Mammo Minutes 2008-09-23

Attendees

• Penny Butler - ACR
• Christoph Dickmann - Siemens
• Barbara Hirsch - ACR
• Renate Hoecker - Siemens
• Richard Kaczmarek - US FDA
• Janet Keyes - Hologic
• Chris Lindop - GE
• Paul Morgan - Fujifilm
• Bas Revet - Philips
• Judy Wolfman, MD - Northwestern Univ.
• Chris Carr - RSNA

Minutes

1) Committee Organization

• Reviewed roster and committee procedures

• Voting rights require regular attendance at committee meetings: attendance at two consecutive events required to establish voting rights; three consecutive absences loses voting privileges
• Committee members required to represent IHE Member Organizations: can apply for membership at IHE Website
• Chris Carr to update roster and attendance
• Chris Carr to contact Co-chairs (Rita Zuley and Nikos Gkanatsios) about continued participation; solicit nominations for one co-chair position

2) General Committee Strategy: Develop new profiles or focus on implementation of existing profiles?

• Mammo Workflow Profile needs to be implemented and promoted, which will require considerable manpower

• DICOM CPs out for ballot that are required to implement Mammo Workflow; challenge to implement by February Connectathon

• Consolidation year; evaluate reporting issues and develop white paper for development

3) Mammography Reporting Workflow proposal

• Reviewed profile proposal by Dr. Ellis

• Needs to be evaluated and discussed before a detailed proposal could be developed

• Not clear what standards should be used; eg, what should be translation point between DICOM and HL7
• Workstations have access to DICOM images, whereas reporting systems may not

• Profile would need to be coordinated with existing Radiology Reporting Workflow profile and other work on workflow standards and structured medical documents

• Preference of group on the call is to take the 2008-2009 cycle to develop a coordinated approach to reporting workflow and structured reports
• Chris Carr will poll broader group about concurrence with white paper development plan

4) Development Timeline: meetings and teleconferences

• Members on call not able to commit to defined schedule--timeline contingent on work approach
• Chris Carr to poll group on preferred schedule

5) Mammo demonstration at SBI 2009

• Demonstration including Mammo Image Display and Mammo Workflow profiles is planned for SBI Meeting, April 26-29, 2009, Colorado Springs
• Testing at February 23-27 Connectathon (Chicago) to be required preparation; registration deadline for Connectathon is Sept. 30
• Chris Carr and Michele Wittling to develop call for participation and application form
• Chris Carr to poll group regarding plans to test Mammo Worklow profile

Mammography Technical SubCommittee