PCD Planning Committee Action Items
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Action Items 40-89
No. Action Item Owner Participants Due Open/Closed Description/Update 71 Recruit clinicians; develop novel ways, attend to their priorities and schedules Ken, Manny -- Open Open Profile development may be a reasonable initial focus for involvement and perhaps lead to further involvement in PCD. Paul had suggested a booth at at ACC, other meetings. Liase with standards groups such as ASTM, professional societies. Manny spoke with Christel Anderson, HIMSS. Steve is talking with the Mass Health Data Consortium. Nov. 4: Todd will talk with Chris Dinegar about the AAMI program, and is preparing a Tcon for ACCE. Dec. 2, 2009: Manny and Todd did a presentation for ACCE, will get in touch with Chris Dinegar. June 23: Recruiting at AAMI. July 21, 2010: Several companies have recently expressed an interest in participating in PCD: Stryker, Nuvon, expressed interest in becoming more active. D. Leyva (Nuvon) is co-chair of CCHIT committee for ambulatory health care and author of HITECH Survival Guide (survivalguide.com). Sept. 1, 2010: The first day of the F2F will include introduction/orientation as was done in Berkeley. John Leung mentioned a biomed conference in Canada and would like to explore a mini-showcase. Sept. 29, 2010: F2F includes an orientation for local people; invitations have been sent and others will follow. John Leung is working on a mini-showcase in Toronto.Feb. 2, 2011: Steve will ask John Leung for an update. 72 Press releases as recruiting tool, including the Showcase. Modify to include marketing IHE, PCD Manny -- Open Open Manny to ask Tom, Nick for information to use re IDCO Trial Implementation version. October 21, 2009: Erin offered to solicit publications. Steve suggested a Wiki page for this purpose. November 4: Steve's page will be available in November. Item 99, marketing PCD, IHE to be included with Item 72.Dec. 2, 2009: Steve will post Wiki page, Erin will continue effort. http://wiki.ihe.net/index.php?title=Patient_Care_Device_News. June 23, 2010: Steve posted the Wiki page with links to news. Manny reported that 24x7 gave us visibility in their weekly email newsletter. Aug 4, 2010:Annual webinar was presented by Todd, Steve, and John R., the recording will be available soon. Feb. 2, 2011: Steve reminded us that there is a Wiki page with links to media and members are asked to add to the list.
78 2010 Stakeholder Survey Development Ray Zambuto Manny March 30, 2011 Open See earlier meetings for history. Ray released updated survey to HIMSS. Steve asked if the results will be available at the October F2F. October 21, 2009: Manny to call Ray this week. November 11, 2009: Ray is attempting to gain HIMSS Analytics support. May 12, 2010, June 23, 2010: Change date.Sept. 29, 2010: Move to Dec. Dec. 1, 2010: Manny to address after the Connectathon. He will check with HIMSS to determine if HIMSS Analytics will support the effort.Feb. 2, 2011: Change date to end of March.
Action Items 90-99
No. Action Item Owner Participants Due Open/Closed Description/Update 93 Certification of Systems Claiming Conformance Elliot Deborah Leyva None Available OPEN Elliot and Ioana will approach John Halamka, Steve Lieber and NIST regarding certification for PCD. Greg will follow up with Iaona. Todd emphasized the importance of quick action to assure that PCD is on their radar. Todd will talk to Elliot and Iaona about progress. Manny to ask Todd what to do with this item. November 11, 2009: Todd has had conversations with Elliot about certification. Among the issues that are out there: What will the role be for CCHIT, how will other national actions affect certification? Elliot is looking at this. Ken mentioned a company that plans to enter into the certification arena. There’s a question about CCHIT’s scope. Todd noted that this is very important from a user’s perspective, and their ability to specify certification in the purchase, and therefore this is very important to vendors. Erin noted that their evaluation of pumps will address components of this issue. May 12, 2010: IHE is discussing; no date available. July 21, 2010: Remove Ioana’s, add Deborah’s name. Deborah noted that the final rule came out yesterday. Ken noted that Meaningful Use for devices is down the road; Deborah said that will occur in 2015. Sept. 1, 2010: John Garguilo noted that NIST is focused on tests for Meaningful Use (MU). Devices will not be the subject of MU until 2014. Sept. 29, 2010: Meaningful Use for devices is likely to begin in 2014. Dec. 1, 2010: Manny to ask Elliot and Debra if they will have time to address this. John Garguilo indicated that when ONC establishes devices within MU the certification companies will likely use NIST Tools. NIST has established a lab certification requirement. He believes that ONC requirements to date have been high level and current PCD efforts are consistent with that approach. Feb. 2, 2011: John Garguilo noted there are now six certification labs. Ken noted that ONC has published a document referring to Stage 2. Manny to distribute Joyce’s email of Feb. 1. Members were encouraged to respond.
Action Items 100-109
No. Action Item Owner Participants Due Open/Closed Description/Update 103 Develop language for RFPs that is meaningful to clinicians.
Erin
Ioana
Feb. 23, 2011
OPEN
Initiated F2F May 3, 2010. May 26, 2010: Todd noted that this came up last week in Rio; Charles Parisot addressed this. It is a general issue for the entire IHE. This should be addressed by the IHE Marketing Committee. Manny to send Erin a note and ask about a time line. Keep this on the list to monitor. Item 17 on May 7 is incorporated here: Need to have a group of users develop a purchasing requirement, publish and disseminate to encourage customers to include it in purchasing language. Vendors could participate. Need someone to organize this. Erin reported that last week’s conference call made good progress. Ioana and her team will have a draft in a couple of weeks. July 21, 2010: Draft document is in process; Erin and Ioana will meet tomorrow. Aug 4, 2010: Meeting this afternoon to review draft before sending out to PC for review. Sept. 29, 2010: Erin indicated their effort is close to release. It will be added to the F2F agenda. Dec. 1, 2010: Erin indicated the document will shortly be available for review. It will then be sent for review by PCD with the intention of having it ready for distribution at the CE symposium at HIMSS and for consideration for publication. Feb. 2, 2011: Change date to end of Feb.
105 Implementation Guide issues
John Garguilo
March 2, 2011
<Status> OPEN Initiated F2F May 3, 2010: Erin raised the issue of workflow – e.g., infusion pump messaging takes too long, hospitals complain. Christian observed that clinicians need an indication when data is not reliable for the purpose (e.g., latency, other). John Rhoads indicated that applications need to specify their own behavior. John Garguilo suggested that the implementation guide needs to address these issues. May 26, 2010: John Garguilo will participate, noting this is a broad issue that applies to all domains. Steve noted that this should be addressed by individual profiles and both the PC and TC. Steve asked if a template exists and Todd believes they have this as a Wiki page. This will be a PC item initially. John Garguilo will discuss with others at NIST to gain insight. June 9, 2010: John Garguilo indicated discussions will start soon. Sept. 1, 2010: John Garguilo reminded the PC of the need for this guide and its relation to user and vendor work. He will provide a short presentation at the F2F. Add to Monday F2F agenda. Change date to November 1. Dec. 1, 2010: John Garguilo is looking at other approaches within NIST for potential applicability. Change date to March 2.
107 Clinical System Integration
Todd, Erin OPEN Initiated F2F May 3, 2010: Develop overarching integration of the various profiles and therefore, have core critical-mass functionality that forms a solid foundation; seek integration with other domains. May 26, 2010: Change title to Clinical System Integration. Start with the PC. Todd will take the lead on the Board level. Erin will participate (medication administration). Todd is having a hard time getting Board support. It has implications for IHE’s marketing message. June 9, 2010: Todd indicated that there is a Board meeting tomorrow and this is an agenda item for the following meeting. Add Todd, Erin to the item. July 7, 2010: Remove deadline date. July 21, 2010: Manny to ask Todd if he will continue to lead the item. Aug 4, 2010 Todd continues to drive this item through the Board. Sept. 29, 2010: PCD has approached the new cochair of the ITI TC, Geoffrey Pascoe, to foster collaboration. Dec. 1, 2010: Manny to ask Todd for a suggestion to move this along. Feb. 2, 2011: Erin offered to take the lead. Steve described this effort as an attempt to provide awareness of how clinical integration requires more than individual profiles. John Rhoads offered that the DCC has formed a subcommittee to look at somewhat the same issue.
109 Recruiting Corporate Clinicians
Anupriyo Chakravarti, Jon Blasingame, Paul Kelley, Steve Merritt, Ken Fuchs, George Bertos, Mike Romig OPEN Initiated F2F May 3, 2010: Address opportunities to increase clinician involvement; contribute to Use Case development. May 26, 2010: The PC has recruiting items. Make this two items. This will focus on Corporate Clinical Staff - 108 will focus on HIMSS Nursing Informatics. July 7, 2010: Remove deadline date. July 21, 2010: Deborah Leyva, Nuvon, has joined the meetings. Sept. 29, 2010: Jon reported that ACCE is recruiting corporate members and that may help with this. Feb. 2, 2011: Jon will follow up with Christel.
Action Items 110-119
No. Action Item Owner Participants Due Open/Closed Description/Update 111 Recruit WCM and Other Vendors
Manny, Monroe
March 2, 2011 OPEN Initiated F2F May 6, 2010: May 26, 2010: Monroe will be talking with Hill-Rom on Tuesday. Manny to recruit vendors needed to support other PCD transactions as well; including ITI-31. June 9, 2010: To date companies have indicated they don’t have resources for this cycle. July 7, 2010: Change date to end of September. July 21, 2010: Manny referred to the Doodle poll, noting that it appears we will be able to have a demonstration at HIMSS11, but it is unlikely we have sufficient support to implement and test WCM at the January Connectathon. Aug 4, 2010: There is enough interest to at least do a New Directions display at HIMSS 2011. Dec. 1, 2010: Change date to March 2. Ken will review the existing poster for use at HIMSS11.
116 Integration Statements
John Rhoads Greg Staudenmaier and Steve Merritt March 1, 2011 OPEN Opened at Oct. F2F: Define PCD specific additions.
117 Glossary Steve Merritt December 1, 2010 OPEN Opened at Oct. F2F Dec. 1, 2010: Volume 1 of the TF has a glossary. Manny to ask Steve if that is sufficient. Jan. 14, 2011: Steve's response: Volume 1 contains a glossary, if there are terms to add we just need to get them documented and in there (probably a CP required). 118 Update PCD Schedule on Wiki Page Ken Fuchs December 24, 2010 OPEN Opened at Oct. F2F. Dec. 1, 2010: Add to TC agenda for next week. 119 Complete and Ballot Final Text Ken Fuchs, John Rhoads, Manny Furst December 15, 2010 OPEN Opened at Oct. F2F
Action Items 120-129
No. Action Item Owner Participants Due Open/Closed Description/Update 120 US Government's CONNECT Program John Garguilo Elliot Sloane Dec. 15, 2010 OPEN Opened during Oct. F2F: John Garguilo indicated that Elliot has told him that several universities are working on health IT issues that relate to device interoperability. John has spoken with a representative of Florida International University where students are working on mapping HL 7 v.2 to CDA. He offered to help by providing PCD sample messages after anonymizing the messages. He asked if anyone has any concerns. Members expressed support. Monroe suggested that if the Spring F2F is in Boca Raton there may be a way to observe their work. John will keep PCD posted. Dec. 1, 2010: John Garguilo and Elliot are in discussion with FIU and John is providing them with sample messages. Elliot will lead a discussion later this month to provide PCD with additional information. 121 PCD Vision KenFuchs December 1, 2010 OPEN Opened during Oct. F2F
122 Recruit Moberg Research John Garguilo Manny Furst Dec. 1, 2010 OPEN Opened during Oct. F2F
123 Recruit CMMS Vendors for Event Communication Steve Merritt January 5, 2011 CLOSE Opened during Oct. F2F Jan. 12, 2011: Steve emailed: The location tracking work may inspire some additional CMMS vendors (as well as Location vendors) to come onboard. We can close that action item for now as it is noted as an open issue for the location tracking work.
124 Recruiting Before HIMSS11 Erin, Ken, Steve, Jon, Khalil OPEN Opened during Oct. F2F
125 HIMSS 11: Develop MU Wall John Rhoads John Garguilo, Lisa Carnahan?, Todd? December 1, 2010 OPEN Opened during Oct. F2F
126 Use Cases for RTLS and patient location (PCD-04) Steve Merritt MEM WG, Monroe December 1, 2010 OPEN Monday, Oct. 18: Develop additional use cases for RTLS and patient location (PCD-04) (per Monroe) 127 RFP Matrix Erin Sparnon Jon Blasingame, Khalil, Ioana December 1, 2010 OPEN Friday, Oct. 22: Develop, publish RFP Matrix (Hospitals and Vendors) - Infusion and Vital Signs 128 OPEN
129 OPEN
Action Items 130-139
No. Action Item Owner Participants Due Open/Closed Description/Update 130 OPEN 131 OPEN 132 OPEN 133 OPEN
134 OPEN 135 OPEN
136 OPEN 137 OPEN 138 OPEN
139 OPEN
Action Items 120-129
No. Action Item Owner Participants Due Open/Closed Description/Update 140 OPEN 141 OPEN 142 OPEN 143 OPEN
144 OPEN 145 OPEN
146 OPEN 147 OPEN 148 OPEN
149 OPEN