Reliability Security and Authenticity of Meta Medical Image Archive for the Integrated Healthcare Enterprise
Abstract
The purpose of this investigation was to develop a broker system to manage connections between PACS located at multiple institutions, allowing secure and reliable retrieval of selected image data. The project proposed to design and establish a Meta Medical Image Archive (MMIA) testbed that would connect remote PACS, allowing end user transactions between these systems, and permit storage of studies within the MMIA for future retrieval. This testbed has been implemented in our Laboratory of Radiological informatics. A software infrastructure has been developed that minimizes the likelihood of misidentification of a patient between institutions with different medical record systems. DICOM applications have been implemented that permit commands of find, move and store of study data. A database for studies stored within the MMIA has also been implemented. The project also developed a hardware configuration utilizing state-of-the-art failover components. Since computer cluster technology has evolved rapidly, this configuration differs somewhat from what was initially proposed. Hardware has been purchased, configured and connected to simulated PACS for testing. One intra-institutional connection has been made and a second connection is imminent. Security of transactions between institutions is being implemented by data encryption using commercial software. A no-cost extension is being requested.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2003
- Accession Number
- ADA420131
Entities
People
- Robert G. Gould
Organizations
- University of California, San Francisco