GDC Minutes 2016-11-30

Participants

• Charles Parisot

• Dr. Michio Kimura

• Dr. WonSuk Kang

• Dr. Yongxin Zhou

• Emmanuel Cordonnier

• Yutaka Emoto

• Evert Sanders

• Lapo Bertini

• Yasunari Shiokawa

RSNA Staff: Jamie Kontos

Minutes

1. World Summit Planning

• September 11, 2017 in Singapore
• Chinese representative working closely with IHE China to get more engaged with World Summit and IHE activities

2. IHE Japan

• Japan Connectathon 2016 – Tokyo Metropolitan Trading Center Asakusa-kan, Asakusa, Tokyo

• Sept 13-17, 2016
• 48 companies, 81 systems – steady participation
• Testing domains

• RAD
• LAB
• CARD
• END
• PCD
• RO
• ITI

• 56 monitors, including 8 volunteers from medical facilities
• Collaboration with NIST engineer, Diane Azais

• Supported launch of NIST testing tools
• Did not implement Conformity Assessment test tool, however, the NIST tool is integrated

• Japanese National Extension – JP-NEX

• IHE RAD has published JP-NEX

• Announced TF v4 was updated with new section of Japan

• JAHIS is preparing internal protocol

• Launching new testing environment using CAsC
• IHE Japan Connectathon 2017 – Planning for September 2017

• Will attempt to use JP-NEX and CA tools

IHE Korea

• Established 2004
• IHE Korea Connectathon 2016

• Aug 16-20, 2016
• Todd Cooper, technical project manager
• 11 participating companies
• SWF.b
• Participated in the Interoperability Showcase in APAMI Conference, which was held November 2016

• MEDICI+ IUC Council on Healthcare Standards and Interoperability (HSI)

• Promotes friendship and networking
• Composed of 5 companies
• Established on Wonsei University Wonju Campus

IHE Korea attended IHE Japan’s Connectathon – both have a good working relationship with each other

IHE China

• Co-chair - Dongsheng Wang
• Carried out Connecthon in January 2016

• 62 companies applied, 49 attended
• Tested about 400 actors, 200 actors passed – pass rate of 55%
• Established testing protocol for medical imaging devices
• Updated 3 new protocols – have about 19 protocols
• Safety scanner, MRI scanner, implementation systems
• Regional image management

• Hosted a conference

• China PACS Conference
• 600 people attended

• Directors of hospitals
• Exchanged concerns of medical information

• Hosted training program

• 21 companies
• Provided constructive feedback about the training

• IHE Chinese translation

• Ongoing work
• Translation as reference, not as publication

• Want to keep U.S. version as official publication

• Unknown plans for 2017 Connectathon
• IHE China to please provide a list of IHE profiles that were tested at the IHE China Connecathon going forward

IHE Italy

• Currently organizing IHE Europe Connectathon

• Venice, Italy, April 2017
• Education events for Italians – purpose to talk with young future decision-makers

• Political event – 1 day event (Wednesday) – officials from region around Venice and Italian MOH
• Experiences abroad on federated PHR
• Work on new directions

• Active with regions in Italy

• 21 regions total – provinces

• Authority of healthcare delivery
• Program for national patient health record

• Working with regions that have adopted IHE integration profiles
• Planning “IHE Italy Day” near end of 2017

IHE The Netherlands

• Activities

• Events

• eHealth Week / IHE World Summit – June 2016, Amsterdam
• Marketing
• Education
• Engagement in local projects
• Lobbying and collaborations with other organizations

• MOH, eHealth Goals

• Want to give all patients access to their data
• 24/7 communications with healthcare provider using telehealth
• Chronically ill patients are able to perform self-measurements

• Ministry of Economic Affairs

• Interoperability is key for innovation
• Open standards are important to create a level playing field for IT vendors
• “Digital Agenda”

• As of October 4, 2016, it is now the law that patients have access to their medical records electronically
• Healthcare providers need to ask patients specifically who is authorized to access their medical records