Cardiology Technical Committee Activities 2010-2011

Cardiology Profile Supplement Development: 2011

Current Works-in-progress versions:

Cardiology Report Content

CDA Implementation Guide (IHE Content Profile) for cardiac imaging reports based on ACC Key Data Elements.

• Status Page
• DRAFT: Cardiac Imaging Report Template (CIRT) Profile (Updated 2011-02-16)
• Also see information from RSNA's Reporting Committee on standardizing clinical content of radiology reports):
  • 100+ Diagnostic Report Templates
  • Standard Report Headings
  • Thirteen subcommittees of clinical experts

White Paper Development

The following white papers are under development and planned to be published for Comment sometime in 2011.

3D/4D Echo Workflow Whitepaper

The goal is to define clinical use case on storage and display of 3D Echocardiograms. This includes coordination with DICOM working groups to develop presentations states.

• DRAFT White paper
  • updated version after discussion with Planning Committee members
  • 3D/4D Echo White Paper Draft (with markup)
• Detailed Proposal:
  • 3D/4D Echo Workflow White Paper - Detailed Information

• Work page:
  • 3D/4D Echo Workflow White Paper - Work page: Status updates, links to draft documents and other relevant information will be posted here.

Cardiac EP Key Data Elements Whitepaper

The definition and publication of Cardiac Electrophysiology Key Data Elements for Electronic Submission and Cross-System Pre-Population offers the capability to leverage health industry standards that address both the structure and content of data used in the cardiac electrophysiology domain.

• DRAFT White paper
  • EP Key Data Elements Whitepaper
• Educational Presentation given at HIMSS 2011
  • EP Educational Presentation - HIMSS 2011