IHE-RO is an AAPM-sponsored initiative for improving the functionality of the radiation oncology clinic.
With technology at the core of delivering care in radiation oncology, it is imperative that patient safety is a core principle of technology based care. Integrating Healthcare Enterprise - Radiation Oncology (IHE-RO) is an initiative that helps to ensure a safe, efficient radiation oncology practice by improving system to system connections.
Created in 2004, IHE-RO is composed of members of the radiation oncology clinical team, administrators, and industry representatives that work together to ensure a safe and efficient radiation oncology clinic. The IHE-RO task force develops IHE Integration Profiles, which specify how industry standards are to be used to address specific clinical problems and ambiguities. These integration profiles are then integrated into radiation oncology products and tested at an annual Connectathon, where vendors meet to test the ability to pass information across vendor products.
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What is IHE?
IHE, Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise, is an initiative of health care professionals and industry representatives working together to improve the sharing of information between computer systems in health care. Radiation oncology is one domain of many under the greater umbrella of IHE. More information about IHE.
How can I help IHE-RO?
IHE-RO is composed of organizations that seek to solve interoperability issues in radiation oncology. Success depends on participation from all members of the radiation oncology field! To help, you can.
- Join IHE-RO - Membership in IHE-RO is through IHE. IHE Membership application and details. If your organization is already a member of IHE, please contact ihero@aapm.org to become part of IHE-RO.
- Report interoperability problems – noticing a problem between systems or programs? Report your problem to IHE-RO here.
- View Vendor Compliance in Active Profiles – many issues have been previously identified and solutions exist. You can request your vendors implement these fixes. For list of active profiles and which vendors are in compliance, click here.
- IHE-RO for the Community
- Provides a platform for the radiation oncology team, administrators and industry representatives to address these issues and develop solutions that ensure your practice is delivering the most optimal care.
- IHE-RO for the Vendor
- IHE-RO offers vendors the ability to work directly with clinicians to advance safe and appropriate care for patients.
- IHE-RO Clinical Impact Statements:
- IHE-RO Profiles provide solutions to clinical challenges in the integration of technologies utilized within radiation oncology. These impact statements explain the active profiles using clinical examples.
- Below find the list of current Clinical Impact Statements:
- Basic RT Objects Interoperability II (BRTO-II)
- Discrete Positioning and Delivery Workflow (DPDW)
- Dose Compositing (DCOM)
- Integrated Positioning and Delivery Workflow (IPDW)
- Multi-modality Image Registration for Radiation Oncology III (MMRO-III)
- Prescription In Radiation Oncology (RXRO)
- Quality Assurance Workflow Supplement (QAW)
- Quality Assurance with Plan Veto (QAPV)
- Query and Retrieve in Radiation Oncology (QRRO)
- ROI Template (ROIT)
- Radiation Oncology Treatment History (ROTH)
- Treatment Delivery - Image Content (TDIC)
- Treatment Delivery - Plan Content (TDPC)
- Treatment Delivery Workflow II (TDW-II)
- Treatment Planning - Image Content (TPIC)
- Treatment Planning - Plan Content (TPPC)
- Click here for a complete list of statements.
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