Novari MIRM DICOM Integration Overview

Overview

Novari MIRM DICOM integration with PACS enables documents to be uploaded to PACS and easily accessed by radiologists. The Novari MIRM DICOM integration allows a site to manage medical imaging requisitions electronically, eliminating paper and fax from the process. DICOM integration improves the automation of documents going to the PACS system.

Functionality

When a patient checks in for their imaging appointment, Novari MIRM receives a message from the HIS system. This initiates a process to generate the request form, electronic requisition, and all related attachments into an image format, and builds a DICOM file that includes metadata from both Novari MIRM and the hospital’s HIS system, subsequently transferring the file into PACS.

• Requisitions for patients are stored in Novari MIRM with the original digitized copy sent in from the healthcare provider.

• When a patient arrives for their imaging appointment, hospital staff will check the patient into their HIS with the Novari MIRM requisition number.  

• A message is generated by the HIS and sent to Novari MIRM to prepare the requisition for the appointment.

• Novari MIRM generates a consolidated PDF of the original request form document, patient demographic attributes, and additional attachments.

• When DICOM is configured for the client, the PDF is converted to a JPG, then sent to Novari Connect with the patient demographic attributes.

• Novari Connect creates a DICOM formatted file using the Multiframe Single Bit Secondary Capture Image format (SOP 1.2.840.10008.5.1.4.1.1.7.1) and JPG image of the requisition from Novari MIRM. Attributes from the requisition are added to the DICOM file.

• The DICOM interface in Novari Connect will send the DICOM file to PACS, associating the study in PACS with the patient ID and accession number.

• Depending on the configurations and customizations of the organizations PACS system, the PACS vendor may need to be engaged to successfully complete the integration of the DICOM Documents to PACS Interface.

Access

This capability is generally available. If you haven’t already, we highly recommend that you update your existing PACS PDF integration to the enhanced DICOM to PACS integration. To do so, please complete a change request here: Change Request Form.