IMPLEMENTATION OF PACS AND TELERADIOLOGY IN SLOVENIA Branko Cvetičanin, M.D. PLOŠNA BOLNIŠNICA IZOLA OSPEDALE GENERALE ISOLA General hospital Izola, Slovenia Radiology Department
e-medicine Introduction Hospitals: 27 (16 general hospitals) Physicians: 4500 Dentists: 1200 Nurses and other profs.: 14200 Total health expenditure as % of GDP: 8.6
e-medicine Institutions! Health Insurance Institute of Slovenia (HIIS) Promotion and sponsoring of IT in HC Establishing infrastructural databases EDI National health insurance card system! Public Health Institute national (PHIS) and regional (PHI) Health statistic Prenatal information system Register of sick leaves! Ministry of Health Health Sector Management Project
e-medicine Objectives! Till 2005 every EU member had to prepare national and regional e-health e plans! Use of standards, inclusion of open code initiative! Introduce personal identifiers! Connectivity of the patients electronic records! Ensure mobility of patients and health care workers! Advance infrastructure and technology! Introduce testing and accreditation for e-healthe! Increase investment in e-healthe! Make regulations and legal bases.
e-medicine the History! 1996 Portorose First Congress of Slovenian Radiologists Interexport Ljubljana Presents the AGFA PACS System! 1996 - ZZZS Electronic Health Insurance Card! 1997 Ljubljana Meeting of The Slovenian Radiologists Interexport Ljubljana/AGFA Vienna PACS Presentation! 1997 College of Slovenian Radiologists establishes the PACS committee for recommendations -> after 2 years of work the result was that there is no money for such high technology! 1998 ZZZS Electronic Professional ID Card! 2000 General Hospital Izola The General Manager approves the first steps to Digitalisation! 2001 First mini-pacs system in Slovenia (PACS Server + CT Siemens Somatom Emotion + Siemens X-Rays X Fluorospot Compact, Fluorospot H )
GH IZOLA Mini PACS, own RIS National agreement ON: patient ID UNIQUE Health Insurance Number accession number UNIQUE study identificator request ID Unique can handle several accession numbers
Slovene HIC System
e-medicine Cards
e-radiology the History 2001 First Teleradiology Connection 3DES VPN GH Izola - Head of Radiology Home 2002 mini-pacs implementation in KOPA Golnik 2002 First teleradiology Connection between two hospitals GH Izola KOPA Golnik 3DES VPN / CT images / 2003 Teleradiological Connection between GH Izola and OH Valdoltra / wireless PtP Aironet 2004 The start of the PACS CR tender... 2005 Installation and the start of the PACS system
SB IZOLA PACS SYSTEM! IMPAX BASIX ver. 4.5.! Inauguration MAY 2005! MINISTER OF HEALTH: Digitalisation will be one of the priorities
Radiology Digitalisation in Slovenia May 2005 PACS General Hospital IZOLA IMPAX 4.5 November 2005 PACS Oncol. Institute Ljubljana IMPAX 5.2 March 2006 PACS General Hospital Jesenice IMPAX 5.2
e-health 2010 - backgrounds Slovenian Activities of e-health are driven by European e-health Action Plan* and are backed by Achievements, experience and good practices of Slovenian Health Informatics.! *Communication on e-healthe making healthcare better for European citizens: An action plan for a European e-health Area,, COM(2004)356, (30 Apr. 2004)
e-health 2010 - starting! National ehealth Strategy ezdravje2010 has undergone public debate! National ehealth Strategy was publicly announced in december 2005.! Initial activities including establishing national bodies: Health Informatics Council and Board for Health Informatics Standards
e-health 2010 - NHI! Establishing national Health Informatics Authorities! National Council for Health Informatics CHI (1st constitutional meeting of CHI in june 2006)! National Board for Standards in Health Informatics BSHI (1st meeting of Board in june 2006)! Center for Health Informatics CHI Temporary Function performed by Project Unit for CHI and Workgroup for Initial Tasks.! Above entities are providing transparent and continuity functions of National Health Informatics.
e-health 2010 - Role of Authorities! Council for Health Informatics is the Body responsible for Key decisions in National Health Informatics, Authorized to create Directives for all other national bodies regarding National Priorities and Activities in area of Health Informatics.! National Board for Health Informatics Standards is the main National Body covering Standards in Health Informatics Recommends acceptable National and International Standards in Health Informatics to CHI for adoption.
e-health 2010 - Future Electronic patient record " Standardization of the elements of electronic records of medical data and of the interchange of data between different HC providers: " Referral notes, dismissal notes, laboratory results, invoices " Telemedicine " Bedside PC National health portal " Information support to standardisation through data dictionary " Access to general and private HC related information. " Direct communication between the citizens and HC providers
e-health 2010 - Future! While PACS system could remain standalone, the teleradiological connections demand the upgrade of the basic information infrastructure in health care for safe and transparent exchanges of information between hospitals! the establishment of safety and technological standards for safe communication, management and storing medical data, setting up minimum standards and range of technologies that should ensure interoperability and safe communication also when public communication networks are used ( Internet )
What is next?! Probable tenders for the PACS systems in the next 6 months: - Clinical Center Ljubljana - General Hospital Maribor - Outpatient Clinic Ljubljana - Clinic for the Pulmonary Diseases Golnik - General Hospital Novo Mesto - Orthopeadic Hospital Valdoltra
National Projects november 2006! TELERADIOLOGICAL NETWORK Clinical Center Ljubljana Oncological Institute Ljubljana General Hospital Izola General Hospital Jesenice Clinic for the Pulmonary Diseases Golnik Orthopeadic Hospital Valdoltra
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