Title :
Electronic data interchange for health care
Author :
Hutchison, Andrew ; Kaiserswerth, Matthias ; Moser, Michael ; Schade, Andreas
Author_Institution :
IBM Res. Div., Zurich, Switzerland
fDate :
7/1/1996 12:00:00 AM
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;
Journal_Title :
Communications Magazine, IEEE
