Welcome to the IHE-UK web site. This site provides information both for those demonstrating and selling equipment conforming to the IHE specification, and for those planning to purchase such equipment.

IHE (Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise) is a global initiative designed to advance the state of data integration in healthcare. The IHE Global website provides general information about the IHE initiative, including the IHE process, technical frameworks, participants and resources for vendors and users of healthcare information systems. There is an IHE Europe committee, which organises a connection testing event (called a “connectathon”) and coordinates national events and committees.

IHE-UK is formally constituted as a committee of the British Institute of Radiology. The roles of IHE-UK are:

• Production of a Scenarios document, describing the processes and information flows in a typical UK imaging department. This aids the assessment of suitability of the main IHE technical framework, and helps the identification of any necessary UK specificities.
• Production of guidance notes for those involved in buying or supplying equipment in the UK using the IHE profiles
• Creation of a formal UK specificities document, detailing any departures from and/or additions to the IHE global framework necessary for use in the UK (e.g. how are 10 digit NHS numbers to be handled?)
• Organisation of UK IHE Demonstrations

This site provides information on IHE, discussion forums and links to related sites.