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Authors:
Conceição Granja
Zafeiris Kokkinogenis
Joaquim Gabriel
Terje Solvoll
Keywords: Healthcare Information Systems; Information Flow Re-engineering; Medical Records; Data Quality
Abstract:
The existence of multiple information systems in the healthcare environment causes data integrity issues when the information flow architecture is not implemented considering the specificities of each department, the multiple data sources and the data input does not follow the systems requirements. This paper presents a case-study of a diagnostic imaging department information flow analyses and optimization, using the DICOM standard embedded on most equipment, to improve data integrity, availability and structure. The existing patient data structure was redefined and the existing information flow was re-engineered in accordance with the DICOM and IHE guidelines. This study focuses in a diagnostic imaging department and resulted in the identification of a new information flow that permits a significant and positive reduction of information inconsistencies, thus improving data quality.
Pages: 129 to 134
Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2013
Publication date: February 24, 2013
Published in: conference
ISSN: 2308-4375
ISBN: 978-1-61208-254-7
Location: Nice, France
Dates: from February 24, 2013 to March 1, 2013