Standards

DICOM, HL7, FHIR, IHE, ACR — the rails everything runs on.

5 entries

DICOM
Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine — the medical imaging interoperability standard. Every modern scanner, PACS, workstation,…
DICOMweb
RESTful HTTP-based DICOM extensions. WADO-RS (retrieve), QIDO-RS (query), STOW-RS (store). Web-native replacement for traditional DICOM…
FHIR
Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources — modern RESTful healthcare interop standard. JSON-based, web-native. Strategic direction of US…
HL7 v2
Legacy healthcare messaging standard (v2.x). Character-delimited, not XML/JSON. Dominant hospital interop standard today.
IHE (Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise)
Non-standards-body that defines implementation profiles for healthcare interop. Profiles turn DICOM + HL7 + FHIR into real-world…