PacsOne Server

sorry new to hl7. but can the hl7 feature of pacsone work with a emr? if so what does it do and how does it improve workflow?

The HL7 interface is used mostly to integrate PacsOne with the RIS/HIS systems. Do you have any suggestions or ideas for integrating with EMR systems?

After installing several Pacsone, cutomers have asked about integration into there emr. So far I think that if Pacsone can interface with emr and can pull patient info then could populate any modalities with the proper information. Also provide to the emr the billing data needed for the x-rays taken.

Currently the HL7 interface of PacsOne is used for integrating with existing RIS/HIS systems, and PacsOne does not have a RIS/HIS module for integration with a EMR system.

We would be very interested in implementing such as system if you could provide the requirements (the more details the better) for this kind of integration.

1) The images are taken and sent to PacsOne, PacsOne inputs the study information into the emr. Example: inputting the dicom header information into the emr, that in turn will list pretty much everything without the need for the staff to manually input the data, studies done etc....

2) If PacsOne could interface with an emr then it could easily be a mwl provider. Meaning that PacsOne will look at emr for patient demographics and then in turn forward the demographics to the requesting modality. This will keep down the reoccuring problem of the imaging techs inputting the patient info with errors: wrong id#, acc#, dob etc...

3) Also create a link with login screen from the patients emr to the study in PacsOne. (Side note I do wish that PacsOne would come up with a FDA approved web viewer that could easily handle cr images for a add on to PacsOne)

4) Within PacsOne create a link to emr so that a DR. could easily gain access to the patient emr from PacsOne without having to jump from program to program.

5) That is all for now if you would like I can sit down with my customers and speak with them in depth about this. Just let me know. Thanks tservice

Thanks, tservice, these are great feature suggestions. Do you have the detailed specification or requirements for interfacing with this specific EMR, or does the EMR vendor provide any software development kits (SDK) for 3rd-party application vendors like us?

About the FDA-approved web viewers, have you checked out the 2 commercial Java applet viewers (RemotEye and Radscaper) which are URL-linked from our Download page:

http://www.pacsone.net/download.htm

The commercial applet viewers may already be FDA or CE approved, but you would need to contact their vendors directly to check on the FDA/CE approval, since they are not being offered by us.

Currently I do know that Fuji can interface with a emr if 1) if they are a mwl provider
2) If the emr uses a flat face interface.
At this time that is all the help I can provide. Still in the learning mode. If you wish I will provide any information that I can.
I do know that several of my customers would love to be a beta test site when Pcasone gets to that point.

(Do you have the detailed specification or requirements for interfacing with this specific EMR, or does the EMR vendor provide any software development kits (SDK) for 3rd-party application vendors like us?)

About the FDA-approved web viewers, if Pacsone could display cr images then my customers could use it to show the patients their images, currently I have been unable to get the web viewer to display cr images. MRI and CT no problem. If Pacsone could develope a FDA approved web viewer, I know that my customers would pay per instance. Think about it E film very expense, hard to teach Dr. how to use. IQ View is easy to teach and very cost effective. I think that Pacsone could design a viewer that is web based for a additonal cost. Iknow that k_pacs (iqview) has a web interface with conquest. I have not had the time to try it yet.

About the FDA-approved web viewers, have you checked out the 2 commercial Java applet viewers (RemotEye and Radscaper) which are URL-linked from our Download page:

tservice wrote: At this time that is all the help I can provide. Still in the learning mode. If you wish I will provide any information that I can.

Yes, we'd appreciate it if you could forward any information you get to mailto:pacsone@pacsone.net.

tservice wrote: IQ View is easy to teach and very cost effective. I think that Pacsone could design a viewer that is web based for a additonal cost. Iknow that k_pacs (iqview) has a web interface with conquest. I have not had the time to try it yet.

There will be an Active-X plugin for iQ-View available for the next release of PacsOne. It's being developed/offered by the same vendor for iQ-View, so you can contact them directly about its features and availablity.

Will the plugin work on older releases of Pacsone?

It should, but check with the iQ-View team to be sure.

Thanks sounds like a good solution.

I have spoken with a Fuji rep. regarding the interface with emr for a mwl. There pacs system is what is capable of doing this. With there pricing of their pacs, it is out of the market rate for our customer's price range. Therefore at this time I will be unable to help with any information at this time. I do still hope that pacsone will get into the his/ris and emr market, there is a big need in the small to large market place for cost effective software.
Thanks