Integration of multiple ECG databases into a unified framework

Author

De Wijs, Mcj ; van Ettinger, M. ; Meij, SH ; Nelwan, Sp

Author_Institution

Thoraxcenter, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam

fYear

2005

fDate

25-28 Sept. 2005

Firstpage

447

Lastpage

450

Abstract

Nowadays, due to the many different formats used by different manufacturers at the Thoraxcenter and the availability of only one ECG viewer in our Electronic Patient Information System, there is a need to convert the different formats to the format supported and to search for a (Webbased) browser for our ECGs to eliminate the need to install and maintain all clients. We developed a framework focussing on the recently approved SCP standard, to be independent of a manufacturer. This framework can convert SCP, Unipro, and Sifor to each other. Several viewers are available, but difficulties have arisen due to the many degrees of freedom in the earlier SCP versions. For the moment no new viewer has been introduced at our hospital

Keywords

Internet; electrocardiography; medical computing; medical information systems; online front-ends; SCP; Sifor; Unipro; Web based browser; electronic patient information system; multiple ECG database integration; unified framework; Application software; Cardiology; Computer aided manufacturing; Databases; Electrocardiography; Hospitals; Information systems; Libraries; Standards development; Testing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computers in Cardiology, 2005

Conference_Location

Lyon

Print_ISBN

0-7803-9337-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CIC.2005.1588133

Filename

1588133