Zeiss 3000 - Export and Import Scan Data

Stratus OCT User Manual PN 2660021134133 A
Export and Import Scan Data
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(9) Export and Import Scan Data
Chapter Overview
The Stratus OCT offers the capability of exporting data for viewing and analysis on another
Stratus OCT instrument. This chapter explains how to export and import Stratus OCT data,
but first it details the technical measures employed to ensure patient privacy and data
integrity. These are the topics covered:
• Privacy and Data Integrity Features, page 9-1
• OCT Image Export, page 9-2
• Database Export, page 9-6
• Import Data, page 9-10
Privacy and Data Integrity Features
It is the user’s responsibility to observe applicable privacy restrictions and to maintain data
integrity. The Stratus OCT incorporates options in its data transfer functions that enable the
user to do this.
Patient Privacy
The Stratus OCT gives you the choice to export exam data without information that could
identify the patient. When you choose to export data in this way, the Stratus OCT does
export the following clinically relevant patient data: gender, ethnic group, axial length,
assigned patient categories and diagnoses and physician comments. You have the further
option to export a complete date of birth, the month and year of birth only, or no date of
birth. The patient name is not exported and neither is the following potentially identifying
information: patient ID, insurance company name, telephone numbers and attending and
referring physician. Instead, anonymous patient records include a unique Patient Export
ID and the originating clinic’s Site ID.
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Note: When you import patient records that were exported without identifying
information, the Stratus OCT displays those patients with the originating clinic Site
ID as the last name and the Patient Export ID as the first name. Users who wish to
obtain additional medical information about an anonymous patient must contact
the originating clinic to request information using the Patient Export ID. The
originating clinic can then search for the patient with the Patient Export ID
provided (see
Find and Select Records on page 7-1).
Data Integrity
Stratus OCT guards data integrity through the following features.
Cannot Edit Identifying Information
The Stratus OCT applies a permanent electronic tag to patient records that are imported
without patient identifying information and treats them as a protected category of data.