Minutes QRPH Tech 2009-06-01

Attendees

• Jason Colquitt - Greenway Medical
• Landen Bain - CDISC
• Patty Craig - HIMSS
• Don Eichwald - CDC (Guest)
• Therese Finitizo - PHDSC
• Sachidinand Girde - PHDSC
• Don Kaye - HIMSS
• Anna Orlova - PHDSC
• Vassil Peytchev - Epic
• Chris Carr - RSNA
• Celina Roth - HIMSS

Minutes

1. Consider the following profile supplements to publish for public comment:

• Retrieve Protocol for Execution (RPE) profile

• Lead Author: Daemon Whittenberg, Greenway

• Motion: Publish current draft for public comment
• Approved unanimously

• Clinical Research Data Capture (CRD) profile

• Lead Author:

• Motion: Publish current draft for public comment
• Approved unanimously

• Maternal Child Health (MCH) profile

• Lead authors: Charles Rica, MD, PhD and Ana Estelrich, both from GIP-DMP
• Comment from CDC and other US-based organizations strongly encouraged

• Motion: Publish current draft for public comment
• Approved unanimously

2. Consider the following white paper to publish for public comment:

• Newborn Screening

• Lead Authors: Therese Finitzo, PHDSC; Anna Orlova, PHDSC;
• Discussion point: three contributors are listed as representing PHDSC; if they have another main employer that organization should become an IHE member

• Motion: Publish current draft for public comment
• Approved unanimously

3. Check the status of the following profile supplement under development:

• Performance Quality Report (PQR) Profile

• Status unknown; Floyd Eisenberg lead author; HITSP and NQF working on data elements required to complete measure definition in profile, timeframe uncertain, possibly June 30; QRDA working on communication of patient-level measure data to aggregator
• Publication timeframe uncertain, possibly June 30

• Action Item: Co-chairs to follow up to provide status to committee

4. Check the status of the following white papers under development:

• Chronic Disease Management
• Knowledge Representation in Diabetes Care Management
• Pseudonymization

Other Statuses on remaining work:

   * Chronic Disease Management Event Reporting – Will be morphing into a White Paper
   * Performance Quality Report Profile – Dependency remains on requirements from HITSP and contract with Quality Forum
   * Diabetes Care Management White Paper – June 30 estimated completion date
   * Pseudonymization – Possible completion date June 30

Quality, Research and Public Health Technical Committee