PCD Planning Committee Action Items

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Action Items 40-89

No.	Action Item	Owner	Participants	Due	Open/Closed	Description/Update
71	Recruit clinicians; develop novel ways, attend to their priorities and schedules	Ken, Manny	--	Open	Open	Profile development may be a reasonable initial focus for involvement and perhaps lead to further involvement in PCD. Paul had suggested a booth at at ACC, other meetings. Liase with standards groups such as ASTM, professional societies. Manny spoke with Christel Anderson, HIMSS. Steve is talking with the Mass Health Data Consortium. Nov. 4: Todd will talk with Chris Dinegar about the AAMI program, and is preparing a Tcon for ACCE. Dec. 2, 2009: Manny and Todd did a presentation for ACCE. Manny and Todd to get in touch with Chris Dinegar. June 23: Recruiting at AAMI this weekend and Monday.
72	Press releases as recruiting tool, including the Showcase. Modify to include marketing IHE, PCD	Manny	--	Open	Open	Manny to ask Tom, Nick for information to use re IDCO Trial Implementation version. October 21, 2009: Erin offered to solicit publications. Steve suggested a Wiki page for this purpose. November 4: Steve's page will be available in November. Item 99, marketing PCD, IHE to be included with Item 72.Dec. 2, 2009: Steve will post Wiki page, Erin will continue effort. http://wiki.ihe.net/index.php?title=Patient_Care_Device_News. June 23, 2010: Steve posted the Wiki page with links to news. Manny reported that 24x7 gave us visibility in their weekly email newsletter.
78	2010 Stakeholder Survey Development	Ray Zambuto	Manny	June 5, 2010	Open	See earlier meetings for history. Ray released updated survey to HIMSS. Steve asked if the results will be available at the October F2F. October 21, 2009: Manny to call Ray this week. November 11, 2009: Ray is attempting to gain HIMSS Analytics support.May 12, 2010, June 23, 2010: Change date.

Action Items 90-99

No.	Action Item	Owner	Participants	Due	Open/Closed	Description/Update
92	Vendor Recruiting for Cycle 5	Manny	Barbara, Monroe, Steve Merritt	June 15, 2010	OPEN	Manny offered to make initial contacts with potential participating companies and asked Barbara to provide a list of what users want. Manny will contact companies identified by ECRI Institute and Monroe, and include a list of user needs and priorities for ACM. Press releases represent another tool. Manny to remind participants that PCD should provide press releases. He will draft a release. Barriers to vendor participation were identified. Steve will develop the “Getting Started” Wiki page. The PCD webinar being prepared(HIMSS09 Showcase presentation) may be useful. Manny will make phone calls and requested contact information for potential participants. Also see #91. Sept. 23: Manny working to get AC actors, requested help with that and other recruiting. October 21: Revisit after the ballot. November 11, 2009: Ask PCD members to contact others who may be interested, based upon Brief Profile Proposals and Manny to draft a message. Dec. 2, 2009: Change date to Jan. 6. May 12, 2010: Change date. June 9, 2010: AAMI – The intent of the mini-showcase is to educate and recruit vendors as well as users. Manny has asked Chris Dinegar (AAMI) about reaching out to vendors of CMMS and RTLS systems specifically in an attempt to gain participation in MEM. Iatric Systems joined the Connectathon/Showcase meeting yesterday, and had a conversation with two cochairs and Manny as well. Omnicell has joined IHE and we will invite their participation.
93	Certification of Systems Claiming Conformance	Elliot	Ioana	None Available	OPEN	Elliot and Ioana will approach John Halamka, Steve Lieber and NIST regarding certification for PCD. Greg will follow up with Iaona this afternoon. Todd emphasized the importance of quick action to assure that PCD is on their radar. Todd will talk to Elliot and Iaona about progress. Manny to ask Todd what to do with this item. November 11, 2009: Todd has had conversations with Elliot about certification. Among the issues that are out there: What will the role be for CCHIT, how will other national actions affect certification? Elliot is looking at this. Ken mentioned a company that plans to enter into the certification arena. There’s a question about CCHIT’s scope. Todd noted that this is very important from a user’s perspective, and their ability to specify certification in the purchase, and therefore this is very important to vendors. Erin noted that their evaluation of pumps will address components of this issue. May 12, 2010: IHE is discussing; no date available.

Action Items 100-109

No.	Action Item	Owner	Participants	Due	Open/Closed	Description/Update
103	Develop language for RFPs that is meaningful to clinicians.	Erin	Ioana	Aug. 25, 2010	OPEN	Initiated F2F May 3, 2010. May 26, 2010: Todd noted that this came up last week in Rio; Charles Parisot addressed this. It is a general issue for the entire IHE. This should be addressed by the IHE Marketing Committee. Manny to send Erin a note and ask about a time line. Keep this on the list to monitor. Item 17 on May 7 is incorporated here: Need to have a group of users develop a purchasing requirement, publish and disseminate to encourage customers to include it in purchasing language. Vendors could participate. Need someone to organize this. Erin reported that last week’s conference call made good progress. Ioana and her team will have a draft in a couple of weeks.
104	Explore the possibility that HIMSS’ Patient Safety publication be integrated with the User Handbook.	Christel Anderson	Steve Merritt	July 30 30, 2010	OPEN	Initiated F2F May 3, 2010. May 26, 2010: Add Steve.July 7, 2010: Change date to end of July.
105	Implementation Guide issues		John Garguilo	Aug. 25, 2010	OPEN	Initiated F2F May 3, 2010: Erin raised the issue of workflow – e.g., infusion pump messaging takes too long, hospitals complain. Christian observed that clinicians need an indication when data is not reliable for the purpose (e.g., latency, other). John Rhoads indicated that applications need to specify their own behavior. John Garguilo suggested that the implementation guide needs to address these issues. May 26, 2010: John Garguilo will participate, noting this is a broad issue that applies to all domains. Steve noted that this should be addressed by individual profiles and both the PC and TC. Steve asked if a template exists and Todd believes they have this as a Wiki page. This will be a PC item initially. John Garguilo will discuss with others at NIST to gain insight. June 9, 2010: John Garguilo indicated discussions will start soon.
106	PCD Meaningful Use - Vendor Recruiting		Christian, Barbara		OPEN	Initiated F2F May 3, 2010: Christian and Barbara Majchrowski will share information and attempt to recruit participants to develop profiles and participate in subsequent activities that increase the profiles, transactions contributing to MU as well as increasing deployment of PCD profiles. May 26, 2010: Manny to ask Barbara and Christian if they have an idea or if there are other Action Items that support this goal. See Item 107. June 9, 2010: Todd indicated that this is to take the HIMSS work on Meaningful Use and use it to recruit PCD members. The first step is to put a PCD one page document together. This will be the subject of a discussion at AAMI. Erin will organize the discussion. July 7, 2010: Manny to ask Erin, Barbara to provide an update, estimate completion date.
107	Clinical System Integration	Todd, Erin			OPEN	Initiated F2F May 3, 2010: Develop overarching integration of the various profiles and therefore, have core critical-mass functionality that forms a solid foundation; seek integration with other domains. May 26, 2010: Change title to Clinical System Integration. Start with the PC. Todd will take the lead on the Board level. Erin will participate (medication administration). Todd is having a hard time getting Board support. It has implications for IHE’s marketing message. June 9, 2010: Todd indicated that there is a Board meeting tomorrow and this is an agenda item for the following meeting. Add Todd, Erin to the item. July 7, 2010: Remove deadline date.
108	Recruiting HIMSS Nursing Informatics	Christel			OPEN	Initiated F2F May 3, 2010: Address opportunities to increase clinician involvement; contribute to Use Case development. May 26, 2010: The PC has recruiting items. Make this two items. This will focus on HIMSS Nursing Informatics - 109 will focus on corporate clinical staff. July 7, 2010: The Board understands the need for this effort. Remove deadline date.
109	Recruiting Corporate Clinicians		Anupriyo Chakravarti, Jon Blasingame, Paul Kelley, Steve Merritt, Ken Fuchs, George Bertos, Mike Romig		OPEN	Initiated F2F May 3, 2010: Address opportunities to increase clinician involvement; contribute to Use Case development. May 26, 2010: The PC has recruiting items. Make this two items. This will focus on Corporate Clinical Staff - 108 will focus on HIMSS Nursing Informatics. July 7, 2010: Remove deadline date.

Action Items 110-119

No.	Action Item	Owner	Participants	Due	Open/Closed	Description/Update
110	PCD Success Stories	Erin	Scott, Mike, Anupriyo	July 30, 2010	OPEN	Initiated F2F May 4, 2010: Develop Success Stories in support of HIMSS' marketing efforts; should complement PCD recruiting. May 26, 2010: Change title to PCD Success Stories. June 9, 2010: Erin and those who volunteered will have a Tcon July 22nd. July 7, 2010: Change date to end of July; Scott sent BBraun’s slides.
111	Recruit WCM and Other Vendors	Manny, Monroe		September 30, 2010	OPEN	Initiated F2F May 6, 2010: May 26, 2010: Monroe will be talking with Hill-Rom on Tuesday. Manny to recruit vendors needed to support other PCD transactions as well; including ITI-31. June 9, 2010: To date companies have indicated they don’t have resources for this cycle. July 7, 2010: Change date to end of September.
112	Roadmap Updates	Ken		July 30, 2010	OPEN	Initiated F2F May 3, 2010: Update following the discussion and adjust to defer some 2010-11 items and be consistent with ARRA/HITECH. July 7, 2010: Change date to end of July.
113	Selection of WCTP by ACM	Monroe Pattillo		July 21, 2010	OPEN	Initially Item 101 in TC, initiated F2F May 5, 2010: Todd will seek the MOU for ACM's WCTP.org issue. May 26, 2010: Monroe indicated that WCTP will be used and a CP will be prepared by the WG and submitted to the TC. Todd asked if this will be an option or the single approach. Monroe indicated that both this and SMTP should be accepted and WCTP will be promoted. Todd noted that wired vs. wireless needs to be addressed in the future. CP for ballot and TI available June 30. June 30, 2010: Manny to ping Steve Moore about SMTP and WCTP and learn if it is necessary to lose SMTP. Open Action Item for WCTP MOU (PC). Manny to contact Monroe re ballot for WCTP (TC). The question of whether this is a revised supplement or a CP is to be made by the ACM WG. Monroe and Ken will lead the effort.
114					OPEN
115					OPEN
116					OPEN
117					OPEN
118					OPEN
119					OPEN

Action Items 100-109

No.	Action Item	Owner	Participants	Due	Open/Closed	Description/Update
100					OPEN
101					OPEN
102					OPEN
103					OPEN
104					OPEN
105					OPEN
106					OPEN
107					OPEN