A Proposal to Incorporate Digital Auscultation and Its Processing into an Existing Electronic Health Record

Pedro Gomes, Samuel Frade, Ana Castro, Ricardo Cruz-Correia, Miguel Coimbra

2015

Abstract

This paper aims to describe and discuss a proposal to incorporate digital auscultation and its processing into an existing EHR. The architecture was planned to be used in both primary and hospital care, and includes a digital stethoscope; an exam collection module; an integration module; an EHR web service; and an EHR. Special attention was given to standardize communications using HL7 and openEHR. The proposed implementation uses a commercial stethoscope, an android app to collect the data, a mirth integration engine that communicates using HL7 or openEHR through REST or SOAP calls. The signal processing of the sounds is also included. The auscultation sound files are made available to the EHR users. This solution will open the possibility to have richer patient records than can be very important for patient care, research and medical teaching. It also raises issues regarding ethical and legal concerns that must be considered in future research.

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Gomes P., Frade S., Castro A., Cruz-Correia R. and Coimbra M. (2015). A Proposal to Incorporate Digital Auscultation and Its Processing into an Existing Electronic Health Record . In Proceedings of the International Conference on Health Informatics - Volume 1: HEALTHINF, (BIOSTEC 2015) ISBN 978-989-758-068-0, pages 143-150. DOI: 10.5220/0005222901430150


in Bibtex Style

@conference{healthinf15,
author={Pedro Gomes and Samuel Frade and Ana Castro and Ricardo Cruz-Correia and Miguel Coimbra},
title={A Proposal to Incorporate Digital Auscultation and Its Processing into an Existing Electronic Health Record},
booktitle={Proceedings of the International Conference on Health Informatics - Volume 1: HEALTHINF, (BIOSTEC 2015)},
year={2015},
pages={143-150},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0005222901430150},
isbn={978-989-758-068-0},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the International Conference on Health Informatics - Volume 1: HEALTHINF, (BIOSTEC 2015)
TI - A Proposal to Incorporate Digital Auscultation and Its Processing into an Existing Electronic Health Record
SN - 978-989-758-068-0
AU - Gomes P.
AU - Frade S.
AU - Castro A.
AU - Cruz-Correia R.
AU - Coimbra M.
PY - 2015
SP - 143
EP - 150
DO - 10.5220/0005222901430150