Integration of multiple ECG databases into a unified framework

Nowadays, due to the many different formats used by different manufacturers at the Thoraxcenter and the availability of only one ECG viewer in our Electronic Patient Information System, there is a need to convert the different formats to the format supported and to search for a (Webbased) browser for our ECGs to eliminate the need to install and maintain all clients. We developed a framework focussing on the recently approved SCP standard, to be independent of a manufacturer. This framework can convert SCP, Unipro, and Sifor to each other. Several viewers are available, but difficulties have arisen due to the many degrees of freedom in the earlier SCP versions. For the moment no new viewer has been introduced at our hospital