OpenECG
2nd OpenECG Workshop:

Integration of the ECG into the EHR & Interoperability
of ECG Device Systems


Where we are - where we are going...


April 1 – 3, 2004
Berlin, Germany
BIOSIGNA


Proceedings

Overview and Contents

Thursday, April 1
Session 1 - Opening
Session 2 - Results from the OpenECG Project
Session 3 - Results from the OpenECG Project continued
Session 4 - Results from the OpenECG Programming Contest

Friday, April 2
Session 5 - ECG Interchange Formats and Viewers
Session 6 - User Experience and Manufacturers Views
Session 7 - Tele-medicine
Session 8 - EHR & Interoperability beyond resting ECG
Session 9 - Harmonisation and Bridging the Present ECG Format and Communication Standards

Saturday, April 3
Session 10 - Related R&D Initiatives in Europe
Session 11 - Trends and Challenges




Overview and Contents

Overview and Content (pdf, 111 KB)
Session 1 - Opening

1.1 Key Note: Medical Technologies and Healthcare From Basic Technologies to Application / Becks
Paper (pdf, 37 KB)
Presentation (pdf, 1385 KB)



Session 2 - Results from the OpenECG Project

2.1 OpenECG: Goals and Achievements / Chronaki
Paper (pdf, 113 KB)
Presentation (pdf, 4185 KB)

2.2 The OpenECG Portal: Report on its Usage by Members and Visitors / Chiarugi et al.
Paper (pdf, 74 KB)
Presentation (pdf, 1657 KB)

2.3 Integrated Content and Format Checking for Processing of SCP ECG Records / Zywietz et al.
Paper (pdf, 39 KB)
Presentation (pdf, 1454 KB)



Session 3 - Results from the OpenECG Project continued

3.1 Collection and Development of Open Tools for ECG Interoperability / Conforti et al.
Paper (pdf, 50 KB)
Presentation (pdf, 912 KB)

3.2 Database - collection of different ECG and implementation of SCP format in different EHCR systems / Johansen
Paper (pdf, 30 KB)
Presentation (zip, 3230 KB)

3.3 SCP-ECG Transmission by a Tele-Medicine Home Care Device: An Implementation Approach / Ruiz et al.
Paper (pdf, 94 KB)
Presentation (pdf, 941 KB)



Session 4 - Results from the OpenECG Programming Contest

4.1 Standard Communications Protocol for Computer-Assisted Electrocardiography Advanced Viewer / Cervesato et al.
Paper (pdf, 98 KB)
Presentation (pdf, 656 KB)

4.2 Extension of an Open Source DICOM Toolkit to Support SCP-ECG Waveforms / Clunie
Paper (pdf, 40 KB)
Presentation (pdf, 673 KB)

4.3 SCP-Converter for Octave and Matlab / Schloegl
Paper (pdf, 154 KB)
Presentation (pdf, 230 KB)



Session 5 - ECG Interchange Formats and Viewers

5.1 Key Note: From Technical Innovation to Widely Accepted IT-Supported Health Services,
Experiences in Scandinavia, and the EU at Large.
/ Rossing
Paper (pdf, 37 KB)
Presentation (pdf, 793 KB)

5.2 ECG Data Interchange Formats and Protocols - Status and Outlook / Norgall
Paper (pdf, 56 KB)
Presentation (pdf, 366 KB)

5.3 ENV 14271, File Exchange Format for Vital Signs and its use in digital ECG archiving / Värri
Paper (pdf, 40 KB)
Presentation (pdf, 58 KB)

5.4 Micro system data format MSD for interoperability between wearable devices / Jettkant et al.
Paper (pdf, 42 KB)
Presentation (with movies) (zip, 23655 KB)
Presentation (without movies) (zip, 9198 KB)

5.5 Freeware ECG Viewer for the XML FDA Format / Badilini et al.
Paper (pdf, 248 KB)
Presentation (pdf, 975 KB)

5.6 MFER - a Japanese Approach for Medical Waveform Encoding Rules for Viewer Design / Hirai et al.
Paper (pdf, 132 KB)
Presentation (pdf, 549 KB)



Session 6 - User Experience and Manufacturers Views

6.1 ECG devices interoperability in hospital environment a case report / Carpeggiani et al.
Paper (pdf, 38 KB)
Presentation (pdf, 1604 KB)

6.2 ECG Management in Prehospital and Emergency Care / Vourvahakis et al.
Paper (pdf, 568 KB)
Presentation (pdf, 869 KB)

6.3 From OEDIPE to EPI-MEDICS - et medical devices exploitation of SCP-ECG / Malossi et al.
Paper (pdf, 33 KB)
Presentation (pdf, 7546 KB)

6.4 Open ECG Format - Philips' Experience / Zhou et al.
Paper (pdf, 37 KB)
Presentation not available



Session 7 - Tele-medicine

7.1 Real-time remote monitoring cardiac patients at distance / Jasemian et al.
Paper (pdf, 68 KB)
Presentation (pdf, 450 KB)

7.2 New System For Cardiological Home Monitoring With Integrated Alarm Function / Braecklein et al.
Paper (pdf, 57 KB)
Presentation (pdf, 2788 KB)

7.3 Internet-based ECG-Evaluation and Follow-up / Bousseljot et al.
Paper (pdf, 86 KB)
Presentation (pdf, 879 KB)

7.4 Application Oriented Formatting and Communication Requirements for Electrocardiography.
Necessary and Desirable Modifications on the SCP-ECG Standard
/ Schmid et al.
Paper (pdf, 39 KB)
Presentation (pdf, 309 KB)



Session 8 - EHR & Interoperability beyond resting ECG

8.1 "The" Electronic Health Record: Standardization and Implementation- / Bott
Paper (pdf, 53 KB)
Presentation (pdf, 2092 KB)

8.2 Fully implementation and HIS integration of a paperless ECG solution to all the services of Son LLatzer Hospital(FHSLL) / Fernandez et al.
Paper (pdf, 168 KB)
Presentation (pdf, 7438 KB)

8.3 Development of an electronic ECG module, and integration with Electronic Patient Record / Sondergard Olesen et al.
Paper (pdf, 33 KB)
Presentation (pdf, 526 KB)

8.4 Problems and Solutions for Storing and Sharing Data from Medical Devices in
eHealth Applications
/ Chiarugi et al.
Paper (pdf, 1251 KB)
Presentation (pdf, 2069 KB)

8.5 Application of SCP for Stress and Holter Electrocardiography / Zywietz et al.
Paper (pdf, 45 KB)
Presentation (pdf, 1874 KB)



Session 9 - Harmonisation and Bridging the Present ECG Format and Communication Standards

9.1 IHE Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise / Wirsz et al.
Paper (pdf, 34 KB)
Presentation (pdf, 534 KB)



Session 10 - Related R&D Initiatives in Europe

10.1 Personal Health Management Systems-Research Activities within e-Health in the Sixth
Framework program for R&D of the European Commission
/ Lymberis
Paper (pdf, 34 KB)
Presentation (pdf, 4929 KB)

10.2 Beyond EPI-MEDICS / Rubel et al.
Paper (pdf, 256 KB)
Presentation (pdf, 2220 KB)

10.3 BIOSIG - an open source software package for biomedical signal processing for the use with Octave and Matlab / Schloegl et al.
Paper (pdf, 40 KB)
Presentation (pdf, 147 KB)



Session 11 - Trends and Challenges

11.1 Combining Smart Card Technology and Telemedicine System for Early Ischemia Detection / Kwok et al.
Paper (pdf, 38 KB)
Presentation (pdf, 2808 KB)

11.2 The Potential of EMFi Sensors in Heart Activity Monitoring / Alametsä et al.
Paper (pdf, 163 KB)
Presentation (pdf, 759 KB)

11.3 Towards a Network of Interoperability Testing Centers: An OpenECG Perspective / Chronaki
Paper (pdf, 45 KB)
Presentation (pdf, 3162 KB)

SHS Highlights of the 2nd OpenECG Workshop - A Summary / Chronaki and Zywietz
Paper (pdf, 45 KB)