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Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise™ (IHE)

IHE is healthcare professionals and system vendors solving problems with how computer systems in healthcare share information.

Systems that support IHE Integration Profiles interoperate better, are easier to implement, and help care providers use information more effectively. The goal is efficient delivery of optimal patient care. Several hundred products support one or more IHE Profiles.

Integration Profiles describe a problematic information management process and how to use existing standards (HL7, DICOM, etc,...) to solve the particular problem. Systems that implement an Integration Profile solve the problem in a mutually compatible way.

For equipment vendors, Integration Profiles are implementation guides.
For healthcare providers, Integration Profiles are a shorthand for integration requirements in purchasing documents.

Integration Statements let customers view the IHE Profiles supported by a specific release of a specific product.

Technical Frameworks are the documents that specify the Integration Profiles and the associated systems (actors) and transactions.

Connectathons are annual events where vendors bring products with IHE Profiles and test them with other vendors.

IHE is organized into Domains which each address problems in one area of healthcare.

This Wiki is mostly for preparing IHE materials/activities and for IHE Committee work.

For Official IHE Publications, please see www.ihe.net.

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-'''IHE''' is an intitiative that brings healthcare professionals, healthcare information specialists and the vendors that supply systems to healthcare together to solve complex, healthcare information management problems that span multiple information systems from multiple vendors. The [[Process| IHE Process]] involves identifying a problematic information management process and existing information technology standards that could be used to solve the particular problem. These Problem-Solution statements are termed, [[Profiles| '''Integration Profiles''']]. [[Profiles| '''Integration Profiles''']] are codified in [[Frameworks| '''Technical Frameworks''']] that detail precisely the agreed upon solution. Vendors can then implement the [[Frameworks| '''Technical Frameworks''']] and test their implementations at [[Connectathons| '''Connectathons''']]. Customers can then view [[Statements| '''Conformance Statements''']] and include IHE functionality requirements in their purchase documents.
+IHE is healthcare professionals and system vendors solving problems with how computer systems in healthcare share information.
 Systems that support IHE Integration Profiles interoperate better, are easier to implement, and help care providers use information more effectively. The goal is efficient delivery of optimal patient care.  Several hundred [[Statements|products]] support one or more IHE Profiles.
-'''IHE''' is organized into [[Domains|'''Domains''']], each of which addresses the problems in its area of activity. Each domain is made up of Planning and Technical [[Committees|'''Committees''']] that develop the [[Profiles| '''Integration Profiles''']] and [[Frameworks| '''Technical Frameworks''']] for that domain.[[Participate| Participate]].
+[[Profiles| '''Integration Profiles''']] describe a problematic information management process and how to use existing standards (HL7, DICOM, etc,...) to solve the particular problem.  Systems that implement an Integration Profile solve the problem in a mutually compatible way.
+:* For equipment vendors, Integration Profiles are implementation guides.
+:* For healthcare providers, Integration Profiles are a shorthand for integration requirements in purchasing documents.
+[[Statements| '''Integration Statements''']] let customers view the IHE Profiles supported by a specific release of a specific product.
+[[Frameworks| '''Technical Frameworks''']] are the documents that specify the Integration Profiles and the associated systems (actors) and transactions.
+[[Connectathons| '''Connectathons''']] are annual events where vendors bring products with IHE Profiles and test them with other vendors.
+IHE is organized into [[Domains|'''Domains''']] which each address problems in one area of healthcare.
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 :* [[Cardiology| IHE Cardiology (CARD)]]
-:* [[Eyecare| IHE Eyecare (EYE?)]]
+:* [[Eyecare| IHE Eyecare (EYE)]]
 :* [[IT Infrastructure| IHE IT Infrastructure (ITI)]]
 :* [[Laboratory| IHE Laboratory (LAB)]]
-:* [[Pathology| IHE Pathology (PATHO)]]
+:* [[Pathology| IHE Pathology (PATH)]]
 :* [[Patient Care Coordination| IHE Patient Care Coordination (PCC)]]
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-This Wiki is currently for collecting/preparing IHE materials and for IHE Committee work.
+This Wiki is mostly for preparing IHE materials/activities and for IHE Committee work.
 For Official IHE Publications, please see '''[http://www.ihe.net/ www.ihe.net]'''.
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