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F Behlen

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HL7 document patient record architecture: an XML document architecture based on a shared information model.

The HL7 SGML/XML Special Interest Group is developing the HL7 Document Patient Record Architecture. This draft proposal strives to create a common data architecture for the interoperability of healthcare documents. Key components are that it is under the umbrella of HL7 standards, it is specified in Extensible Markup Language, the semantics are drawn from the HL7 Reference Information Model, and the document specifications form an architecture that, in aggregate, define the semantics and structural constraints necessary for the exchange of clinical documents. The proposal is a work in progress and has not yet been submitted to HL7's formal balloting process.

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A DICOM document-oriented approach to PACS infrastructure.

The need for long-term storage requires the future migration of image data from a PACS to its successor system. This paper considers the cost of such migration It is proposed that storage of data as "documents" in DICOM Part 10 formats on industry-standard media could reduce the time and cost of data migration relative to on-line DICOM transfer. The relation to present efforts in developing document-oriented electronic patient records is discussed. DICOM Part 10 files are found to be a sufficient representation of image documents, but additional software tools will be needed to reach its full potential. There is a significant cost benefit of the document storage method, but it is one of many factors which must be balanced in the selection of a PACS.

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