Electronic data interchange for health care

Author

Hutchison, Andrew ; Kaiserswerth, Matthias ; Moser, Michael ; Schade, Andreas

Author_Institution

IBM Res. Div., Zurich, Switzerland

Volume

34

Issue

7

fYear

1996

fDate

7/1/1996 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

28

Lastpage

34

Abstract

This article reviews current standardization activities in North America and Europe that aim to allow electronic data interchange among health care applications. It analyzes the requirements communication subsystems must meet to allow for such standard-based communication between heterogeneous health care applications. To illustrate such a system the authors present the architecture of the HL7/EDIFACT Communication Subsystem (HECS). The HECS provides communication agents that interface with existing applications, as well as translation and routing functions based on a reliable underlying delivery mechanism

Keywords

electronic data interchange; health care; patient care; standardisation; telecommunication network routing; Europe; HECS; HL7/EDIFACT Communication Subsystem; North America; communication agents; communication subsystems; delivery mechanism; electronic data interchange; health care applications; interface; routing functions; standard based communication; standardization activities; translation functions; Access protocols; Biomedical imaging; Communication standards; Data handling; Europe; Medical diagnostic imaging; Medical services; Standardization; Standards development; Transport protocols;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Communications Magazine, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0163-6804

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/35.526885

Filename

526885