IHE Testing and Tools Committee 2009-11-09 Teleconference Minutes

Attendees

• Chris Carr
• Didi Davis
• Geert Claeys
• Bruce Curran
• Cor Loef
• Joan McMillen
• Steve Moore
• Charles Parisot
• Eric Poiseau
• Lisa Spellman

Minutes

1) Test Data Repository

• Reviewed proposal developed by Steve Moore

• Create consent form and Wiki page for Vendors willing to share their data sets publicly
• Gazelle has "Objects" feature that allows testing participants to upload test data sets and makes them visible to participants testing complementary roles
• Eric's team will continue to develop this feature; it will be part of testing at IHE Europe Connectathon in April 2010
• Consider implementing consent form for publication of test data on public "repository" page in 2011
• Action Item: Chris Carr to work on consent language for publication of test data

2) Gazelle Status

• Discussed proposal for restructuring management of Gazelle project presented by Charles Parisot

• Currently development of Gazelle is a joint project led by the Connectathon Managers, Eric Poiseau/INRIA and Steve Moore/MIR
• Connectathon testing has been successful, but absorbs labor resources of Connectathon Manangers, leaving relatively little for tools development
• Demand for testing services is emerging in a number of national projects worldwide
• Some may have financial resources to dedicate to tools development

• epSOS - IHE Europe working to become testing contractor for EU projects
• NIST - has funding for US ARRA testing and will issue RFP in early 2010
• Various "Projectathons" for deployment activities
• Focused virtual Connectathons with smaller scope and number of participants

• Funding would come with additional requirements and shared control
• Need to be prepared to respond to requests for services
• Currently the lead organizations are constrained in being able to mobilize labor resources to the problem
• Financing and resources devoted to Gazelle are not sufficiently well documented or widely understood
• Priority milestones to win epSOS/NIST contracts need to be determined (and expressed in clear messaging) and firm target dates established
• Key Milestone: When will Gazelle package be ready to ship to testing managers who want to use it to run their own External Validation Services
• Action Item: Eric and Steve to send documentation of project components and current development status by Nov. 18

3) Connectathon Mgr Training

• Proposed date/location: June 8-10/Oak Brook
• Faculty, curriculum, logistics
• Targeted promotion

4) Product Registry

5) Other Issues?

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