Development of Clinical Database System Specialized for Heavy Particle Therapy

Area of Science:

• Medical Informatics
• Health Data Management
• Charged Particle Therapy Data Archiving

Background:

• Ensuring data consistency between electronic medical record (EMR) systems and databases is crucial for charged particle therapy studies.
• A robust data-relation mechanism is required to maintain information integrity.

Purpose of the Study:

• To present investigation results on techniques for data archiving in charged particle therapy.
• To establish a data-relation mechanism ensuring information consistency between EMR and database systems.

Main Methods:

• Utilized medical informatics standards: Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise (IHE) and Health Level-7 (HL7).
• Adapted two IHE integration profiles: Patient Administration Management (PAM) for demographic data and Enterprise Schedule Integration (ESI) for order management.
• Employed HL7 Ver2.5 messages for exchanging laboratory test results and follow-up data.

Main Results:

• Successfully implemented a data archiving system for charged particle therapy.
• Achieved data reconciliation for patient demographics using the IHE PAM profile.
• Enabled order management between EMR and treatment management systems (TMS) via the IHE ESI profile.
• Facilitated data exchange for laboratory results using HL7 Ver2.5.

Conclusions:

• The developed system ensures information consistency and interoperability between EMR and database systems.
• Future implementation will enhance interoperability during EMR updates.
• The integration of IHE and HL7 standards provides a scalable solution for medical data archiving.