Breast Imaging Reporting - 2nd STU ballot, published by HL7 International - Clinical Interoperability Council. This is not an authorized publication; it is the continuous build for version 0.3.0). This version is based on the current content of https://github.com/HL7/fhir-breast-radiology-ig/ and changes regularly. See the Directory of published versions
Introduction
Breast radiology is the branch of medicine
which is predominantly focused on screening, diagnosing and guiding treatment
of breast cancer.
The FHIR artifacts defined in this IG are designed to capture, store, and communicate
the data from a Breast Radiology Exam to support the screening, diagnosing, and treament of
breast cancer.
Scope
This ballot focuses on defining the FHIR artifacts needed to support
Mammography examinations in the US realm.
In later ballot(s) we intend to add the following:
- FHIR artifacts to support ultrasound based findings.
- FHIR artifacts to support magnetic resonance imaging based findings.
- FHIR artifacts to support nuclear medicine based findings.
- Harmonization of terminology with standardized terminology sources such as SNOMED, LOINC, RxNorm, and SOLOR.
- Modifications to support non-us realm examinations.
- Enhancements to support CAD/AI based findings and determinations.
- Enhancements for provenance, security and signing.
Technical Overview
The main sections of this IG are:
Authors
The following people have had primary responsible for the creation of this Implementation Guide and its associated profiles.
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Kurt W. Allen, Eir Solutions, Minneapolis MN.
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Richard Esmond, CTO, Penrad Technologies, Buffalo MN.
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Doina Popescu, Sr. Engineering Manager, Volpara Solutions, Seattle WA.
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Brian J Bialecki, Director of IT Standards and Interoperability, American College of Radiology.
Committed Implementers
The following companies have committed to supporting
and implementing this specification
in their Mammography Products.
- Penrad Technologies
- Volpara Solutions
- MagView
Major sources of information
Information sources consulted for the development of this IG include:
Trade Marks
- "Snomed" and "Snomed CT" are registered trademarks of
International Health Terminology Standards Development Organisation(IHTSDO).
- "LOINC" and "RELMA" are registered trademarks of Regenstrief Institute, Inc.
- "RxNORM" is a registered trademarks of the National Library of Medicine.
- "BiRads" is a registered trademarks of the American College of Radiology (ACR).
Terminology Sources
This ballot version of the Breast Radiology Specification contains minimal LOINC and SNOMED codings.
The vast majority of the terminology defined herein are locally defined code systems and codes. Future
versions of this specification will define and utilize codes from LOINC, SNOMED, RxNORM, and/or SOLOR rather than
the locally defined codes used in this version.
Web References
The following are external web sites that are referenced by this Implementation guide.