Department of Radiation Oncology, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, Florida 33136, USA.
Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2010 Feb 1;76(2):333-6. doi: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2009.10.001.
To describe the processes and benefits of the integrating healthcare enterprises in radiation oncology (IHE-RO).
The IHE-RO process includes five basic steps. The first step is to identify common interoperability issues encountered in radiation treatment planning and the delivery process. IHE-RO committees partner with vendors to develop solutions (integration profiles) to interoperability problems. The broad application of these integration profiles across a variety of vender platforms is tested annually at the Connectathon event. Demonstration of the seamless integration and transfer of patient data to the potential users are then presented by vendors at the public demonstration event. Users can then integrate these profiles into requests for proposals and vendor contracts by institutions.
Incorporation of completed integration profiles into requests for proposals can be done when purchasing new equipment. Vendors can publish IHE integration statements to document the integration profiles supported by their products. As a result, users can reference integration profiles in requests for proposals, simplifying the systems acquisition process. These IHE-RO solutions are now available in many of the commercial radiation oncology-related treatment planning, delivery, and information systems. They are also implemented at cancer care sites around the world.
IHE-RO serves an important purpose for the radiation oncology community at large.
描述放射肿瘤学中整合医疗保健企业(IHE-RO)的流程和优势。
IHE-RO 流程包括五个基本步骤。第一步是确定放射治疗计划和交付过程中遇到的常见互操作性问题。IHE-RO 委员会与供应商合作,开发解决互操作性问题的解决方案(集成配置文件)。这些集成配置文件在 Connectathon 活动中每年都会广泛测试各种供应商平台的应用情况。供应商在公开演示活动中展示潜在用户无缝集成和患者数据传输的演示。然后,用户可以通过机构将这些配置文件集成到提案请求和供应商合同中。
在购买新设备时,可以将已完成的集成配置文件纳入提案请求中。供应商可以发布 IHE 集成声明来记录其产品支持的集成配置文件。因此,用户可以在提案请求中引用集成配置文件,简化系统获取过程。这些 IHE-RO 解决方案现在已广泛应用于许多商业放射肿瘤学相关的治疗计划、交付和信息系统中。它们也已在全球各地的癌症治疗场所实施。
IHE-RO 对整个放射肿瘤学界具有重要意义。