IHE Domain Coordination Committee Teleconference Minutes 2014-11-25
Minutes
General Committee Business
1. Roll Call see Roster
2. Approval of Minutes
- Review for approval.
3. New Business: from Future Agenda Topics Page
- Direct support of users by domain committees to address interoperability issues
- RO Tech Cmte has received requests to mediate interoperability issues by representatives of sites implementing systems from companies that have passed Connectathons
- Refer to Tech Cmte co-chairs who communicate the issue to known contacts at companies in question
- RO has a standing invitation to ASTRO staff and membership to communicate interoperability issues
- Can be a vehicle for collecting additional profile and testing requirements to assure interoperability
- Could be advantageous to log such issues and their resolution in CPs, etc.; need to consider legal questions in recording details
4. Review Action Items List
- RSNA staff has started updating and cleaning up list. Will identify priority backlog items for next call.
Domain Announcements
- PCC - selected five profile work items [ADD LINK TO PCC PAGE], plus DAF implementation guidance and workflow framework resource guide
- QRPH -
2. Domain Board Reports
- Pharmacy: Due for review.
Domain Coordination Issues
- Review the current listing of IHE Profiles implemented and in use in major US initiatives
- Spreadsheet of IHE Profiles Supporting Major Initiatives
- Action Item: Chris Carr to add items from ITI domain report to spreadsheet
- Multi-domain content creator/consumer harmonization effort
- Tone reported that focus for now is on discussion between ITI and PCC to harmonize definitions
Documentation, Websites and Public Information
- Update of Committees wiki page
- CP communication process (see sample Radiology page)
- Kevin O'Donnell, Lynn Felhofer and Mary Jungers meeting to come up with proposed format for publishing information about CPs approved and implemented
- Action Item: Kevin and Mary will present CP publication guidelines proposal to DCC for review
- New tools and methods for creating technical documentation
- Work group of Testing and Tools Committee is being convened to do initial environment scan, requirements definition and review of available tools
- Profile-specific Connectathon marketing messages
- Sarah Willis Garcia reported on targeted marketing of new profiles: achieved success with new profiles like MHD drawing strong participation
- ITI domain has conducted extensive outreach, including multiple Webinars and volunteer use of social media and community contacts
- Some gaps in participation persist in some domains/profiles, eg, Radiology SWF needs Order Fillers
- Sarah will approach domains in Spring about efforts for next year
Governance Implementation
- Link to IP guidelines on Webex sessions
- Goal to have them persistently available during committee discussions
- Action Item: Chris Carr to explore putting permanent link in Webex meeting templates for IHE
- Implementation of IHE-HL7 Collaborative Work Group - Outcomes of meetings on 9/18
- Group met at HL7 working group meetings in Chicago
- Todd Cooper is taking the lead in finalizing a proposal to be presented at January HL7 meeting
- Meeting included leadership of HL7 Technical Steering Committee, who were very much in favor of creating joint work group
- ITI/PCC/QRPH leadership met last week and expressed desire to be involved in process of completing proposal and developing list of work items
- RSNA staff is working with Todd Cooper on scheduling a teleconference to move these activities forward
- Add to the working group list: Riki Merrick, Tone Southerland, Paul Dow and Mary Jungers
Next steps and New Actions Items
- Propose rescheduling next DCC Tcon, to Dec. 16, 9-10:30 CT