Cardiology

IHE Cardiology addresses information sharing, workflow and patient care in cardiology, including electrophysiology and nuclear medicine.

IHE Cardiology is sponsored by the American College of Cardiology (ACC) and manages the Cardiology Profiles and the Cardiology Technical Framework.

There are three committees: the Cardiology Planning Committee, the Cardiology Technical Committee and the Electrophysiology SubCommittee.

Timeline : 2006-2007 Development Cycle

Timeframe	Activity	Scheduled	Location
2006
Aug.	TC Completes technical review of "Short List" Profiles	Aug 14 & 28	T-Con
Sept.	PC Selects Final Profiles	Sept 21	T-Con
2007
April	Publication of Public Comment Supplements	April 30	www.ihe.net
May	Deadline for submission of public comments of profile supplements	May 30	www.ihe.net
June	Reconciliation of public comments received (TC Meeting)	June 5-7	ACC
June	Publication of Trial Implementation Supplements	June 8	www.ihe.net
2008
Jan.	Test implementations at Connectathon	Jan 28-Feb 1	Chicago

Timeline : 2007-2008 Development Cycle

Timeframe	Activity	Scheduled	Location
2007
July	Submit Brief Profile Proposals to Planning Committee (PC)	Aug 13	E-mail
July	PC Selects "Short List" of Profiles	<TBA>	T-Con
Aug.	PC Drafts Detailed Proposals for "Short List" Profiles	Sept 7	E-mail
Aug.	TC Completes technical review of "Short List" Profiles	Sept. 11-12	TCON
Sept.	PC Selects Final Profiles	Oct 24	T-con
Oct.	Profile development kickoff meeting (TC Meeting)	<TBA>	Chicago
2008
Feb.	Profile development meeting: finalize supplements for public comment (TC)		Chicago
Mar.	Publication of Public Comment Supplements		www.ihe.net
Apr.	Deadline for submission of public comments of profile supplements		www.ihe.net
Apr.	Reconciliation of public comments received (TC Meeting)		Chicago
May.	Publication of Trial Implementation Supplements		www.ihe.net
Jun.	Publication of Final Text Technical Framework (if appropriate)		www.ihe.net
2009
Jan.	Test implementations at Connectathon		Chicago

See also the Cardiology 2006-2007 Development Cycle

Roadmap

This document outlines goals and plans over the next 5 years.

Current Activity

The Planning Committee is collecting Proposals for the 2007-2008 Cycle. See Above.

The Technical Committee has published an additional Public Comment supplement from the 2006-2007 Cycle. (Comments are due by July 16, 2007)

• Implantable Device Cardiac Observations

The Technical Committee has published Trial Implementation supplements from the 2006-2007 Cycle.

• Displayable Reports
• Evidence Documents for Stress Testing
• Evidence Documents for CT/MR Angiography

Profile Selection

These Brief Profile Proposals were submitted for the 2007-2008 Development Cycle:

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These Detailed Profile Proposals were short-listed and evaluated by the Technical Committee

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The workitems selected by the Planning Committee for this Cycle:

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Demonstrations & Presentations

Date	Location	Event	Details
Mar 28-Apr 1, 2008	Chicago, IL	ACC 08	Live Demonstrations, Education

Supporters and Endorsements

IHE Cardiology is supported or endorsed by the following organizations:

• American College of Cardiology (ACC) www.acc.org
• European Society of Cardiology (ESC) www.escardio.org
• Japanese Circulation Society (JCS) http://www.j-circ.or.jp

<Need to add list - presumably there are some EP groups as well>

See Also

Committees

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