Spital Thurgau AG

Network Links

Network links

Network links between the hospitals
The network link between Frauenfeld Canton Hospital (KSF) and Münsterlingen Canton Hospital (KSM) was configured for 100 Mbps and there was also a standby link with 2 Mbps. In autumn 2004 this link was expanded: the main link was increased to 1 Gbps and the standby link to 100 Mbps. St. Katharinental Hospital is connected via a 150 Mbit line to KSF and the Thurgau Psychiatric Services are connected via a 100 Mbit link to KSM.

Network links in Radiology

Throughout the Radiology Departments at both hospitals there is a bandwidth of 100 Mbps available. The various Radiology switches are connected to the core switches at the computer centres via a gigabit line.


Interfaces with external systems

Import interface for patient and case data

Patient data, case data and relevant change data are sent by HOSPIS to the existing e*Gate communication server in its standard format. There the data is converted to the HL7 format and sent to the Centricity ® RIS.


Export interface for service and accounting
data (XML file in the ALIS format)

In a similar way to the existing interface between CONRAD+ and HOSPIS the accounting data is sent via XML files in the ALIS format from the Centricity ® RIS to HOSPIS.


Export interface for reports
(DOC or RTF format)

Reports are exported in the DOC or RTF format from the Centricity ® RIS to a defined directory on an existing file server, where they can be downloaded by the above-mentioned hospital system.


Interfaces with modalities

During integration of the existing modalities the following DICOM functionalities were implemented:

  • DICOM Modality Worklist
  • DICOM Store
  • DICOM Query/Retrieve
  • DICOM Print
  • DICOM Send