IHE Domain Coordination Committee Teleconference Minutes 2010-07-20
Attendees
- Chris Carr - RSNA
- Imran Chaudri - Eye Care Tech
- Tom Dolan - Cardio Tech
- Ken Fuchs - PCD Plan
- Rob Horn - ITI Tech
- Flora Lum, MD - AAO
- Mike McCoy, MD - PCC Plan
- Joan McMillen - RSNA
- Mike Nusbaum - ITI Plan
- Kevin O'Donnell - Rad Plan
- Andrea Pitkus - CAP
- Celina Roth - HIMSS
- Tone Southerland - PCC Tech
- Lisa Spellman - HIMSS
- Karen Witting - ITI Tech
Minutes
General Committee Business
1. Roll Call: Quorum Attained see Roster
2. Approval of Minutes
- Motion to Accept Minutes: Approved unaninmously
3. Flag any Future Agenda Topics for Next Meeting
- None advanced to agenda
4. Review Action Items List
Domain Announcements
- Cardiology: Three profiles for trial implementation by 2010-07-23
- ITI: Five profiles for trial implementation plus white paper for public comment, Technical Framework volumes and ten updated Trial Implementation Supplements by July 26
- PCC: Eight new/revised supplements and two Technical Framework volumes (18 profiles total)
- QRPH: Five new or revised profile supplements for publication by Aug. 8
Domain Coordination Issues
1. Outcome of July 12 discussions about Anatomic Pathology content profile and template for content profile supplements
- Five domains have now created profiles incorporating CDA documents
- Three needs were identified to ensure that CDA documents are generated and referenced in an efficient, uniform way:
- Common Template for describing CDA documents
- Registry where CDA documents and their component modules (sections, subsections, entries) can be published and accessed
- Cross-domain method for defining, publishing and accessing CDA documents
- Note that there will be CPs against templates in future
- Action Item: Tone Southerland will produce overview of process for defining and publishing CDA documents in IHE profiles; Sept-Oct timeframe
- General consensus that we should try to incorporate all necessary profile components into a single supplement template
- Action Item: Mary Jungers and Tone Southerland will work on harmonizing current PCC template with general supplement template
2. ITI Cross-domain outreach process
- No update on previous activities
- Action Item: Chris Carr, Mike Nusbaum and Kevin O'Donnell to meet to discuss cross-domain strategic vision; call will follow Documentation Work Group call (see below)
3. HL7 Subgroup: ITI CP 211 Outcomes
- CP ballot failed, but CP was re-scoped and seven reviewers agreed to comment on authors' work
- Scope will be limited to HL7 versions 2.3.1 and 2.5; possibly brief notes on other versions
- Action Item: Chris Carr to forward information about HL7 Review group to Rob Horn and other interested parties; members can subscribe to the group at http://groups.google.com/group/ihe-hl7-review-group
4. Complexity of IHE documentation
- NHIN Direct has expressed concerns about convenience and organization of IHE documentation: intends to incorporate IHE documentation into its own documents
- NHIN is not likely to propose making changes in documentation national extensions; IHE USA would be the logical group to take this on, but currently does not have the presence to do so
- Current method of organizing documents requires developers to consult multiple volumes in order to find all the documentation for a given actor/profile; complexity is multiplied for systems that implement multiple actor/profiles
- The Domain Coordination Committee and sponsors need to provide a way of better linking the components of specifications in Technical Framework documents
- Examples to consider include cross-indexing of document sections by actor/profile and providing some other guidance on how to implement in systems (eg, typical groupings of actors in various system categories)
- Other organizations (HL7, DICOM, HITSP, WC3) have addressed the complexity of their documentation with varying approaches and levels of success
- Action Item: Establish Documentation Work Group to review organization of Technical Frameworks and Supplements and suggest improvements; Group to include Mary Jungers, Mike Nusbaum, Kevin O'Donnell, Tone Southerland, Karen Witting; First Teleconference: Monday, July 26, 10am CT
5. Templates for content and transaction profiles
- See above for action items related to July 12 teleconference
6. Terminology codes in Trial Implementation profiles
- See above for action items related to July 12 teleconference
Documentation, Websites and Public Information
1. Document Publication Schedule
- Reviewed new version of Publication Inventory document that includes information on each profile and each document published by IHE
- Will be used to track publication activity and as index of publications in general
2. Process Page
- To be updated to enhance supplement author instructions
Next Meeting
- Documentation Work Group: July 26, 10-11:30 CDT
- August 3, 9-10:30am CDT