PCD Technical Committee Action Items

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Action items updated September 8, 2009

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Items 60 - 69

Number	Action	Owner	Participants	Due Date	Status	Comments
60	Update TF	Todd, Ken	John Rhoads	2009.11.11	OPEN	Meetings have begun. The update will include PIB, SPD. Then it will be released for public comment (September). Todd asked for comments, suggestions. Ken has cleaned up Volume 1 in preparation for updating it. Todd will ask the IHE Cochairs if the format must be changed to the new format or can be left as is. A Google Group has been established. Distribute the updated TF for use in this cycle’s implementation for the Connectathon. John Rhoads will prepare the CP for the TF. TC to set the date for the TF public comment release. John Rhoads suggested members review and comment on the TF. He suggested emailing Todd with copies to Ken and himself. A format change to the TF is anticipated. This would place the boiler plate into volume 0. CPs will continue to be received as we go forward to the Connectathon. A number have been received. Paul noted that coordination with Continua will result in additional items. Todd requested that CPs be submitted now as the TF is reviewed. CPs addressing a WG profile will first be reviewed by the WG and then be brought to the TC. Aug. 12: Ken, John Rhoads, Todd will revise the TF to incorporate items already discussed. DEC will be updated with its options and the TF may include other profiles. Sept. 16: Manny to develop the essential elements of the Integration Statements and check to see if the requirement for PCD-01 from the DOR to the DOF is clearly written. Robert is leading a group addressing the issues with PAM ITI-30 and 31 and PAM-Lite; a meeting with ITI is planned. Paul: Continua WAN – Randy Carroll and others are working on extensive document mapping to PCD-01. This includes a Rosetta Containment Hierarchy that will address personal care devices as well as more complex devices. A draft will be available on Thursday, Oct. 8 for the Continua meeting. Paul will attend. Paul is also developing a report to HITSP defining the responsibilities of Continua and IHE PCD. Continua will be responsible for mapping their devices. The hierarchy will be a simple dotted notation with co-constraints from RTM and will be machine compatible. PCD TF changes will be required – two transport issues. Continua wants to use web services which will be added to the TF likely as an annex, and MLLP will be specified behind the firewall, and this will be HL7 version 2. This use of web services with HL7 v2 is different than other profiles/domains. Ioana noted that HL7 desires to avoid addressing the transport mechanism. Paul responded that web services will provide additional benefits such as security. He indicated this will minimize the options available, benefiting everyone. Optionality: Todd – briefly reviewed PIV optionality – IOC and DOR – will be discussed in more detail in today’s Pump WG meeting. Oct. 28, 2009: Ken has updated volume 1. John Rhoads (volume 2) is nearing completion. Todd is working on volume 3. The profile updates to HL7 v 2.6 will be folded in. F2F: Share schedule with Lisa, Chris Carr for coordination. Dec. 9, 2009: Change date to Dec. 18."
66	Prepare profiles for registration.	John Garguilo	Al Engelbert, Todd Cooper, Robert Flanders.	2009.11.11	OPEN	PCD likely won’t finalize the application until the TF has been updated and following the public comment period. Todd set up Google Group and Wiki Page to establish a baseline. The PCD will work with NIST for validation. John Garguilo believes two of the three profiles are now complete and correct in the MWB. It is anticipated that the other PCD transactions shall be registered after PCD-01 is complete. John Garguilo has requested that companies post their profiles at: PCD Year 3 Pre-Connectathon Testing FTP Site. John Rhoads requested that this be addressed early in the cycle. Manny to request members post sample messages for past and future work and note any issues that need to be fixed. NIST is developing test scenarios, requiring the profile and constraints. The PIV WG is the initial profile. John reminded the group that MWB files are needed and should be posted to the ftp site. October 28, 2009: Will follow TF revision. Change date to Feb. 1. Profiles will be maintained on ftp site. NIST can maintain these under the profile directories. Gary volunteered to develop and maintain MWB profiles for three profiles, including tables (data type and others) are available for future use. Volunteers were requested for the other profiles (ACM PCD-04 through 08). Monroe indicated that only PCD-04 would be stable now. Gary will pick up PCD-04 as well. Manny will talk with Nick regarding IDCO.

Items 70-79

Number	Action	Owner	Participants	Due Date	Status	Comments
77	Preparing a Proposal to HL7 for Pharmacy WG (new name)	Gary Meyer	Jeff Rinda, Al Engelbert	2009.07.01	OPEN	Jeff noted this is not a critical issue, but the pharmacy group needs to address the issue. Gary is monitoring the Pharmacy WG. They are focused on community practice. Gary suggested that about a third of this work will be useful for institutional practice. Ruth noted that HITSP is working on the ordering process. NCPCP is working on an HL7 2.5 messaging process. This work is US focused and may become an issue internationally. They may not be interested in addressing this in this cycle (Atlanta the week of Sept. 21).

Items 80-89

Number	Action	Owner	Participants	Due Date	Status	Comments
82	OID for PCD	Todd, John Rhoads		2009.07.01	OPEN	Manny to follow up on obtaining and OID. Todd put up a Wiki page to describe managing the OID. John Rhoads will flesh that out. Change date to next meeting. John will report on current OID management discussions within the IHE DCC and update the IHE PCD OID page accordingly. The IHE Domain Coordination Committee has had a very active discussion re. the management of OIDs within IHE. This is very positive re. having a coordinated mangagement process and method (e.g., repository) in the near future. October 28, 2009: OIDs will be available when needed.
83	MOUs	Sandy		2009.07.01	OPEN	Follow up MOU status with CIMIT, ASTM. It is on the ASTM executive meeting agenda next week. Ken reported that Julian presented this to the ASTM. The outcome has not been reported. Ken will follow-up with Julian Goldman to determine the current status. October 28, 2009: No word from CIMIT. John Garguilo reported they had a meeting with the FDA and updated them on NIST tools and their work with PCD.
84	Patient Identity and PCD Messages	Todd, Khalid, Gary		2009.07.01	OPEN	How best to accomplish this tie will be addressed in the white paper for further development as a supplement to PIB (Todd). Coordination with IEEE (-20103 CCOM) and ICE-PAC will be accomplished Jan. Draft a patient association brief profile proposal (Khalid). The A04 registration message is not the commonly used message, while A01 is used by hospitals at admission (Gary). Gary will review this issue and it will be factored into the CPs for publication and testing in the 2010 Connectathon. Also see 62. Note related discussions in the Infusion Pump WG.
86	Test Tools	John Garguilo, Rob Snellick	Manny	2009.07.15	OPEN	NIST will explore a registry for MWB files (Rob). Manny to request PCD Connectathon WG to post MWB files. Change date to June 17, add John Garguilo to the effort. NIST is open to providing incremental releases of "test artifacts" (which include MWB profiles). Need to determine when such information is desired to be available for viewing/browsing. This information would be part of the Testing Infrastructure as part of a public repository. Can we establish a date to make this available by? Members were asked to send Garguilo any MWB files that should be considered when developing registered profiles.
87	IDCO	Nick		2009.07.01	OPEN	For history see previous meeting. Nick Steblay reviewed the public comments received on IDCO. Use case clarification/modification will be addressed in response to Manny’s comment suggesting that a flag be set to indicate clinician review (validation). This will be done now. They will also review the comment regarding clarification of the translator’s role, and may remove it from discussion. With regard to identification of the pacemaker, there is a unique identifier for the device that includes vendor, model and in some instances the serial number. Paul noted that the interrogator should be identified for traceability, and use EUI-64. Nick responded that device vendors do not send this now, and this would be an issue. It was agreed that this will be resolved in the future.
88	Cycle 4 Supplement Status	Ken, Todd		2009.07.01	OPEN	John Rhoads, Monroe, Paul offered to review the WCM document. Cycle 4 Supplement Status - Anticipated release dates are: IDCO - June 1; PIV - June 1; RTM - June 1; WCM - September 1. White Papers: DPI and MEM will be available this summer. PIV: Recent WG F2F: Todd briefly summarized the meeting. Those interested are referred to the Wiki page (see agenda list above). He noted it was a very productive meeting. RTM update: Paul found 40 errors and as a result is looking at automating the process for identifying them. He noted the harmonized table is looking good. Work continues on RTM ventilator terms. The RTM update should be available for TC ballot in about 10 days. CPs: A number of change proposals are in development. He suggested that the PIV WG review these as soon as possible.
89	Verify process for “public comment” period	Todd, John Rhoads		2009.07.15	OPEN	Verify process for “public comment” period, esp. for CPs; verify it is properly and appropriately applied to the RTM updates; publish to TC (esp. CP editors Jeff Rinda & Rugh Berge). Also in Item 60: CPs will continue to be received as we go forward to the Connectathon. A number have been received. Paul noted that coordination with Continua will result in additional items. Todd requested that CPs be submitted now as the TF is reviewed. CPs addressing a WG profile will first be reviewed by the WG and then be brought to the TC. John Rhoads has reviewed the ITI procedure and provided a modified version for the PCD. Substantial discussion followed and John will update the diagram. Paul asked if there is an appeal process to resolve conflicts. Todd will research the appeal process.

Items 90-99

Number	Action	Owner	Participants	Due Date	Status	Comments
90	Brief Profile Proposals	As Noted	See WGs	2009.10.05	OPEN	Summary as of Sept. 9: - RTLS - Ken will write up Brief Profile Proposal - MEM - Steve will write up Brief Profile Proposal - ACM to Enterprise - Monroe will write up Brief Profile Proposal for Extending ACM to Enterprise - Point of Care ID Management - Khalid, Todd will write up Brief Profile Proposal - Multi-Parameter Clinical Decision Support Data Integration, Communication and Analysis (MPCDSICA) - Location Tracking - Middleware Metrics (Brief Proposal) - QBD - Query for Bulk Data Brief Profile Proposals due the 25th, for PCD, ITI. Next week’s PCD PC meeting will include a review of the proposals received. Initial discussion will be held in advance of F2F
91	Making the LOA optional			2009 Dec. 2	OPEN	From F2F: Making the LOA optional without any detail is problematic. The group asked about: what is the rationale for Item 2 and why is section E optional? Patent Disclosure Wiki Page = IHE should modify page to provide link to the disclosure and to segment the page by profile and actor. Take to DCC
92	Grouped Actors		Manny	2009.11.18	OPEN	F2F: Did Kudu registration permit signing up for DOR as a grouped actor?
93	Managing Document Versions	John Rhoads		2009.11.18	OPEN	F2F: research the use of GForge.
94	TF Gaps to Fill	Ruth		2009 Nov. 18	OPEN	Ruth will check status of ITI HL7 ACK text for PCD-03.
95	ADT Binding for Pumps	Ruth, Gary		2009.Nov. 18	OPEN	F2F: See Thursday, Discussion Item 6; added Oct. 14
96	Add ITI-31 (PAM PCD) to the TF	Todd, John Rhoads		2009.07.01	OPEN	November 18: Robert raised the need for ITI-31 for PCD; this will be added to the TF.
97				2009.07.01	OPEN
98				2009.07.01	OPEN
99				2009.07.01	OPEN

Items 100-109

Number	Action	Owner	Participants	Due Date	Status	Comments
100				2009.10.05	OPEN
101				2009 Dec. 2	OPEN
102				2009.07.01	OPEN
103				2009.07.01	OPEN
104				2009.07.01	OPEN
105				2009.07.01	OPEN
106				2009.07.01	OPEN
107				2009.07.01	OPEN
108				2009.07.01	OPEN
109				2009.07.01	OPEN

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