:Computer Communication Networks / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003199:Computer Systems / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003628:Database Management Systems / Q000458:organization & administration; D006748:Hospital Departments / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006751:Hospital Information Systems / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006753:Hospital Records; D006801:Humans; D007090:Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted; D009426:Netherlands; D011857:Radiographic Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted; D011872:Radiology Department, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011873:Radiology Information Systems / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012985:Software Design