Pathology

IHE Pathology addresses information sharing, workflow and patient care in Pathology, including anatomical pathology.

IHE Pathology is sponsored by the the Organization for the Modernization of French Hospital Information Systems (GMSIH), the French Association for the Developpement of Informatics in Pathology (ADICAP, the Spanish Health Informatics Society (SEIS), the Spanish Society of Pathology (SEAP), the French Society of Pathology)(SFP). It manages the Pathology Profiles and the Pathology Technical Framework.

Timeline : 2006-2007 Development Cycle

Timeframe	Activity	Scheduled	Location
2006
Nov.	Submit Brief Profile Proposals to Planning Committee (PC)		E-mail
Dec.	PC Selects "Short List" of Profiles		T-Con
2007
April.	PC Selects Final Profiles	May 2	Cologne
July	TC Publishes Public Comment Supplements	June 22
July-August	Public Comment submission deadline	July 30	www.ihe.net or Email to cochairs
Nov.	TC Publishes Trial Implementation Supplements	TBA	www.ihe.net
2008
Jan.	TC Publishes Trial Implementation Supplements	January 25	www.ihe.net or www.gmsih.fr
April-May.	Submit Brief Profile Proposals 2008-2009 to Pathology Planning Committee (PC)	Oct. 8 - Deadline	E-mail to cochairs Email to cochairs
May.	PC Selects "Short List" of Profiles	May. 17	Toledo (Spain) IHE Pathology-DICOM WG26 joint meeting held in conjunction with the 9th European Congress on Telepathology and 3rd International Congress on Virtual Microscopy [1]
July.	PC & TC Discision for 2009 work	Mid July	Tcon
Sept.	PC and TC annual joint meetng	September 14 - 19	Vancouver (in conjonction with HL7 Pathology SIG, 22nd Annual Plenary & Working Group Meeting)??
Nov.	Publication of Public Comment Supplements	Mid Nov.	www.ihe.net
Dec.	Prepare Profiles for Trial Implementation(TC Meeting)	End of Dec	???
2009
Jan.	Test implementations at Connectathon	Jan	Chicago
Jan.	Publication of Trial Implementation Supplements	Jan. 15	www.ihe.net
Mar.	PC & TC joint meeting	Mar 10-13	Paris
Apr.	Connectathon Europe	Apr.	??

Roadmap

The aim is to extend the IHE initiative to pathology laboratories, their information, automation, imaging systems and equipments.

• (2007-08)
  • Pathology Workflow (PWF) : http://www.gmsih.fr/fre/ihe/documents_de_reference/cadre_technique_pathologie
• (2008-09)
  • Pathology Reporting Workflow (PRWF)
  • Digital imaging for research applications (Tissue Micro Arrays)
• Future
  • Tissue banking
  • Automatons

The scope of the anatomic pathology includes surgical pathology, biopsies pathology, cytopathology, autopsies, and related techniques (immunohistochemistry, molecular pathology, etc).

Information systems in pathology laboratories gather medical data (text, images, etc) throughout specimen management from specimen reception to report editing.

The diagnostic process in anatomical pathology (figure 1) differs from that in the clinical laboratory since it relies on image interpretation. It also differs from that in radiology since it is specimen-driven and when digital imaging is performed many types of imaging equipments (gross imaging, microscopic still imaging, whole slide imaging, multispectral imaging, etc) may be involved for a single examination. Moreover, images of the same study may be related to different specimen (parts and/or slides) from one or even different patients (e.g Tissue Micro Array). Finally, slides are always available to acquire more images, if needed. In radiology, the diagnostic process is patient-driven, an examination (study) usually involves a single image acquisition modality and all images of the study are related to one and only one patient.

Current Activity

IHE Pathology has started work in the 2006-2007 Cycle on a Pathology Department Workflow. Contact the Pathology Planning and Technical Committee if you would like to participate.

Profile Selection

These Brief Profile Proposals were submitted for the 2007-2008 Development Cycle

• Pathology Workflow (PWF)
• Pathology Reporting Workflow (PRWF)
• Digital imaging for research applications (Tissue Micro Arrays)
• Tissue banking (further cycles)
• Automatons (further cycles)

These Detailed Profile Proposals were short-listed and evaluated by the Technical Committee

• ...

the new items will be selected by the Planning Committee for the Cycle 2008-2009.

Demonstrations & Presentations

Date	Location	Event	Details
2007.08.16-17	Brisbane, Australia	World Congress Pathology Informatics	Presentation
2007.08.20-24	Brisbane, Australia	Medinfo	Presentation
2007.09.08-13	Istanbul, Turkey	European Congress of Pathology	Educational Sessions
2008.05.15-17	Toledo, Spain	European Congress on Telepathology	Demonstration, Presentation, Educational Sessions, IHE Pathology-DICOM WG26 joint meeting
2008.05.17-22	Barcelona, Spain	3rd International Congress of Pathology	Presentation

Supporters and Endorsements

IHE Pathology is supported or endorsed by the following organizations:

• Organization for the Modernization of French Hospital Information Systems (GMSIH)
• French Association for the Developpement of Informatics in Pathology (ADICAP)
• Spanish Health Informatics Society (SEIS)
• Spanish Society of Pathology (SEAP)
• French Society of Pathology)(SFP)
• IHE-J (IHE-Japan)

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