Rad Plan Minutes 2015-05-11

Participants

• Alicia Vasquez (California Medical Business Services)

• Bradley Erickson (RSNA)

• Chris Carr (RSNA)

• Chris Lindop (GE Healthcare)

• David Koff (Canadian Association of Radiologists)

• David Kwan (Cancer Care Ontario)

• Elliot Silver (McKesson)

• Jamie Kontos (RSNA)

• Jon Zammit (Cancer Care Ontario)

• Kevin O'Donnell (Toshiba)

• Kinson Ho (Agfa)

• Mike Bohl (Radiology Group)

• Teri Sippel Schmidt (Karos Health)

• Wim Corbijn (Philips Healthcare)

Minutes

1. Discuss proposed profile voting mechanism to be used in Aug 2015

   a. Plan to vote on proposed profile voting mechanism and method by June 2015

   b. Voting mechanism and method applies to short list and final list of profile selection each cycle

   c. Complaints – hard to attract new writers/profiles

   d. Voting member organization:

   i. Defined by IHE Int'l Board

   ii. Description of voting on IHE wiki [[1]]

   iii. One rep from member organization can vote

   iv. Encourage rotation of radiologists to participate in calls (RSNA/ACR) – their participation is crucial

   v. Get more feedback who are interested/knowledgeable – make clear that org can still vote/participate – reason for alternate contacts

   vi. Voting method: Letter ballot as opposed to exclusively “live” vote during webex

   1. WebEx discussion still needed/necessary to make changes/updates

   a. In-depth discussions are useful to vote upon rather than 5-minute overview

   2. Offline ballot

   a. If you haven’t heard discussion, might be unclear of changes

   b. Forces more thorough writing of profile

   e. Issues with voting

   i. Majorities disenfranchising minorities

   ii. Need to find ways to give minority voters a voice in voting process

   f. Proposals: Offline voting – 2 things to consider

   i. Determine which voting mechanism to use (Borda, Condorcet, etc.)

   ii. Determine which voting method: in-person exclusively or include letter ballot in conjunction with tcon discussion

2. Discuss/approve modifications to profile proposal form

   a. Discuss effort estimation process

   b. Post on wiki and Include comments section

   i. Helps people focus their interests

   c. Changes to long form only (detailed form)

   i. Profile editor – if editor has not been through the authoring process, they should be guided through the process – name someone as a “mentor”

   d. Action:Include voting issues on next DCC tcon agenda

3. Discuss proposed 2015-2016 cycle dates (15 min)

   a. Clarify profile due dates to educate people about the cycle

   b. June 15th - Call for Brief Profile Proposals 2015-2016; send reminder on July 10th

4. IHE 2015 International Educational Webinar Series

   a. Topics/presenters identified

   b. Doodle polls sent to presenters to identify dates of webinars

   c. Author dates need to be solidified

   a.Action: Complete IHE International 2015 Educational Webinar Series form by May 22nd