Rad Plan Minutes 2009-09-09

Attendees

• Chris L
• John P
• Ellie
• Kevin
• Kinson
• Patricia Katzman - Aware
• Prasada Pyala - Sajix Inc.
• Chris C

Minutes

1) Promoting Connectathon Testing of TI Profiles

• Method and targets for promotion

• Broadcast email
• General Message: 1) access to demonstrations, 2) HITSP specifications, 3) high-profile projects
• Cross-enterprise Document Sharing for Imaging (XDS-I.b)

• Canada Health Infoway, success story sites - a couple of deployments live; phasing in XDS-I province by province; some DIRs already set up
• Action Item: Chris Carr to contact Jose Mussi about developing success stories in Canada; Martin Tiani about deployment in South Africa and Austria
• Action Item: Contact companies that have previously tested XDS-I and encourage them to adopt updated protocol

• Basic Image Review (BIR)

• Targets are clinical display systems and PDI implementers; XDS-I image display actors
• Seek endorsement of AMA and other organizations
• Members of AMA and ANS participated in development

• Extensions to the Portable Data for Imaging (PDI) Integration Profile

• Target previous PDI testers
• Outline updates: encryption, compression, DVD, USB
• Tout endorsement by AMA, etc.

• MR Diffusion Imaging (MDI)
• CT/MR Perfusion Imaging with Contrast (PIC)

• Participants in SIIM NEMA demo (GE, Philips, Toshiba, Siemens)
• Image displays the least tested actor: targeted message to display actors
• Possible to review DICOM conformance statements in Kudu to find those that have implemented enhanced objects

• Mammography Acquisition Workflow (MAWF)

• Mammo Image vendors are good targets;

• Radiation Exposure Monitoring (REM)

• Target dose information reporters: target RIS and PACS companies
• Dose is a growing concern in the healthcare community; AAPM, Image Gently
• Mammo image, cardiac cath modalities another target group
• Scheduled workflow implementers

• Nuclear Medicine Image Integration Profile (NMI) with Cardiac Option

• PACS vendors the key group
• Previous NM Image participants are targeted group
• Stress testing workflow participants (but not ultrasound)

• Image Fusion (FUS) Integration Profile

• Multi-modality registration for Radiation Oncology
• Main target evidence creator and image displays
• Explore questions with vendors who do fusion: Need to determine list

2) Public North American Educational & Demonstration Promotion Channels

• RSNA - Public Demonstration

• XDS-I.b
• REM

• RSNA - Education
• HIMSS
• SIIM

• SIIM Abstracts closes Sept 11
• Action Item: Chris Carr to contact Dr. Channin about IHE-focused SIIM curriculum and respond to group with information about any perceived gaps

• AHRA
• ASTRO?
• Other?

Radiology Planning Committee