Member & Client Resources

HDIRS stores images and reports that may lead to a more complete, longitudinal view of a patient’s DI history.

HDIRS ensures secure, long-term storage of exams sent by member hospitals that are required for future reference and retrieval to the originating site.

HDIRS provides a zero-footprint viewer (requires no local installation) to allow authorized users to review a patient’s DI exam stored within the repository for non-diagnostic purposes. Users receive a valid user account, and HDIRS helps to administer those accounts.

This HDIRS-provided service allows clinical users to access and view foreign prior exams directly from the local PACS (without the use of a separate viewer) to assist with patient diagnosis.

HDIRS acts as a conduit and gateway to share member sites’ images and reports with the provincial Diagnostic Imaging Common Service (DI CS) provided by Ontario Health.

HDIRS helps members and clients ensure continued DIR connectivity in evolving IT environments. HDIRS assists organizations that are replacing or upgrading their local Picture Archiving and Communications Systems (PACS), Health Information Systems, or Electronic Medical Record Systems by validating and testing publishing, archiving, FEM, Ontario Health’s Diagnostic Imaging Common Services features, and connectivity.

HDIRS provides technical, navigation, and login support to PACS administrators who require access to the DIR administrative tools to correct PACS and imaging data and to confirm the successful transfer of exams to the DIRs.

To promote patient safety, more timely diagnosis and treatment, and high quality DIR content, HDIRS hosts, operates, and maintains the Coral Peer Review software on behalf of participating members.

The HDIRS service desk addresses questions, projects of all sizes, and emergencies. HDIRS also provides training materials for new health service providers involved in uploading DI to the DIRs upon request.

HDIRS’ clinical lead relies on resources such as the Clinical Advisory Committee to examine and resolve workflow concerns on behalf of the entire member and client base to ensure smooth, fair, and consistent use of the DIRs.

HDIRS prepares high level, aggregate, repository-related reports for a variety of stakeholders.

A number of HDIRS members are working to provide patient portals so patients can access their health information directly. This includes access to DI information through portals (e.g., PocketHealth, MyChart) to eliminate the need for patients to manage CDs. By integrating directly to HDIRS to provide these services, patients are provided with more complete access to their information from multiple locations. HDIRS continues to integrate these solutions in response to member requests.