Reference implementation model for Medical Information Systems' interoperability.

Interoperability, in the electronic environment of healthcare enterprises, is required for the effective communication between the various Medical Information Systems (MISs). However, interoperability is a large and multidimensional issue. Its syntactic dimension is linked with the use of existing messaging standards.

TM-provider: a new communicatory model for telemedicine services support.

In this paper a new model for telemedicine service providers denoted as TM-Provider is presented. The TM-Provider establishes two multilevel controllers for the fully administration of telemedicine sessions conduct. The communication between the controllers' levels is based on an advanced request-respond protocol that addresses the traffic of the messages and applies sophisticated security mechanisms for access and data protection issues.