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Treffer: Integration of medical applications: the 'mediator service' of the SynEx platform.

Title:
Integration of medical applications: the 'mediator service' of the SynEx platform.
Authors:
Xu Y; Medical Informatics Department, Broussais University Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Broussais Hotel Dieu, 15 Rue de l'Ecole de Medicine, 75270 Paris Cedex 06, France. xu@hegp.bhdc.jussieu.fr, Sauquet D, Zapletal E, Lemaitre D, Degoulet P
Source:
International journal of medical informatics [Int J Med Inform] 2000 Sep; Vol. 58-59, pp. 157-66.
Publication Type:
Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Language:
English
Journal Info:
Publisher: Elsevier Science Ireland Ltd Country of Publication: Ireland NLM ID: 9711057 Publication Model: Print Cited Medium: Print ISSN: 1386-5056 (Print) Linking ISSN: 13865056 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Int J Med Inform Subsets: MEDLINE
Imprint Name(s):
Original Publication: Shannon, Co. Clare, Ireland : Elsevier Science Ireland Ltd., c1997-
MeSH Terms:
Computer Communication Networks* , Delivery of Health Care* , Medical Informatics Applications*, Database Management Systems ; Hospital Information Systems ; Humans ; Integrated Advanced Information Management Systems ; Medical Records Systems, Computerized ; Software Design
Entry Date(s):
Date Created: 20000909 Date Completed: 20001129 Latest Revision: 20191104
Update Code:
20250114
DOI:
10.1016/s1386-5056(00)00084-8
PMID:
10978918
Database:
MEDLINE

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Interoperability is a key issue and a long-term domain of research for distributed healthcare information systems. The SynEx European project provides open and standard integration platform for both new and legacy medical applications. It aims to provide access to hospital information services, patient records, and to medical knowledge, in a seamless way, hiding the distribution aspects and the heterogeneity of the underlying systems. In this study, we describe the SynEx 'mediator service', a software engineering component, that is used to facilitate the development of mediators between any pair of SynEx components and to manage the corresponding interchange messages. Both a C++ library and a Java package of a generic mediator model are provided with several ready-to-use specialisations for well-defined use. The use of the XML technology as a powerful data interchange format and as an efficient data structure converter is proposed and discussed.