Enhancing the many-to-many relations across IHE document sharing communities

Area of Science:

• Health Informatics
• Cloud Computing
• Healthcare Interoperability

Background:

• The Integrating Healthcare Enterprise (IHE) initiative aims to improve health IT interoperability.
• Current IHE deployment requires significant IT infrastructure planning and maintenance.
• Challenges persist in transparent and effortless sharing of patient clinical records between institutions.

Purpose of the Study:

• To present a novel framework for expediting the creation of IHE document sharing communities.
• To leverage cloud computing for on-demand software deployment and usage-based payment models.
• To facilitate the establishment of inter-institutional professional relationships and Affinity Domains.

Main Methods:

• Development of a framework incorporating semi-ready templates for IHE sharing communities.
• Customization of templates based on specific community requirements.
• Utilizing cloud computing for flexible and scalable deployment.

Main Results:

• The framework simplifies the setup and maintenance of IHE document sharing communities.
• Cloud-based solutions reduce the IT infrastructure burden.
• The framework acts as a platform for healthcare institutions to connect and collaborate.

Conclusions:

• The proposed framework significantly expedites the creation of IHE document sharing communities.
• Cloud computing offers a viable solution to the challenges of IHE deployment.
• The framework fosters collaboration and the development of new Affinity Domains in healthcare.