3 Implement the Healthcare Enterprise XDS.b Web Service
HDR implements the Cross-Enterprise Document Sharing-b (XDS.b) specification of the Information Technology Infrastructure (ITI) profile from Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise (IHE) standard.
IHE IT Infrastructure Integration Profiles, offer a common language that healthcare professionals and vendors can use to discuss integration needs of healthcare enterprises and the integration capabilities of information systems in precise terms. Integration Profiles specify implementations of standards that are designed to meet identified clinical needs. They enable users and vendors to state which IHE capabilities they require or provide, by reference to the detailed specifications of the IHE IT Infrastructure Technical Framework.
Integration profiles are defined in terms of IHE Actors and Transactions. Actors are information systems or components of information systems that produce, manage, or act on information associated with clinical and operational activities in the enterprise. Transactions are interactions between actors that communicate the required information through standards-based messages.
For a detailed description of the IHE standard and the various profiles in IHE standard, refer to http://www.ihe.net.