title: Flexible medical image management using service-oriented architecture.
abstract: Management of medical images increasingly involves the need for integration with a variety of information systems. To address this need, we developed Content Management Offering (CMO), a platform for medical image management supporting interoperability through compliance with standards. CMO is based on the principles of service-oriented architecture, implemented with emphasis on three areas: clarity of business process definition, consolidation of service configuration management, and system scalability. Owing to the flexibility of this platform, a small team is able to accommodate requirements of customers varying in scale and in business needs. We describe two deployments of CMO, highlighting the platform's value to customers. CMO represents a flexible approach to medical image management, which can be applied to a variety of information technology challenges in healthcare and life sciences organizations.
authors.affiliation: IBM Research, Haifa, Israel.
authors.forename: Oded
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Shaham
authors.forename: Alex
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Melament
authors.forename: Yuval
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Barak-Corren
authors.forename: Igor
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Kostirev
authors.forename: Noam
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Shmueli
authors.forename: Yardena
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Peres
mesh_terms: D003628:Database Management Systems; D016247:Information Storage and Retrieval / Q000379:methods*; D011873:Radiology Information Systems / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014584:User-Computer Interface