Healthcare custom interfacing software based on DICOM and HL7 standards

System Overview

Custom application that connects heterogeneous software systems and fully supports data interchange in DICOM and XML format. The application transforms DICOM data into XML standard and transfers it to customer's proprietary software

Challenge

Our customer needed custom interfacing software to support data interchange between their own software product, X-ray medical devices and Hospital Information System. So the customer requested Softage to develop custom software that would connect these systems and fully support data interchange in DICOM and XML format. The interfacing software needs to support five connections to external systems, all connections compliant to industry standards. At the first phase of project the customer needed to process only DICOM data coming to and from X-ray devices. Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine (DICOM) is a standard for handling, storing, printing, and transmitting information in medical imaging. It includes a file format definition and a network communications protocol.

Solution

Specialists of Softage in cooperation with customer have designed and implemented the first version of the interfacing software. Interfacing software transforms procedure information data into DICOM standard and transfers it to X-ray device. X-ray device information is send back to interfacing software for further processing. At the end, complete patient information including demographic data and X-ray information can be easily obtained from the database. The software works fine according to customer expectations. Further system development might consist in adding HL7 compatibility and connection to HL7 data feeds.