title: Implementing a new ADT based on the HL7 version 3 RIM.
abstract: The University Hospitals of Geneva (HUG) are the result of the merge of six hospitals into one single organization. While a true fusion of the management has been effectively done, it was not the case 5 years after for several databases, and in particular the ADT (admission, discharge, transfer). In order to truly realize the fusion, a new ADT service has been built using state of the art technology and standards in order to replace the existing seven services. This paper presents the results of the redesign and development of the new ADT service. The data model, based on HL7 RIM, is described and the technologies selected are presented. Finally, a status after 1 year of production is presented.
authors.affiliation: Medical Informatics Service, Radiology and Medical Informatics Department, University Hospitals of Geneva, 24 rue Micheli-du-Crest, CH-1211 Geneva 14, Switzerland. stephane.spahni@hcuge.ch
authors.forename: Stéphane
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Spahni
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lovis
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mercille
authors.forename: Hervé
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Verdel
authors.forename: Michel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cotten
authors.forename: Antoine
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Geissbühler
mesh_terms: D006751:Hospital Information Systems / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D008491:Medical Informatics Applications; D019982:Organizational Case Studies; D010343:Patient Admission; D010351:Patient Discharge; D010360:Patient Transfer; D011381:Programming Languages; D013557:Switzerland; D018511:Systems Integration