Patent ID: 8156202
Filing Date: 2012-04-10
Classification: G06Q,G16H

Abstract:
1. A method for sharing and exchanging event data between different types of radiology information systems having different data organizations, wherein each radiology information system has an associated arrangement for presenting meta-data displayable with images that is different from an associated arrangement of at least one other radiology information system, the method comprising the steps of: sending out a trigger signal from any of the radiology information systems to a send and receive server at the occurrence of an event in any of the radiology information systems, converting the event data from the radiology information system that sent out the trigger signal at the send and receive server, packaging the converted data at the send and receive server, sending the converted and packed data from the send and receive server to a central server, tagging the received data at the central server, storing the received data at a central storage unit connected to the central server, and sending the stored data back to any of the different radiology information systems via the central server and the send and receive server at the request by any of the radiology information systems; and exchanging the meta-data displayable with the image at the radiology information system that sent out the trigger signal with meta-data generated by a send and receive server of a receiving radiology information system to provide exchanged meta-data at the receiving radiology information system having a different data organization compared to the meta-data displayable with the image at the radiology information system that sent out the trigger signal; and presenting the exchanged meta-data displayable with the image in the receiving radiology information system with the associated arrangement of the receiving radiology information system, the receiving radiology information system being of a different type as compared to the radiology information system that sent out the trigger signal.