Method and apparatus for a single database engine driven, configurable RIS-PACS functionality
First Claim
1. Apparatus for providing fully integrated information processing, management and communication functions in a radiology department/healthcare environment, said apparatus comprising:
- a database server;
a radiology information system (RIS) database residing on said database server;
a picture archive and communication system (PACS) database residing on said database server; and
a database engine residing on said database server to manage said RIS database and said PACS database by providing a brokerless interface between said RIS database and said PACS database.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus are disclosed for providing fully integrated information processing, management and communication functions in a fully integrated RIS-PACS system for a radiology department/healthcare environment by employing brokerless interface methods to synchronize patient and exam data entities in a radiology information system (RIS) database and a picture archive and communication system (PACS) database within the RIS-PACS system and to generate direct database calls to the RIS and PACS databases. The running of RIS and PACS applications within the RIS-PACS system is initiated from client workstations over a web interface. Information from the databases is accessed by the client workstations. Also, the system may communicate between internal PACS applications and an external RIS system over a HL7-based interface or between internal RIS applications and an external PACS system over a standard medical communications interface such as HL7 and DICOM.
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1. Apparatus for providing fully integrated information processing, management and communication functions in a radiology department/healthcare environment, said apparatus comprising:
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a database server;
a radiology information system (RIS) database residing on said database server;
a picture archive and communication system (PACS) database residing on said database server; and
a database engine residing on said database server to manage said RIS database and said PACS database by providing a brokerless interface between said RIS database and said PACS database. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method for providing fully integrated information processing, management and communication functions in a fully integrated RIS-PACS system for a radiology department/healthcare environment, said method comprising:
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synchronizing patient and exam data entities in a radiology information system (RIS) database and a picture archive and communication system (PACS) database within said RIS-PACS system using brokerless interface methods; and
generating direct database calls to said RIS database and said PACS database using said brokerless interface methods. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41)
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42. A RIS-PACS system providing fully integrated information processing, management and communication functions for a radiology department/healthcare environment, said RIS-PACS system comprising:
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a database server, said database server including a RIS database, a PACS database, and a database engine providing a brokerless interface between said RIS database and said PACS database;
an application server hosting a set of RIS applications and a set of PACS applications and interfacing to said database server over a TCP/IP protocol-based interface;
at least one image server interfacing to said database server over at least one TCP/IP protocol-based interface providing access to image data from said at least one image server; and
at least one client workstation interfacing to said application server over at least one Web interface. - View Dependent Claims (43, 44, 45, 46)
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