Medical Domain Standards
DICOM
NeST has gained valuable experience in Implementing DICOM (Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine) services and applications for medical imaging equipment vendors. Primarily it includes .
- Storage, Commit Services
- Work list download
- Print, Query and Retrieve services
- Image viewing applications
We have hands on experience in using commercially available DICOM libraries for DICOM implementation apart from developing customized DICOM libraries. Our offerings also include.
- Implementing DICOM gateways for legacy modality equipments
- DICOM enabling services for all kinds of medical imaging equipments
IHE
The diverse nature of proprietary protocols, developed by different OEMs has pushed the medical industry to adopt commonality in sharing information between the equipments. IHE is such an initiative by healthcare professionals and associated organizations.
NeST has implemented IHE (Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise) Profiles for Ultrasound and MR modality machines and these include Scheduled Workflow (SWF), Evidence Documents (ED) and Teaching file and Clinical trial Export (TCE).
HL 7
Using HL7 (Health Level Seven) our expert engineers have integrated HIS (Hospital Information Systems) with RIS (Radiological Information Systems) from different vendors. Implemented messages include ADT (Admission Discharge and Transfer) and ORM (Order Entry) messages. We also have commendable experience in linking HL7 and DICOM along with MPPS (Modality Performed Procedure Step) .
HIPAA
We are proficient at implementing HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) Privacy Rule for several modality machines.
