Domain News Announcements

ITI, PCC, PCD, QRPH & RAD Domain News Announcements

IT Infrastructure (ITI) * Patient Care Coordination (PCC) * Patient Care Devices(PCD) * Quality Research & Public Health (QRPH) & Radiology (RAD)

2012-2013 ITI, PCC, PCD, QRPH & RAD Call for Proposals is now open until October 5, 2012

It is with great pleasure we announce that IHE International’s annual planning cycle has begun! The IT Infrastructure (ITI). Patient Care Devices (PCD), Quality, Research & Public Health (QRPH) Patient Care Coordination (PCC) and Radiology Domains are soliciting work item proposals for the 2012-2013 Publication Cycle.

The Call for Proposals is now open and concludes October 5, 2012. Interested parties are invited to submit a brief proposal for new IHE Profiles and/or White Papers to be considered for development in the 2012-2013 Publication Cycle.

This information below describes the entire annual planning cycle process from August – December 2012.

Help Promote IHE Call for Proposals: All IHE members and industry partners are invited share this announcement with their committee mailing lists and other interested parties.

All Proposals must follow the structure and format of the Brief IHE Proposal Template, specifically addressing the following:

• What is the problem you propose to solve by this proposal, and how is that problem expressed in practice (e.g., a use case)?
• How would fixing this problem improve health care in practice?
• What specific components of standards could be used to solve this problem?
• Your proposal should identify one or more potential editor(s) in the event that the proposal is selected for further evaluation and possible development. If possible, please include some indication of the business and/or clinical case surrounding the situation when describing the problem. For example, is there an economic motivation for addressing this problem immediately?

Access the IHE Brief and Detailed Templates on the IHE FTP Site as Word documents at ftp://ftp.ihe.net/Document_templates/.

Radiology submissions may also automatically invoke a Wiki form of the template on the Radiology Submissions page.

How to submit your Brief Proposal

Deadline: October 5, 2012 at 11:59 pm CDT

We look forward to working with you during the IHE 2012-2013 Publication Cycle. Please contact the IHE secretary at ihe@himss.org if you have any additional questions or need further assistance.

For Word document submissions

Email the completed brief IHE Proposal template (Word document) on the FTP site ftp://ftp.ihe.net/Document_templates/ to the corresponding domain email address below before October 5, 2012 at 11:59pm CDT.

PCC Planning Committee - pcc@ihe.net

ITI Planning Committee - iti@ihe.net

QRPH Planning Committee - qrph@ihe.net

PCD Planning Committee - pcd@ihe.net

For Wiki submissions (Radiology only)

• Visit the Radiology Submissions page
• Enter the name of your proposal in the blank (e.g. Scheduled Workflow 2.0 - Brief Proposal)
• Click the "Create New Proposal" button and edit the resulting page
• Click "Save page"

Radiology Call for Proposals Timeline

Refer to the milestones table on the Radiology page.

ITI, PCC & QRPH Call for Proposals Timeline

Note: All the dates below may be adjusted slightly.

Date	Action
2013-2014 Timeline
July 26, 2012	Joint Call for Proposals Opens
October 5, 2012	Call for Proposals Closes
Week of Oct. 8-12, 2012	Committee participates on Planning Committee’s Proposal Review Webinar (Week 1 /2). These webinars will be decision meetings. Actual dates will be announced in August 2012.
Week of Oct. 15-19, 2012	Committee participates on Planning Committee’s Proposal Review Webinar (Week 2 /2). These webinars will be decision meetings. Actual dates will be announced in August 2012.
October 30-31, 2012	ITI , QRPH & PCC’s 2012-2013 Planning Proposal Evaluation Kickoff- Planning Meeting in Oak Brook, IL. View F2F Meeting Schedule and Events for ITI, PCC, and QRPH
Week of December 3, 2012	ITI QRPH & PCC’s 2012-2013 Technical Proposal Evaluation Meeting- Technical Meeting. Location TBD. View F2F Meeting Schedule and Events for ITI, PCC, and QRPH

PCD Domain Call for Proposals Timeline

Note: All the dates below may be adjusted slightly.

Date	Action
2013-2014 Timeline
July 31, 2012	PCD Call for Proposals Opens
October 5, 2012	PCD Call for Proposals Closes.
October 8 - November 8, 2012	PCD Planning Committee Email Ballot Opens to select 2012-2013 Brief Proposals. Ballot includes proposals for review at the PC F2F October meeting. Final discussion on all Brief Proposals will take place on Wed. October 17 at the PCD Face-to-Face Meeting.
October 10, 2012 at 10-11am CT	PCD Planning Committee WebEx Meeting- Review Proposals at 10-11 am CT.
November 8, 2012	PCD Planning Committee Email Ballot Closes.
October 16-19, 2012 - Joint Planning & Technical F2F Includes Proposal Review Meetings	Save the Date! A four day planning and technical committee meeting will be held in Boca Raton. Planning Committee will be held Oct. 16-17, 2012. Technical Committee will meet Oct. 17-19, 2012. Additional details will be sent in August 2012 or visit PCD’s Wiki here and here for meeting travel, hotel and agenda.
December 18, 2012	Submit detailed proposals to PCD Technical Co-Chairs and secretary.
December 2012- TBD	PCD Technical Committee Reviews the Detailed Proposals during one of PCD’s regularly scheduled Technical Committee WebEx Meetings (Wed’s in December 2012 at 10-11am CT). Actual date TBD.
Mid-December (30 Day Timeframe)	Technical Committee opens email ballot to select which proposals to pursue. A survey accompanies the ballot. Ballot and survey will determine which profiles are of most importance and which will garner the support of the companies (i.e. commit resources).
Mid-January (30 days after the opening of the ballot)	PCD Technical Committee Closes Email Ballot on Final Proposals.