Secure Peer Review and Feedback on Medical Findings via IHE XDS

Emmanuel Helm; Jacqueline Schwebach; Andreas Pointner; Anna Lin; Valentin Rothensteiner; Dietmar Keimel; Andreas Schuler

doi:10.3233/SHTI210096

Secure Peer Review and Feedback on Medical Findings via IHE XDS

Stud Health Technol Inform. 2021 May 7:279:105-112. doi: 10.3233/SHTI210096.

Authors

Emmanuel Helm¹, Jacqueline Schwebach^{1

2}, Andreas Pointner¹, Anna Lin¹, Valentin Rothensteiner², Dietmar Keimel², Andreas Schuler¹

Affiliations

¹ University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria, Research Department for Advanced Information Systems and Technology, 4232 Hagenberg, Austria.
² CAS - Computer Anwendungs Systeme GmbH., 1090 Wien, Säulengasse 6/9.

PMID: 33965926
DOI: 10.3233/SHTI210096

Abstract

Background: There is a lack of secure official communication channels for peer review and peer feedback on medical findings.

Objectives: We aimed to utilize the existing Austrian eHealth infrastructure to enable review and feedback processes.

Methods: We extended the IHE XDW workflow document to enable the exchange of text messages (i.e., comments on documents or images) over an XDS infrastructure.

Results: The workflow enables the exchange of comments on specific sections of CDA documents or radiological images and was verified in an XDS test environment.

Conclusion: The presented solution is a proof of concept and the potential basis for the specification of a new IHE workflow definition.

Keywords: Radiology [H02.403.740]; Workflow [L01.906.893].

MeSH terms

Austria
Feedback
Peer Review
Telemedicine*
Workflow