IHE Eye Care Technical Framework Supplement – Key Measurements in DICOM Encapsulated PDF

Eye care devices commonly generate PDF reports that clinicians store in a patient’s medical record. Examples of these documents include visual field reports and Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) optic disc and retinal nerve fibre layer (RNFL) reports.

The Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine (DICOM) 100 Encapsulated Document Information Object Definition (IOD) provides a specification enabling eye care implementers to transmit these displayable PDF reports, including numeric measurements that are critical for long-term patient care.

The initial scope of this option targets eye care clinical workflow automations to reduce or eliminate manual entry burden for long-term care of patients and for existing clinical quality measures programs. IHE Eye Care expects this list to expand based upon additional use cases.

Main sections:

· Unified Eye Care Workflow (U-EYECARE) actor options

· Transactions

· Appendix A: Key measurement report examples

· A.1: OCT macular thickness report example

· Content modules

· National extensions