Anatomic Pathology
Introduction
IHE Anatomic Pathology addresses information sharing, workflow and patient care in Pathology, including anatomical pathology.
Sponsors
IHE Anatomic Pathology is sponsored by the French Association for the Development of Informatics in Pathology (ADICAP), the Spanish Health Informatics Society (SEIS), the Spanish Society of Pathology (SEAP), the French Society of Pathology (SFP). It manages the Pathology Profiles and the Pathology Technical Framework.
Objective and Scope
The IHE Anatomic pathology Domain addresses Collaborative Digital Anatomic Pathology i.e supports the creation and sharing or exchange of information, including data and images, during the complex workflow performed in an Anatomic Pathology department from specimen reception to report transmission and exploitation. The ultimate goal is a comprehensive digital pathology record for the patient, of which images are a significant part.
The diagnostic process in anatomical pathology differs from that in the clinical laboratory since it relies on image interpretation. It also differs from that in radiology since it is specimen-driven and when digital imaging is performed many types of imaging equipments (gross imaging, microscopic still imaging, whole slide imaging, multispectral imaging, etc) may be involved for a single examination. Moreover, images of the same study may be related to different specimen (parts and/or slides) from one or even different patients (e.g Tissue Micro Array). Finally, slides are always available to acquire more images, if needed.
The primary focus is clinical patient management (surgical pathology, clinical autopsy, cytopathology, etc and all special techniques (gross examination, frozen section, immunohistochemistery, molecular pathology, flow cytometry, special microscopy techniques), but public health or research may also be addressed as appropriate (biobanking, Tissue Micro Arrays, etc). The aim is to progressively include all sub-domains of pathology.
Current Anatomic Pathology Profiles (in Final Text and Trial Implementation)
- The new releases of the Anatomic Patholgy Technical Framework (PAT TF) and supplement(s) for trial implementation are available on the ihe.net web site :[1]
- The new supplement(s)for public comment are available on the ihe.net web site :[2]
Anatomic Pathology (PAT)Committees
2010/11 Scheduled meetings
| Timeframe | Activity | Scheduled | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | |||
| Sept. | Submit Brief Profile Proposals 2011 to Pathology Planning Committee (PC) | Sept 15 - Deadline | Wiki & Email to cochairs |
| Oct. | Pathology Technical Committee (TC) discusses public comments about Anatomic Pathology Structured Report - Supplement- Pathology Planning Committee (PC) selects "Short List" of Profiles | Oct. 4&5 | Cambridge HL7 WGW - Joint IHE & HL7 Anatomic Pathology meeting |
| 2011 | |||
| Jan. | IHE North America Connectathon | Jan. | Chicago |
| April | IHE Europe Connectathon | April | |
| May. | TC discusses AP TF supplement – vol1 & 2 for Public comment - Joint meeting with Clinical Genomics | May 15-20 | HL7 Working Group Meeting, 15-20 May 2011 - Orlando, FL USA |
| May. | TC publishes AP TF supplement – vol1 & 2 for Public comment | May | Wiki - ihe.net |
| Aug. | Submit Brief Profile Proposals 2012 to Pathology Planning Committee (PC) | Aug 15 - Deadline | Wiki & Email to cochairs |
| Aug. | Joint meeting IHE AP - HL7 AP - DICOM WG26 | Aug. 27 | 23rd European Congress of Pathology 27 August-1 September 2011, Helsinki Finland |
| Sept. | Pathology Planning Committee (PC) selects "Short List" of Profiles | Sept. 11-16 | 25th Annual HL7 Plenary & Working Group meeting - San Diego, CA |
| Sept. | TC publishes AP TF supplement – vol1 & 2 for Trial Implementation | Sept | Wiki - ihe.net |
| Sept. | Submit Brief Profile Proposals 2011 to Pathology Planning Committee (PC) | Sept 15 - Deadline | Wiki & Email to cochairs |
Meeting Roster
Representatives with a Roster Status of Co-chair, Liaison, Voting (or possibly Alternate) may vote and count towards quorum. A - represents a missed meeting.
Representatives with a Roster Status of Secretary or Non-voting or Observer may not vote or count towards quorum. A + represents an attended meeting.
Voting privileges and attendance apply to IHE Member Organizations, so the list is sorted by Member Organization to facilitate this. The Cochairs are listed at the top.
| Representative Name | Member Organization | Roster Status | May 16&17, 2011 (F2F meeting, Orlando) | August 27, 2011 (F2F meeting, Helsinki) | September 13&14, 2011 (F2F meeting, San Diego) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christel Daniel | ADICAP | Cochair | + | + | + |
| Marcial Garcia | Hospital General de Ciudad Real | Cochair | - | ||
| Thomas Schrader | University of Applied Sciences Brandenburg | Cochair | |||
| David Booker | CAP | Voting | + | + | |
| Victor Brodsky | CAP | Voting | + | + | |
| Mary Kennedy | NCI | Voting | + | ||
| Jeffery Karp | CAP | Voting | + | + | |
| Jovanka Harrison | NAACCR | Voting | + | + | |
| Lori Havener | NAACCR | Voting | + | + | |
| François Macary | ASIP Santé | Voting | + | ||
| Wendy Scharber | CAP | Voting | + | ||
| J Karp | College of American Pathologists | Voting | + | ||
| JDL Nolen | Cerner | Voting | + | ||
| H Solomon | GE | Voting | + | + | + |
| F Wang | Emory University | + | |||
| J MacDonald | College of American Pathologists | Voting | + | ||
| R Ranauro | College of American Pathologists | Voting | + | ||
| M Meissner | Omnyx | + | + | + | |
| B Gordon | c/net California | + | |||
| James Harrison | College of American Pathologists | Voting | + | ||
| D Thomas | Life Technologies | + | |||
| F Behlen | ACR | + | |||
| I Mun | HCA | + | |||
| H Koenig | Siemens Healthcare | + | |||
| S Vastagh | Medical Imaging 2 | + | |||
| S Bolte | Ge Healthcare | + | |||
| A Shabo | IBM Research | + | |||
| P Pochan | Covance/CDISC | + | |||
| Quorum | Attendance |
If your organization is an IHE Member and you would like to be added to this roster, please provide the name of your voting representative (and optionally, alternates) to the Secretary.
If your status needs to be adjusted, please contact a Technical Co-Chair or Secretary.
2010/11 work in progress
2010-2011 Profile Selection
- These Brief Profile Proposals were discussed by IHE AP PC in Cambridge for the 2010-2011 Development Cycle
- Detailed Profile Proposals will be short-listed and evaluated by the Technical Committee for the Cycle 2010-2011 in November.
- Detailed Profile Proposals: no new profile was selected for 2011
Future work
- Digital imaging for research applications (Tissue Micro Arrays)
- Inter-departments workflow (with LAB)
- Enhanced Imaging Workflow Integration Profile
- Relationships between Pathology departments; Relationships between pathology/radiology/endoscopy
- Cross enterprise documents/images sharing (XDS, XDS-I)(ITI)
- Telepathology (2 Business Processes)
- Sharing terminology
- Anatomic Pathology Reporting Workflow (APRWF)(G.Rodriguez – Satec)
- Device automation integration profile (with LAB)
How to participate
- IHE Anatomic Pathology international mailing list
- ihe-anatomic-pathology-committee@googlegroups.com
- To request to join the list, go to [3]
- As a Committee Member (Formally apply for Organization membership)
- As an Interested Observer (Provide Public Comments and/or Change Proposals on Technical Framework Supplements; Attend Demonstrations, Educational Events and Workshops
- As a Vendor Implementer (Implement IHE Integration Profiles; Test systems through Connectathon process; Publish an IHE Integration Statement for products)
- As a User Implementer or Consultant (Use Connectathon Results and/or IHE Integration Profiles to develop interoperability strategy to evaluate vendors; Demand IHE Integration Profile compliance in RFPs)
IHE Anatomic Pathology has started work in the 2008-2009 Cycle. Contact the Anatomic Pathology Planning Committee if you would like to participate.
Demonstrations & Presentations
| Date | Location | Event | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010.07.01 | Vilnius, Lituania | 10th European Congress on Telepathology & 4th International Congress on Virtual Microscopy | Presentation |
| 2009.09.05 | Firenze, Italy | European Congress of Pathology | Presentation |
| 2009.09.02 | Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina | Medical INformatics in Europe (mie2009) | Presentation |
| 2008.05.17-22 | Barcelona, Spain | 3rd International Congress of Pathology | Presentation |
| 2008.05.17-22 | Barcelona, Spain | 3rd International Congress of Pathology | Presentation |
| 2008.05.27-30 | Paris, France | HIT 2008 | Presentation |
| 2008.05.9 | Berlin, Germany | OpENSC | Presentation |
| 2007.09.08-13 | Istanbul, Turkey | European Congress of Pathology | Educational Sessions |
| 2007.08.20-24 | Brisbane, Australia | Medinfo | Presentation |
| 2007.08.16-17 | Brisbane, Australia | World Congress Pathology Informatics | Presentation |
Previous activities
| Timeframe | Activity | Scheduled | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | |||
| Nov. | Submit Brief Profile Proposals to Planning Committee (PC) | ||
| Dec. | PC Selects "Short List" of Profiles | T-Con | |
| 2007 | |||
| April. | PC Selects Final Profiles | May 2 | Cologne |
| July | TC Publishes Public Comment Supplements | June 22 | |
| July-August | Public Comment submission deadline | July 30 | www.ihe.net or Email to cochairs |
| Nov. | TC Publishes Trial Implementation Supplements | TBA | www.ihe.net |
| 2008 | |||
| Jan. | TC Publishes Trial Implementation Supplements | January 25 | www.ihe.net or www.gmsih.fr |
| May. | Brief Profile Proposals 2009-2010 Discussion(PC&TC) | May. 17 | Toledo (Spain) IHE Pathology-DICOM WG26 joint meeting held in conjunction with the
9th European Congress on Telepathology and 3rd International Congress on Virtual Microscopy |
| Aug. | Submit Change Proposals on APW(2008-09) | Sept. 9 | Minutes of the TConf |
| Sept. | Submit Brief Profile Proposals 2009-2010 to Pathology Planning Committee (PC) | Sept 15 - Deadline | Wiki & Email to cochairs |
| Oct. | PC Selects "Short List" of Profiles | Oct. 2 | Evora, Portugal in conjunction with /with COST action WG1 Minutes of the PC meeting |
| Oct. | Short listed Profile Proposal Authors to submit Detailed Proposals to PC | Due to Nov 5th | wiki & Email to cochairs |
| Oct. | Submit completed Change Proposals on APW(2008-09) | Due to Oct 10th | wiki & Email to cochairs |
| Nov. | TC Evaluates Detailed Proposals for APW (2009-10) & Validates CPs for APW (2008-09) | Nov. 6 | Minutes of the TConf |
| Dec. | PC & TC Discision of Detailed Proposals for 2009 work | End of Dec | Tconf |
| 2009 | |||
| Jan. 13 | PC review of scope of integration porfile and white paper | Jan | HL7 Working Group Meeting- Orlando, FL |
| Mar. | AP TF supplement : ARPH integration profile – vol1 - AP Structured Reports white paper draft v0 | Mar 12-13 (COST MC, WG) | Paris |
| June | TC publishes AP TF supplement : ARPH integration profile – vol1 & 2 for Public comment | June 30 | http://www.ihe.net/Technical_Framework/public_comment.cfm
Public comment period lasts from June 30 to July 31. A forum to collect these comments on a provided comment form, has been set up at http://forums.rsna.org/forumdisplay.php?f=411 |
| July | ARPH integration profile – vol1 & 2 for : Public comment | July | wiki |
| Aug | TC publishes AP TF supplement : ARPH integration profile – vol1 & 2 for trial implementation | Aug 28 | wiki |
| Aug | Presentation of the ARPH integration profile | Sept. 2 | Sarajevo (Bosnia Herzegovina), COST Action Workshop "Digital Pathology in Europe: Coordinating Patient Care and Research Efforts"- September 2, 2009 from 15:00 during the MIE 2009. http://www.mie2009.org |
| Sept | Brief Profile Proposals 2010 to Pathology Planning Committee (PC) | Sept. 5 & 6 | Florence (Italy), IHE Anatomic Pathology TC meeting/ Joint meeting with DICOM WG-26. September 5, 2009(overlap with the 22nd European Congress of Pathology - http://www.ecp2009.org). |
| Sept | Anatomic Pathology Planning Committee (PC)(Brief Profile Proposals 2010) | Sept 21-25th | Atlanta (US), IHE Anatomic Pathology PC meeting/ Joint meeting with HL7 Anatomic Pathology SIG. |
| Sept. | Submit Brief Profile Proposals 2010 to Pathology Planning Committee (PC) | Sept 25 - Deadline | Wiki & Email to cochairs |
| Oct. | Pathology Planning Committee (PC) selects "Short List" of Profiles | ||
| 2010 | |||
| Jan. | IHE North America Connectathon | Jan. 11-15 | Hyatt Regency - Chicago |
| Jan. | PC review of scope of integration profiles and white papers | Jan 17-22 | IHE AP & HL7 AP joint meeting - HL7 WG Meeting Phoenix |
| April. | IHE Europe Connectathon | April 12-16 | Bordeaux, France |
| May. | TC publishes AP TF supplement – vol1 & 2 for Public comment | May | Wiki - ihe.net |
| June. | TC publishes AP TF supplement – vol1 & 2 for Trial Implementation | June | Wiki - ihe.net |
| July. | IHE Anatomic Pathology PC & TC meeting | July | Telepathology Congress (Vilnius). IHE AP & IC0604 COST Action WG2 joint meeting |
| Sept. | Submit Brief Profile Proposals 2011 to Pathology Planning Committee (PC) | Sept 15 - Deadline | Wiki & Email to cochairs |
Committees
A single Anatomic Planning Committee performs both Planning and Technical functions in the ANAPATH domain. The committee uses a Google Group distribution list. You can request to joint the list by visiting the Google Group's home page.
Supporters and Endorsements
IHE Pathology is supported or endorsed by the following organizations:
- French Association for the Developpement of Informatics in Pathology (ADICAP)
- Spanish Health Informatics Society (SEIS)
- Spanish Society of Pathology (SEAP)
Provious sponsors:
See Also
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