IPCA is a methodology designed for the extraction of Health Protocol content out of network traffic. The approach avoids network impacts, is entirely vendor neutral and does not require the building of expensive interfaces.

1. IPCA
Intelligent Protocol Content
Analysis

2. What is IPCA?
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 Massive effort in the healthcare
system has been expended to create
interoperability between equipment
and systems build by diverse
manufacturers
 The development of protocols like
DICOM, HL7 and the use of XML
creates the opportunity to pull
analytics data in Real-Time
 “Intelligent Protocol Content
Analysis” (IPCA) is technology that
produces the required data for
analytics, without bandwidth impacts
Intelligent Protocol Content Analysis: Background
Vendor Neutral & Standards Based
No Need for Custom Interfaces

3. Technical Background
Real-Time Information Handling
Core Data
Elements
From
Protocols
DICOM
HL7
XML
Analysis
Engine
User-
Friendly
Reporting
Engine
CapturedThrough
Spanned Port
Data Parsed,
Logged,Securely
Stored
Data Presented
under User Control

4. Base Requirements for IPCA
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 Simple, inexpensive access to health data by
using the investment already spent on health
protocols – “Use what has already been
created”
 Extract the data without impacting the
functioning of production systems – “Ensure
no harm to the functioning system”
 Achieve high level of accuracy – “Five nines”
 Allow for Data Mining and Analysis
Comprehensive Analytics for Managers & Executives
99.999% Accuracy in Data Collection

5. What Does IPCA Make Possible?
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 Data are extracted from health protocol traffic
traversing the network and immediately parsed stored
and readied for display
 Information is selected, tailored and shaped by the
needs of decision-makers in the health enterprise
 Internal integration engine allows information from
several protocols to be aggregated, presented and
used by managers
 Information is available in near real time – mere
minutes after events occurred
Imaging Analytics, Workflow and TAT’s
Powerful, Efficient &Transformative

6. DICOM Flow Analysis
Rapid Evaluation of Flow Issues
 Review utilization and
performance stats for all
remote locations
 Examine productivity and
efficiency issues in real time
 Expose problems that impact
the transmission and flow of
data – when the issues appear
 Gain rapid insight into
productivity concerns with
real time analysis of workflow
issues

7. Productivity Management for Enhanced Outcomes
Modality Utilization
 Accurate measures
of prep time, scan
time and wait time
 Easy filtering for
technologist
identity
 Easy comparison
to historical
patterns and
records

8. Set and Adjust Benchmarks, Manage Turn Around Times
DI Workflow andTAT’s
 Combine parsed
DICOM & HL7 data
 Searchable view,
filtered for key
variables like
radiologist and
technologist