IHE Testing and Tools Committee 2010-03-15 Teleconference Minutes
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Attendees
- Chris Carr - RSNA
- Didi Davis - Serendipity Consulting
- Nichole Drye-Mayo - RSNA
- Jane Gilbert - IHE Australia
- Flora Lum - AAO
- Bill Majurski - NIST
- Vince McCauley - IHE Australia
- Joan McMillen - RSNA
- Steve Moore - MIR
- Rob Snelick - NIST
Minutes
1) Training Events
- Eric and Peter K working on logistics for June 7-9 event in Paris
- Sept. event in US could be scheduled HL7 Meeting, first week of October
- Week of Sept. 27 a possibility
2) Gazelle Development Status
- Optimizing the application for use in Bordeaux; first time it will be the main platform
- IHE-J considering using Gazelle for October Connectathon; (annct in May; Reg in June)
- IHE-Australia using for April testing event; possibly also in July event
- Now have meta tests functionality in Gazelle
- Rewriting the Connectathon grading page
- IHE J has visited Rennes to deliver the DICOM part of the proxy
- Lynn F and Eric's group converting existing Kudu tests to Gazelle platform
- Test plans/instructions need to be converted completely
- Individual process steps being added as possible on priority basis
- Automated test simulators will be place for PIX/PDQ, but not other profiles
3) Development Tasks
- Conversion of test scripts has been done domain-by-domain
- Steve: PCC
- Eric: Lab/Path
- Lynn: Radiology/Cardiology
- First set of development tasks: develop Simulators to plug into Gazelle
- Priority profiles: PIX/PDQ (underway), Rad SWF, Lab SWF (IHE-J taking on)
- Steve Moore has list of priority profiles to match with interests
- IHE Australia may have bandwidth in April-July time frame to take on tasks
- Tests for new profiles
- Internet testing with Gazelle
- Using Proxies to extract context information; check actual data values (as opposed to general message validation) with NIST EVS
- Needs to be harmonized with existing NIST pre-Connectathon test tool, which does extract these content elements (eg, validation on expected ID returned)
- Action Item: Steve M to distribute priority "sign-up list"
4) Connectathon Guidelines
- Australian Comments: timelines geared toward North American and European events; may need smaller, additional events
- Australia has an event in July time frame; but also occasionally has more targeted events that receive government support; may include testing beyond IHE profiles
- Transitional arrangement necessary: could give notice for standing meetings, but not for all events
- General Announcements: need to better describe method for making anncts
- Profiles
- In Gazelle when we create a test instance of test we select the domain that we want to test
- Action Item: Chris Carr to revise draft Guidelines to incorporate
- Action Item: Vince McCauley will provide information on annual Connectathon plans
5) NIST RFI/RFPs
- Sources Sought announcement has been issued for smaller standards test services provider
- Related RFPs to follow in March-April time frame; 30-day submission period
6) Next tcon: Monday, March 22, 10am CT
- Next tcon at adjusted time: Monday, April 19, 3pm CT