IHE Domain Coordination Committee Teleconference Minutes 2012-09-25
Attendees
- Sidrah Abdul
- Juergen Brandstaetter
- Chris Carr
- Didi Davis
- La Shawn Edwards
- Derrick Evans
- Rob Horn
- Mary Jungers
- Flora Lum
- Chris Lindop
- Joan McMillen
- Kevin ODonnell
- Jessica Palmer
- Chris Pauer
- John Rhoads
- Antje Schroeder
- Karen Witting
Absent domains: Anatomic Pathology (10), Dental (10), Endoscopy (10), Laboratory (1), Patient Care Coordination (2)
Minutes
General Committee Business
1. Roll Call see Roster
2. Approval of minutes
- Approved with three abstentions.
- Approved with two abstentions.
3. New Business: from Future Agenda Topics Page
- Status tracking of supplements
- Reviewed unpublished draft page on ihe.net developed by Steve Moore and Lynn Felhofer
- Page would present titles and publication dates for documents in development to be tested at upcoming Connectathon
- Goal would be to provide a single, easily digestible point of reference for Connectathon participants
- DCC questioned how much value the page would provide since most participants are active on committees or view Webinars to get specific domain information
- Also expressed concerns that page could be kept up to date
- If created, the page should link to point of access for documents listed
- Action Item: Mary Jungers and Chris Carr will discuss with Steve Moore and Lynn Felhofer to confirm level of need
4. Review Action Items List
- Reviewed current items and several 2011 items still on list. Chris Carr will update list to remove more obsolete and completed items.
Domain Announcements
- ITI, PCC, PCD, QRPH and Radiology all have calls for proposals open until Oct. 5
- Pharmacy
- Call for proposals currently open
- Planning joint meeting with ITI, PCC and QRPH in Treviso in March 2013
2. Domain Board Reports
- Status
- Endoscopy - ready for Board review
- Anatomic Pathology - ready for DCC review
- Patient Care Coordination - 1 month late
- QRPH - ready for review
- IT Infrastructure - due 10/10
- review
- Approved with revisions suggested by DCC
- Action Item: Chris Carr will request revisions from committee co-chairs and forward revised version to Board Operations Committee for October Board meeting
- Reviewed and suggested additional changes
- Action Item: Chris Carr to forward to AP domain leadership and request additional information and participation by AP domain leaders on Oct. 9 tcon.
Domain Coordination Issues
- Cross-Domain Strategic Planning Work Group
- See discussion of Strategic Plan activities below
Documentation, Websites and Public Information
- Documentation Work Group
- Release of template documents for "public" review
- Mary Jungers reviewed availability of template documents on IHE public comment page
- Comment invited from all domain committee participants and document author/editors (past and future)
- Documents will be open for comment until Oct. 24
- SNOMED CT Licensing Issues - Juergen
- Juergen presented spreadsheet analyzing use of SNOMED CT in IHE
- Additional input needed from Eye Care, PCC and QRPH
- Action Item: Chris Carr and Juergen Brandstaetter to solicit additional input from these domains
- Radiology noted that its use is similar to Cardiology's
- Analysis shows no major concerns about licensing of SNOMED CT are warranted
- Juergen has met with Jane Miller of IHTSDO and agreed to discuss possibility of explicit open licensing of SNOMED codes in future
Governance Implementation
- Strategic Plan and Related Work Groups
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- Work Groups
- Education
- Deployment Coordination
- Deployment Data and Success Story
- Financial Sustainability
- Tasks assigned to DCC under Strategic Plan
- Goal 1: Collect and analyze internal metrics to identify trends and improve results
- Goal 2: IHE will have a unified strategic view and consistent implementation of standards and quality across domains in addressing users’ real needs.
- 2.2 IHE will support and encourage cross domain sharing of best practices and new profile development.
- (general) IHE will not develop base standards.
- (general) IHE will focus on functionality and usability only in service to interoperability.
- Action Item: Chris Carr to add discussion of DCC strategic goals to future agenda topics page.
Next steps and New Actions Items
- Teleconference: Oct. 9, 10-11:30 CT