Portable Data for Imaging
Portable Data for Imaging (PDI) provides reliable interchange of image data and diagnostic reports on CDs for importing, printing, or optionally, displaying in a browser.
Summary
Portable Data for Imaging allows users to distribute imaging related information on interchange media. This allows users to import, display or print imaging related information received through the interchange media. CD was chosen as the physical transport mechanism.
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Benefits
Reduce Operational Costs
- Reduces unnecessary films for surgery, referrals to other sites or referring physicians—modality creates Portable Data for Imaging CDs to be sent to those users
Reduce Errors and Enhance Patient Care
- Prevents missing data from other sites because the PACS is able to import data sent on CDs and integrate it with the patient’s record
- Prevents mismatched patient identifiers in data imported from CDs from other institutions because the PACS reconciles this information to local values at import time
- Improves patient peace of mind because the PACS provides patients with straightforward access to CD copies of their personal health information
Increase Throughput
- Prevents time scanning film priors from other sites—the PACS supports the import and reconciliation of studies on CD
Improve Data Accessibility
- Improves access to other sites’ data—the PACS can import and reconcile patient and diagnostic information on CD from other institutions and clinics
- Improves access by clinical data consumers (referring physicians, second-opinion radiologists, neurosurgeons, orthopedic surgeons, other institutions, clinics, referrals, etc.)—the PACS exports patient and diagnostic information on CD when a reliable high-speed network connection is missing
- Improves patient information portability (a HIPAA issue)—the PACS implements the standardized distribution of patient imaging history on CD
Details
The Portable Data for Imaging Integration Profile specifies actors and transactions that provide for the interchange of imaging-related information on interchange media. The intent of this profile is to provide reliable interchange of image data and diagnostic reports for import, display or print by a receiving actor. This profile addresses identification of the media content’s source and the patient (where appropriate), reconciliation of data during import, and the structure of the media contents.
The central elements of the profile are:
- Reliable interchange of imaging-related information based on the DICOM standard
- A Web Content Option that provides guidelines for including web-viewable content on media
The Web Content Option addresses the case of media containing both DICOM-encoded objects and objects in XHTML or JPEG derived from these DICOM-encoded objects.
Systems Affected
Systems which are expected to have implemented actors from this profile include:
- Acquisition Modalities
- Display Workstations
- Reporting Workstations
- Radiology image management/archiving (i.e. picture and communication systems (PACS)
- Workstations
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Specification
Profile Status: Final Text
Documents: IHE Radiology Technical Framework:
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- DICOM
- HL7
- XHTML V1.0
- XHTML Basic 1.1
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