forShare
ForShare is a IHE XDS Connectivity Appliance, a single (virtual) server solution that connects clinical information systems in a standards-based way to health information exchanges.
ForShare is based on Forcare’s IHE XDS product range and is configured as a dedicated appliance targeted to clinical information sharing. ForShare enables secure access to (selected) clinical information by general practitioners that refer patients to your hospital. It can also support cross-site clinical workflow or multi-disciplinary team meetings where information is shared from multiple sources.
Based on IHE XDS
XDS - Cross-Enterprise Document Sharing - is the international IHE (Integrating the healthcare Enterprise) standard for clinical information sharing. For radiology, XDS-Imaging has rapidly become the preferred standard for information sharing. XDS-Imaging is used for sharing reports and images. Since XDS-Imaging uses IHE-XDS as underlying infrastructure - the solution is expandable and can be used for other domains and applications.
Scalable (up and out)
Expanding your health information exchange network is as easy as adding additional forShare instances (or other XDS-enabled systems) to the network. Furthermore, multiple DICOM and HL7 sources can be connected to forShare.
“The network is the modality”
When using forShare for radiology, the HIE is turned into a “virtual modality”. All shared images in the network can be imported (via forShare) into the local PACS, including provisions for DICOM Modality Worklist matching to ensure data integrity.
Key Features
- Start with a low-cost, entry level health information exchange that may expand over time.
- Join existing XDS-based HIEs.
- Standards-based using IHE XDS.
- Built-in security and access control.
- Single box (appliance) solution.
- Read-only web-based access for external users, like general practitioners or external referrers.
- Shared information stays “at the source” - no duplication or central storage necessary.Eliminates the hassle of using DICOM-CDs.