Newborn Screening Healthcare Information System Based on Service-Oriented Architecture

In this paper, we established a newborn screening system under the HL7/Web Services frameworks. We rebuilt the NTUH Newborn Screening Laboratory's original standalone architecture, having various heterogeneous systems operating individually, and restructured it into a ServiceOriented Architecture (SOA), distributed platform for further integrity and enhancements of sample collections, testing, diagnoses, evaluations, treatments or follow-up services, screening database management, as well as collaboration, communication among hospitals; decision supports and improving screening accuracy over the Taiwan neonatal systems are also addressed. In addition, the new system not only integrates the newborn screening procedures among phlebotomy clinics, referral hospitals, as well as the newborn screening center in Taiwan, but also introduces new models of screening procedures for the associated, medical practitioners. Furthermore, it reduces the burden of manual operations, especially the ...

• Type: Journal
• Year: 2010
• Where: JMS
• Authors: Sung-huai Hsieh, Sheau-Ling Hsieh, Yin-Hsiu Chien, Yung-Ching Weng, Kai-Ping Hsu, Chi-Huang Chen, Chien-Ming Tu, Zhenyu Wang, Feipei Lai
• Keywords: JMS 2010, Original Standalone Architecture, Taiwan Neonatal Systems, Various Heterogeneous Systems