Healthc Inform Res.  2013 Sep;19(3):222-228. 10.4258/hir.2013.19.3.222.

Design and Realization of Integrated Management System for Data Interoperability between Point-of-Care Testing Equipment and Hospital Information System

• Park KS
• Heo H
• Choi YK

• KMID: 2166701
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.4258/hir.2013.19.3.222

Abstract

OBJECTIVES
The purpose of this study was to design an integrated data management system based on the POCT1-A2, LIS2-A, LIS2-A2, and HL7 standard to ensure data interoperability between mobile equipment, such as point-of-care testing equipment and the existing hospital data system, its efficiency was also evaluated.
METHODS
The method of this study was intended to design and realize a data management system which would provide a solution for the problems that occur when point-of-care testing equipment is introduced to existing hospital data, after classifying such problems into connectivity, integration, and interoperability. This study also checked if the data management system plays a sufficient role as a bridge between the point-of-care testing equipment and the hospital information system through connection persistence and reliability testing, as well as data integration and interoperability testing.
RESULTS
In comparison with the existing system, the data management system facilitated integration by improving the result receiving time, improving the collection rate, and by enabling the integration of disparate types of data into a single system. And it was found out that we can solve the problems related to connectivity, integration and interoperability through generating the message in standardized types.
CONCLUSIONS
It is expected that the proposed data management system, which is designed to improve the integration point-of-care testing equipment with existing systems, will establish a solid foundation on which better medical service may be provided by hospitals by improving the quality of patient service.

Keyword

Point-of-Care Systems; Hospital Information System; Clinical Laboratory Information Systems; Database Management Systems; Medical Order Entry Systems

MeSH Terms

Clinical Laboratory Information Systems
Database Management Systems
Dietary Sucrose
Hospital Information Systems
Humans
Information Systems
Medical Order Entry Systems
Point-of-Care Systems
Dietary Sucrose

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  Figure 1 Device connectivity management agent.

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  Figure 2 Connection management agent state diagram.

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  Figure 3 Integration gateway agent structure.

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  Figure 4 The graph of results transfer time immediately after event (disconnect). DMS: data management system.

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