IHE Radiology was formed in 1998 to address issues of interoperability and information sharing that impact the quality of care in medical imaging. It has developed and documented standards-based solutions to these problems and organized testing and education to foster their adoption. IHE solutions are now available in hundreds of commercial radiology-related information systems and are implemented in care sites around the world.
IHE Radiology is sponsored by the Radiological Society of North America.
IHE Radiology Profiles
Brief descriptions of the IHE Radiology profiles are available on the IHE Wiki at IHE Profiles.
Profiles that have reached final text status are defined in full detail in the IHE Radiology Technical Framework found here. Trial Implementation supplements are available here and supplements in their public comment phase (if any) are available here.
Radiology Committees
The IHE Radiology Planning and Technical Committees are responsible for developing IHE integration profiles, maintaining the IHE Radiology Technical Framework , and planning deployment activities, such as testing events and educational programs, in the domain of radiology. The committees are composed of users and developers of imaging and information systems. The membership of these and other IHE domain committees, along with schedules of activities, meeting agendas and minutes and working documents can be found in the Radiology section of the IHE Wiki.
These committees are composed of representatives of stakeholder organizations who are users or developers of radiology-related healthcare IT systems. The committees are international in scope. All qualified stakeholders are invited to join.
Participation is open and voluntary, but in order to remain a voting committee member, participants must take part regularly in committee meetings and teleconferences and perform committee assignments. All IHE committee participants serve as representatives of IHE Member Organizations. Information on becoming an IHE Member Organization is available on the IHE Governance page. You can contact the secretary of the IHE ITI committees via email at ihe@rsna.org.
Leadership:
Planning Committee Co-chairs:
- R. Kent Hutson, MD | Radiology Partners
- Brad Genereaux | SIIM
Technical Committee Co-chairs:
- Wim Corbijn van Willenswaard | Philips Healthcare
- Andrei Leontiev | Visage Imaging
Domain Representative to the IHE International Board:
- Kevin O’Donnell | Canon Medical Research USA
Email communication among participants in the committees takes place through Google Groups maintained for this purpose. You can request an invitation to join the committee lists below.
IHE Radiology Planning Committee Google Group
IHE Radiology Technical Committee Google Group
Other Resources
Among the information resources and other tools IHE Radiology provides for users and developers of healthcare IT systems in radiology are:
- Radiology Technical Framework providing detailed specifications for implementing IHE Profiles
- Radiology User Handbooks providing guidance on implementing IHE profiles to achieve interoperability in radiology
- “Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise: A Primer” by David S. Channin, MD, Eliot L. Siegel, MD, et al: A five-part series published in 2001 in the journal RadioGraphics, providing insight into IHE its benefits for radiology:
- Part 1. Introduction
- Part 2. Seven Brides for Seven Brothers: The IHE Integration Profiles
- Part 3. What Does IHE Do for ME?
- Part 4. The Role of Existing Standards in IHE[]
- Part 5. The Future of IHE
- Part 6. The Fellowship of IHE: Year 4 Additions and Extensions
- Using the IHE Scheduled Work Flow Integration Profile to Drive Modality Efficiency
- Testing Tools developed to help implementers of IHE profiles in healthcare IT systems
Contact
For further information, contact RSNA staff at informatics@rsna.org.