IHE Domain Coordination Committee Teleconference Minutes 2010-11-09
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Attendees
- Juergen Brandstaetter - Pharm Tech
- Rick Butler - Eye Care Tech
- Chris Carr - RSNA
- Christel Daniel-Lebozec - AP Plan
- Didi Davis - QRPH Plan
- Laura Heermann - PCC Tech
- Mary Jungers - Doc Specialist
- Flora Lum - Eye Care Plan/Tech
- Mike Nusbaum - ITI Tech
- Geoff Pascoe - ITI Tech
- Andrea Pitkus - CAP (Lab)
- Amit Popat - QRPH Tech
- John Rhoads - PCD Plan
- Antje Schroeder - Cardio Tech
- Karen Witting - ITI Plan
Absent domains: Radiation Oncology, Radiology.
Minutes
General Committee Business
1. Roll Call see Roster
- Quorum attained
2. Review of Minutes
- Motion: Approve minutes as amended. Approved unanimously.
3. New Business: from Future Agenda Topics Page
4. Review Action Items List
Domain Announcements
- Radiology - Selected Profiles
- Management of Radiology Report Templates
- exchange of templates used to drive authoring of imaging reports
- based on ~100 examples from work by RSNA Reporting Committee
- input/use cases/participation sought from other imaging domains (CARD, EYE, PATH)
- Imaging Object Quality Control and Maintenance
- deletion/replacement mechanisms for DICOM objects which have copies stored in multiple locations
- input/use cases/participation sought from other imaging domains (CARD, EYE, PATH)
- Cross-Community Access for Images (XCA-I)
- address imaging in the XCA framework; similar to adding imaging to XDS with XDS-I
- input/use cases/participation sought from other imaging domains (CARD, EYE, PATH)
- technical review/comments sought from ITI
- Further details and proposal links here: Radiology Proposals 2010-2011
- Management of Radiology Report Templates
Domain Coordination Issues
- Domain Coordination Work Group Process Improvement Proposals
- Review of teleconference discussion notes and request for comment
(from 2010-10-26 minutes)
- Work Group identified two significant issues to be addressed:
- Uniformity of process and work output across committees
- Coordination of committee work items
- Coordination work between ITI (as infrastructure hub) and clinical specialties
- Coordination among clinical specialties with similar information processes and needs
- Potential Solutions for problem #1
- Enhance education materials and process, including Wiki, Webinars and templates
- Establish oversight body to enforce compliance (peer volunteer group or executive/expert review board)
- Potential Solutions for problem #2
- Expand domain liaison relationships to link specialties with one another and ITI
- Require early, substantive cross-domain review of supplement work proposals (could use Domain Coordination Committee)
- Perform strategic review of existing portfolio of profiles and identify gaps and overlap (for possible consolidation)
- ITI Strategic Planning model applicable across domains?
- Categorize profiles by themes
- Created matrix of liaisons with other domains and invite their input
- Only one domain liaison (pharmacy) actually provided report
- Need liaisons who are knowledgeable about ITI and the liaison domain
- Need to find additional ways to encourage participation
- Created matrix of national deployment committees and invited their input
- More reports were submitted from international groups
- Developed Matrix of Profiles by theme that can be applied across domains
- Action Item: Domain planning committees to fill in matrix with profiles and suggest revisions to category names (by email to list); deadline is Dec. 7
- Oversight body to review profile proposal activities
- Agreement that it needs to be done
- Needs to be formalized and have some degree of executive authority (like DICOM WG-06 and HL7 Architecture Review Board, for example)
- Needs to be imposed in a way that does not greatly increase workload for committee volunteers
- What would such a body oversee? What problem is it designed to solve?
- Uniformity of process and documentation. Allow only intentional and useful variation across domains.
- Coordination of substantive profile development across domains?
- What would its authority be? How/when would it operate? Prior approval of profile proposals? Could it deny requests for profile development?
- Would be useful to have as an administrative point of contact for domains seeking input on their processes
- Who would participate: Named volunteers (current and previous co-chairs)
- Action Items: Get terms of reference from DICOM; get Keith Boone to provide for HL7 Architecture Review Board; share with group and work within Domain Coordination Work Group
- Add Karen Witting and John Rhoads to Domain Coordination Work Group
- Create other groupings of domains (eg, diagnostic specialties) with comparable needs?
- General agreement that we need consistency across domains; should not expect total uniformity of process or needs
- Need to carefully consider the additional workload on volunteers and sponsor staff
- Need to keep getting input from international organizations and respect their viewpoints
- Need better secretarial support in getting information published domains
- Review and gather input for profile coordination
- Structured Reporting Coordination Across Domains
- Need to make visible a set of valid CDA templates produced by IHE and work on coordinating their development
- Radiology and Anatomic Pathology
Documentation, Websites and Public Information
- Review and discuss refinement, simplification
Next steps and New Actions Items
- Next Meeting: November 23, 9am CT
- Agenda Items: Outcomes of committee meetings
- Following: Dec. 7, 9am CT