title: [Integrating the healthcare enterprise: an overview].
abstract: Integrating the healthcare enterprise (IHE) is a developing general norm in medical informatics especially in the field of radiology, which is independent of the manufacturers and has been accepted by a number of manufacturers and systems. In this paper, the authors provide a brief overview of IHE with the integration profiles of IHE technical framework being particularly elaborated.
authors.affiliation: Educational Technology Center, First Military Medical University, Guangzhou 510515, China. irisy@fimmu.com
authors.forename: Wei-hua
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Yao
authors.forename: Xu-yang
authors.initials: XY
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: Ni
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Duan
mesh_terms: D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D016347:Medical Records Systems, Computerized; D011873:Radiology Information Systems / Q000458:organization & administration*; D018511:Systems Integration