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), elapsed
• Société d'Informatique de Laboratoire (SFIL)
• IHE Japan

Quick Links

• Laboratory Planning Committee
• Laboratory Technical Committee
• Laboratory Meeting Roster
• Laboratory Profiles
• Laboratory Technical Framework
• IHE Laboratory Committee Google Group
• Laboratory Strategic Priorities

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 : 2012-2013 Planning and Development Cycle

The following table outlines the activities and steps planned for the 2012-2013 year.

Timeframe	Activity	Scheduled	Location
2012
Jan	LAW Supplement Public Comment	Dec 6 - Jan 5	eMail, Google Group
Jan	LCC Team Ongoing Work	Recurring	eMail, Google Group, Conference Calls
May	EU Connectathon	May 21-25	Bern, Switzerland
May	IHE Lab Domain F2F Meeting	May 29 - May 31	Paris, France
2013

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. 2011 Connectathon video clip

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
2011.03.16	Netherland	Care & ICT from 16 to 18 March 2011.	www.ihe-nl.org
2011.08.22	Atlanta, GA	Interoperability Showcase, Public Health Informatics Conference	www.cdc.gov/phiconference
2011.11.08	Paris	Journées internationales de biologie (JIB) - Presentation of LAW profile	JIB 2011
2011.12.06	Paris	Pre-connectathon meeting of IHE France - Presentation of LAW profile and LBL new option	IHE France

Standards Organization - Professional Meetings/Conferences

Date	Organization	Location	More Information
2012.January 15-20	HL7 (Work Group Meetings)	San Antonio, TX	Website
2012.February 16-17	LOINC (Public Clinical LOINC Tutorial & Committee Meeting)	Salt Lake City, UT	Website
2012.March 19-23	CLSI 2012 Leadership Conference	Arlington, VA	Website
2012.April 23-25	IHTSDO	Copenhagen, Denmark	Website
2012.May 13-18	HL7 (Work Group Meetings)	Vancouver, BC, Canada	Website
2012.July 15-19	AACC	Los Angeles, CA	Website
2012.September 9-12	CAP Annual Meeting	San Diego, CA	Website
2012.September 9-14	HL7 Annual Plenary	Baltimore, MD	Website
2012.October 9-12	Pathology Informatics	Chicago, IL	Website
2012.October 22-26	IHTSDO	Stockholm, Sweden	Website
2012.October 31-November 3	ASCP Annual Meeting	Boston, MA	Website
2012.November 3-7	AMIA Annual Symposium	Chicago, IL	Website
2012.November 7-9	JIB	Paris, France	TBD
2012.November 14-17	MEDICA	Dusseldorf, German	TBD

See Also

Committees

Mailing Lists

Standard Organizations Link List

This page is based on the Domain Template.