The HIMSS/SIIM Enterprise Imaging Community has actively worked toward advancing enterprise imaging strategies. The community is a result of the longstanding collaboration between the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) and the Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM). The latest project of the community is an effort to develop a standardized imaging ontology for body parts.
Today, the enterprise imaging community relies on translators such as data values, codes, and crosswalks, to establish a common understanding of information in disparate sources. This workaround is being employed because of the enterprise imaging community's failure to deploy a common language.
A common language is critical for sharing medical images internally or even between entities as it improves interoperability, patient safety, and patient outcomes. Therefore, the community has decided to reach a consensus on a standardized imaging ontology.
The standardized imaging ontology for body parts project is an outcome of the collaboration within the community, vendors, and institutions to arrive at a consensus that will lead to better interoperability. The project will not create a brand-new ontology. The goal is to leverage existing ontologies and standards and achieve a consensus across the healthcare community.
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