Profile Proposal Process

Announce Call for Profile Proposals

Keeping in mind that the mission of IHE Domains is to meet the global needs of their Domain, this is an important opportunity for the IHE Regions to influence the development process. Domains should do their best to solicit input from the Regional and National IHE Initiatives.

The call should be mailed to:

• the domain Planning and Technical Committee mailing lists
• the Domain Coordination Committee mailing list so domain cochairs can forward the call to their committees if appropriate
• the Regional Cochairs mailing list so cochairs can forward the call

The call should be mailed at least 30 days before the deadline to allow other cochairs to put the topic on their agendas.

An example Call for Profile Proposals is here.

Select Short List

• Submitter prepares a Brief Proposal using the template which details:
  • The current problem or currently unmet need
  • How it should work
  • ...
  • Should we ask for the business case?

• Planning Committee selects a short-list of proposals for further consideration

Perform Technical Evaluation

• Submitter prepares a Detailed Proposal using the template which details:

• Planning Committee send Detailed Proposals to the Technical Committee

• Technical Committee evaluates the Detailed Proposals, specifically filling in the sections for:
  • Estimate of Profile Development Effort & Product Implementation Effort
  • Candidate Editor
  • Likely development resources (who's going to help write) and information sources (who's going to tell us how it should work)
  • Answers to Planning Committee questions

• The updated Detailed Proposal is returned to the Planning Committee

Final Profile Selection

• Planning Committee meets/votes to select Proposals for the next cycle

• Planning Committee announces selected Proposals