Laboratory

IHE Laboratory Domain addresses information sharing and workflow related to in vitro diagnostic testing in clinical laboratories as well as point of care testing. The IHE Laboratory Domain was established in 2003 and manages the Laboratory Profiles and the Laboratory Technical Framework. We are actively soliciting qualified experts from the healthcare profession and healthcare IT industry for ongoing maintenance, new development, and deployment of domain profiles.

The IHE Laboratory Domain is sponsored by:

• College of American Pathologists (CAP)
• JAHIS
• ASIP Santé (The French Agency of Shared Healthcare Information Systems)

Previous sponsors include:

• Groupement pour la Modernisation du Système d'Information Hospitalier (GMSIH)
• Société d'Informatique de Laboratoire (SFIL)
• IHE Japan

Quick Links

• Laboratory Planning Committee
• Laboratory Technical Committee
• Laboratory Profiles
• Laboratory Technical Framework
• IHE Laboratory Committee Google Group

Domain Profiles

• LTW - Laboratory Testing Workflow integrates ordering and performance of in-vitro diagnostic tests by a clinical laboratory inside a healthcare institution.
• XD-LAB - Sharing Laboratory Reports describes the content (human and machine readable) of an electronic clinical laboratory report.
• LDA - Laboratory Device Automation integrates an Automation Manager and robotic laboratory equipment (pre-analytical devices, analyzers, post-analytical devices) in a clinical lab.
• LBL - Laboratory Barcode Labeling integrates robotic specimen container labeling systems with sources of order-related labelling information.
• LPOCT - Laboratory Point Of Care Testing integrates performing and collecting the results of in-vitro testing at the point of care or patient’s bedside.
• LCSD - Laboratory Code Sets Distribution distributes managed sets of clinical laboratory codes (battery, test and observation codes).
• ILW - Inter Laboratory Workflow supports the workflow of orders and results with a subcontracting laboratory.

Timeline : 2010-2011 Planning and Development Cycle

The following table outlines the activities and steps planned for the 2010-2011 year.

Timeframe	Activity	Scheduled	Location
2010
Feb 26 - Apr 23	Planning Committee Call for Proposals		Google Group
May 21 - May 25	Planning Committee Proposal Vote		Google Group
Aug - Sep	Joint IHE / IICC Calls on ELDA Profile Development
Aug - Sep 15	GIR Supplement Public Comment Period		http://forums.rsna.org/showthread.php?t=1935
Sep 30 - Oct 2	IHE Lab Domain Face to Face Meeting		Chicago, IL USA
Oct 7	HL7 Orders & Observations Working Group Meeting - Discuss ELDA HL7v2 Enhancements		Boston, MA USA - HL7 Agenda
2011
May	IHE Lab Domain Face to Face Meeting, Co-chair Elections		TBD
Jun	ELDA Public Comment Period
Aug	Publication of Trial Implementation ELDA

Current Activity

The IVD Industry Connectivity Consortium (IICC) is an organization founded by the top worldwide IVD manufacturers to catalyze worldwide modernization of standards to reduce the costs and inefficiencies associated with device interfacing. Founding members of IICC include leading IVD manufacturers (Abbott Diagnostics, Beckman Coulter, Becton Dickinson, bioMerieux, Ortho Clinical Diagnostics, Roche Diagnostics, and Siemens Healthcare) and two IT companies (Data Innovations and Systelab Technologies). Subsequent to the founding of IICC, the following companies have become full members: Orchard Software (IT). IICC believes that IHE’s LDA integration profile represents the best starting point for defining a worldwide profile, and recommends commissioning a project to extend this integration profile. The IHE Laboratory Domain approved moving forward with the IICC Profile Proposal for the next generation Laboratory Device Automation for the 2010-2011 cycle. This wiki will document this progress.

Laboratory Analytical Workflow (LAW)

How to Participate

As a Laboratorian, Pathologist, or Advocate

Get involved in the planning committee. This is where the clinical problems are discussed and prioritized. The planning committee is an open group and is interested in having your input. Bring us your interoperability problems. You can also help by participating in the HIMSS showcase scenario definitions.

You can do this by:

1. Request to join our IHE Laboratory Committee Google Group
2. Attend telephone conferences and face to face meetings
3. Submit new profile proposals

As a Health IT Implementer

Get involved in the technical committee. Help make sure profiles are feasible and will work for you. Implement the profile, and come experience the IHE Connectathon event.

As a Health IT Buyer

In addition to getting involved in the planning committee, hold your vendors accountable. Put a statement in your RFP that indicates you want the vendor to support the actor in the profile you desire.

Demonstrations & Presentations

The following are recent and upcoming public presentations and demonstrations about IHE Lab. Email our IHE Laboratory Google Group about presentations or demonstrations you know about.

Date	Location	Event	Details
2010.07.20	Webinar	IHE Education Webinar Series Laboratory Domain (REPLAY available)	2010 IHE Webinar Schedule
2010.11.12	Netherland	IHE Netherlands organizes on November 12, 2010 its seventh annual conference in Spant! at Bussum.	www.ihe-nl.org
2011.02.20	Orlando, FL	Interoperability Showcase, HIMSS Annual Conference and Exposition	www.himssconference.org
2011.13.16	Netherland	Care & ICT from 16 to 18 March 2011.	www.ihe-nl.org

Related Meetings, Conferences and Standards Organizations

The following are meetings, conferences, standards organizations and activities that may be of interest to those in the laboratory domain.

Standard Terminologies

    LOINC     LOINC Meetings

    SNOMED CT     IHTSDO Conferences

Laboratory Professional Organizations

    AACC
    AACC 2011 Annual Meeting
    2011 Clin Lab Expo

    ASCP

    ASCLS

    CAP

See Also

Committees

Mailing Lists

This page is based on the Domain Template.