New at the CeBIT: CHILI DICOM Images in the ICW Hospital Networking Solution

The eHealth specialist InterComponentWare (ICW) presents the integration of the CHILI webserver into its hospital networking solution at the CeBIT 2006. Now digital image data in DICOM format is available at a mouse click in an inter-hospital virtual patient record together with other medical documents.

The ICW hospital networking solution, introduced for the first time at the MEDICA 2005, connects existing but so far isolated hospital information systems without having to exchange the present software. In a virtual patient record, the system provides authorized physicians with all information and documents available for their patients in the clinic group. With the integration of the CHILI webserver, the physicians can now also access the DICOM image data in a uniform viewer. This includes digital images and videos recorded during an endoscopy or with a microscope for example, besides computer tomographies, magnetic resonance tomographies, x-ray images and ultrasound images.

The images available in the widespread DICOM standard can be viewed and edited as usual: e.g. the physician can zoom in the image, set the contrast and perform measurements. CHILI's remote radiology functions can now also be used comfortably via ICW's virtual patient record. For a teleconference about a patient, the involved physicians simply select the corresponding virtual patient record and call up the desired image and connection with a mouse click.

Dr. Uwe Engelmann, one of the three founders of CHILI GmbH, is convinced: "The future belongs to integrating systems that cover all aspects of sector-spanning communication. And because there is hardly a manufacturer who is able to cover such a broad spectrum alone, we looked for a partner with a powerful, open platform for integration in the health care system. We have found this cooperation partner in ICW."


The CHILI images in ICW's hospital networking solution are displayed at the CeBIT 2006 at the ICW stand D 22 in hall 9.



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About InterComponentWare
InterComponentWare Inc (ICW) is a leading international eHealth provider with locations in Germany, the USA, Austria, Switzerland, and Bulgaria. It develops and markets components for networking the different players in the health care industry, among them the hardware connector Medical NTBA and the patient-focused personal health record LifeSensor, the technology leader in this field. As part of the German government-consulting consortium bIT4health, ICW has rendered important consulting services for the introduction of the electronic health card in Germany and is additionally involved in the Austrian eCard project. With its cooperation in national and international steering and work groups for the establishment of an e-health infrastructure, ICW promotes the standardization aims in the health care industry.


About CHILI
CHILI GmbH develops and distributes a family of software components by the same name for radiology and other image processing disciplines like cardiology or pathology. So far, around 200 CHILI systems were installed in Germany, Switzerland, Belgium and the USA. The software is based on components, which can be easily and flexibly adapted to the demands of specific projects and integrated in individual workflows. The CHILI products are IHE-conform and comply with the Medical Products Law. In addition, the company is actively involved in the standardization committees of the German Radiology Society and the DIN.