Hot Topic - Session 7: Implementing an Image Enabled EHR:
Challenges and Opportunities - The Canadian Experience
Saturday, May 17, 2008
1:45 pm - 3:15 pm
Ballroom 6C
Session Chair: David A. Koff, MD
McMaster University
Session Description:
The Canadian objective is to have 50% of the population benefiting of an EHR by
end of 2010. Several projects are under way for implementing the infrastructure
to share imaging information using XDS-i. This session will present the clinical
context, the architectural and technical challenges, in addition to presenting
the effective delivery of images using JPIP.
Participants:
Transforming Healthcare Delivery Through the Implementation of
Electronic Health Records in Canada
David A. Koff, MD
McMaster University
Learning Objectives:
1. Describe how Canada is addressing the issue of accessing healthcare
records for health professionals.
2. Understand the steps and milestones already achieved and what is
still required to achieve the goal.
Enabling Interpretation and Consultation with a Diagnostic Imaging
Repository (DIR)
Alain Gauvin, MS
McGill University Health Center
Learning Objectives:
1. Understand how the radiology business process is carried out with a
DIR.
2. Describe how a DIR can be used to leverage the EHR based consultation
of medical imaging results.
Delivering Images from the EHR to the Interpretation Process
Rita Noumeir, PhD University of Quebec
Learning Objectives:
1. Identify methods and challenges for delivering images from the EHR to
the imaging department and/or workstation.
2. Understand JPEG 2000 Interactive Protocol (JPIP) and its potential
usage in the EHR context.
