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Intra-organisational requesting and viewing workflow of radiology study

Related Use Case

Request and results sharing workflow for radiology

Scenario context

In this scenario, the requesting of the diagnostic study is performed within the healthcare institute. The cross-enterprise aspect lies in the requesting/viewing of the results from outside the hospital.

Actors/Roles

  • Study Requestor
  • Study Performer

Transactions

  • Request Diagnostic Study
  • Perform Diagnostic Study
  • View Study Results

Technical process flow

  1. The Study Requestor request a study from the Study Performer
  2. The Study Performer stores the images
  3. The Study Performer stores the Study Report
  4. The Study Consumer views the study images and report

Associated profiles, standards, and HL7 FHIR Implementation guides

  • Policy: —
  • Care process: SWF (describes workflow within a radiology department), RWF (reporting workflow)
  • Information: REM
  • IT Infrastructure: XDS, XDS-i, ATNA, CT
  • Access control: BPPC, XUA(++), PIX/PDQ

Possible issues

This Use Case is focused on the National/regional level. However, it could also be used as a basis for a cross-border or a intra-organisational realisation.

Implementation examples