Eye Care

IHE Eye Care is sponsored by the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) and manages the Eye Care Profiles and the Eye Care Technical Frameworks.

There are two committees:

• the Eye Care Planning Committee, the Eye Care Technical Committee

Timeline : 2009-2010 Development Cycle

2/15/09 – Version 1

TC – Technical Committee

PC – Planning Committee

Subgroup A - Education and Promotion of IHE Eye Care

Subgroup B - AAO Showcase Demonstration

PM – IHE Eye Care Connect-a-thon and Demonstration Project Manager

Date	Event	Description	Meeting Agenda	Meeting Minutes
Dec. 12 (2008)	Planning Committee (PC) Meeting to discuss Year 4	Phone conference to layout goals and strategy for Year 4
Jan. 20	TC meeting in San Francisco	Working meeting to make final decisions on Year 4 plans and to issue Final Text Year 3	Agenda
Jan. 21	TC meeting in Wash. DC	Working meeting for writing technical framework document for year 4	Agenda
Jan. 31	Publication of Final Text	Final Text Year 3 is published on websites
Alternating Fridays	PC GotoMeeting (multiple meetings may occur)	Subgroup A and B teleconferences. Meeting to work out the key details for the connect-a-thon and demonstration. (Typically 11:00-1:00pm Eastern Time)
Alternating Fridays	TC GotoMeeting (multiple meetings may occur)	TC working on extensions for public comment (Typically 11:30-1:00 ET)
March	TC publishes extensions for Public Comment	Public Comment version of IHE Eye Care Workflow Extensions for Year 4
April	TC Public Comment Period Over	Public Comments Must be delivered to Don (30 Day Public Comment Period)
April	TC Review Public Comments	TC to review and provide resolution of Public Comments
April	TC Approve any changes	TC to review and provide resolution of Public Comments (11:30-1:00 ET) Update extensions to Trial Implementation draft for Year 4	Agenda
April	TC publishes Profile for Trial (Connect-a-thon Spec)	Release IHE Eye Care Extensions Document – Trial Implementation Version. This is the specification that will be used for the connect-a-thon and demonstration. (plus Final Text for Year 3)
May	TC Review and finalize the 2 day Webinar	Review, Webinar for technical content (11:30-1:00 ET)
TBD	PC updates demonstration requirements document	Detailed description of demonstration. Includes marketing and technical responsibilities of vendors. Needs to define each actor in the demonstrations and specific list of requirements (based upon Trial Implementation Version).
May	IHE Eye Care Educational Workshop	2 day Webinar Provide technical education of IHE profiles for vendors and users. Provide connect-a-thon and demonstration educations, fees, parameters, etc. Release invitation forms.
Mid June	One-day organizational meeting for Connect-a-thon and Demonstration	Requirement for participation. Each company needs to send one or more representative to walk through the connect-a-thon and demonstration steps.
Sept	Vendors submit MESA test results	Need to review results and resolve issues
Early Oct	IHE-Eye Care participation at Connect-a-thon	4 day connect-a-thon coordinated by PM (most likely at RSNA in Oak Brook, IL)
Oct 24-27	AAO 2009 Joint Meeting & Showcase	Showcase Demonstration at AAO meeting in San Francisco

Roadmap

This document (in progress) outlines goals and plans over the next 5-10 years.

Current Activity

IHE Eye Care has started work in the 2008 Cycle on an Eye Care Workflow Profile. Watch for Public Comment drafts on March 17 2008.

The Technical Committee is currently working on the following items:

• TF Updates for Year 3

Demonstrations & Presentations

Date	Location	Event	Details
2008	Atlanta, GA	AAO 2008	IHE Eye Care Interoperability Showcase

Supporters and Endorsements

IHE Eye Care is supported or endorsed by the following organizations:

• American Academy of Ophthalmology

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