IHE Radiology Technical Framework Supplement – Cross-Enterprise Remote Read Workflow Definition (XRR-WD)

Remote Reading Workflow is the practice of having medical images from one organisation interpreted (read) by a reading specialist who is based at another organisation that may have different information sharing and image archiving systems. It is particularly important for smaller clinical institutions, including urgent care units, imaging centres, private practices and mobile imaging services with limited credentialed 24/7 staff to handle the reading workload.

This document describes the Cross-Enterprise Remote Reading Workflow Definition (XRR-WD) Profile, which builds upon the Cross-Enterprise Document Workflow (XDW) Profile to manage the workflow between facilities performing the workflow tasks. The document establishes a common set of rules for participants, presents typical use cases and demonstrates how to use a Workflow Document to track and manage this workflow.

Main sections:

· XRR-WD actors, transactions and content modules

· XRR-WD actor options

· XRR-WD required actor groupings

· XRR-WD overview

· XRR-WD security considerations

· XRR-WD cross profile considerations

· Transactions