Diagnostic Image Exchange - Progress and Status Report

This panel explores the evolution and future of imaging exchange. Spearheaded by IHE International’s Radiology Domain, imaging interoperability has trailblazer standards-based exchange and integration of revolutionary applications of artificial intelligence. Despite the maturity of standards, not all health IT systems capture, maintain, and/or share information to access and view DICOM images. Including imaging data elements in the U.S. Core Data for Interoperability would significantly advance access and use of diagnostic images and data files utilizing broadly available technology while supporting current implementations of DICOM image files through networks such as Carequality and TEFCA. Additionally, the HL7® FHIR® Argonaut Project is advancing FHIR-based APIs and patient access to imaging data.

Moderator: Steven Lane, MD, MPH, Chief Medical Officer, Health Gorilla

Panelists: 

• Chris Carr, Director of Informatics, Radiological Society of North America
• David Mendelson, MD, Senior Associate Clinical Informatics, Mount Sinai Health System
• Alan Swenson, Executive Director, Carequality
• Brian Bialecki, CAHIMS, Director of IT Standards and Interoperability, American College of Radiology

References:

• IHE: Cross-enterprise Document Sharing for Imaging (XDS-I.b) and Web-based Image Access (WIA)
• Carequality: Imaging Data Exchange Implementation Guide
• About the Argonaut Project and the SMART Imaging Project
• ONC Interoperability Standards Advisory: USCDI Diagnostic Imaging Level