Hospital Instruments - Carestream

Owned by Cathy Allison
Feb 01, 2023
3 min read



Job and Interface Settings

Description: This job process checks for new requests and in the queue. It also opens a port for incoming status changes and reports.

This job then sends HL7 messages to Image Suite and other Carestream systems, and displays a log of the queue and the exchanged messages.

 

Job Settings

  • The job execution should be set to run every few minutes, allowing enough time in between to process any incoming results. Between two and three minutes should be sufficient for most data centers.

  • For best results, run this job on a dedicated API server.

  • The error to email address should go to a systems administrator with VetView admin privileges who is able to monitor the messages.

 

Port Settings

The Carestream instrument should have a fixed IP address on your network, and your API server will open a port to receive these messages in the incoming IP Address section.

As communication is bidirectional, you should also confirm the IP address and the open port on your Carestream instrument, and add those to the settings as well.

Additional Settings

If your hospital has multiple machines from Carestream, you can designate the name of the machine that this Job and Interface controls to distinguish between them.

You can send a copy of each new request to a designated email address for monitoring.

HL7 settings should be VetView as the Sending Application and CarestreamRIS as the recieving application. Your facility will be your hsooital name.

Each unit in your hospital that has a catalog marked as a RIS/PACS unit will display on this list. Indicate which ones are allowed to communicate with Carestream on this list.

 

Required Hospital Setup

Under the Catalog Setup you must check the “Send to Interface” button and add the URL for your Carestream portal.

Only the Catalogs that have this flag turned on will display in the Carestream job interface.

These catalogs should be set to type Request (so they can be ordered by other Units in the hospital.)

Message Log

Both the incoming and outgoing messages are displayed in the Message Log.

You can filter the log by dates, or search for a message by Patient ID or Request ID.

 

Request Event Queue

Carestream meters processing of its requests with a queue. The queue will display all current known requests and their current statuses.

 

Outbound Message Log

This section displays the outbound event messages from VetView to the Carestream interface.

 

Incoming Message Log

This section displays the event messages sent from Carestream to VetView. Certain incoming events are not used by VetView and are still acknowledged and logged, but will be ignored.

 

Message Details

Click on an incoming message or outgoing message to see the HL7 data stream that was sent between the VetView server and the instrument.