Basic Image Review - Brief Proposal

1. Proposed Workitem: Basic Image Review Profile

• Proposal Editor: Kevin O'Donnell
• Editor:
• Domain: Radiology (incl. all image viewing subspecialties)

2. The Problem

It is common practice for imaging facilities to distribute images on CDs and for receiving physicians to review those images with the viewer often bundled onto the CD.

Physicians have increasingly been expressing frustration that all too often:

• the viewer does not successfully run and load the images
• functions critical to review are missing from the viewer
• the CD has Yet Another Viewer in which the operation of basic functions is non-obvious

The impact is delayed care, inaccessible information, and poor use of valuable clinician time.

3. Key Use Case

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4. Standards & Systems

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<If known, list standards which might be relevant to the solution>

5. Discussion

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<Why IHE would be a good venue to solve the problem and what you think IHE should do to solve it.>

<What might the IHE technical approach be? Existing Actors? New Transactions? Additional Profiles?>

<What are some of the risks or open issues to be addressed?>

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