title: [An introduction of IHE].
abstract: This paper briefly introduces the history, definitions of some important words, working process, key concepts, connectathon testing, implementation of IHE, which can be regarded as an entry guide of IHE.
authors.affiliation: Global R&D Center of Kodak Health Group, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai. jiwu.zhang@kodak.com
authors.forename: Ji-wu
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Zhang
mesh_terms: D048088:Informatics / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D018511:Systems Integration