Difference between revisions of "Patient Care Coordination"

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IHE Patient Care Coordination (PCC) domain was established in July 2005 to deal with integration issues that cross providers, patient problems or time. It deals with general clinical care aspects such as document exchange, order processing, and coordination with other specialty domains. PCC also addresses workflows that are common to multiple specialty areas and the integration needs of specialty areas that do not have a separate domain within IHE.

The Patient Care Coordination Domain is sponsored by:

HIMSS the Health Information Management Systems Society
ACP the American College of Physicians

Quick Links

Upcoming Events

A detailed event calendar for the Patient Care Coordination committee can be found on the master RSNA calendar.

Committee Activities for 2009-2010 Cycle

Committee Activities in Prior Years

Participation

As a Clinician / Patient 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:

Send us a note saying you’re interested so we can get you on the list-serves.
Come to face to face meetings, and attend the telephone conferences.
Submit your profile proposals by:
- Fill out this PCC Profile Proposal Template.
- Submit the propsal draft to us.
- Attend the October planning meeting to help clarify and prioritize your proposal
- Follow up by submitting a formal proposal
- Attend the joint planning/technical meeting to explain your idea to the technical committee
- Any additional resources you can provide toward the problem will help prioritize getting your proposal solidified more quickly.

As a Hospital Administrator

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

As an 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 Connectathon. Send us a note saying you’re interested so we can get you on the list-serves.

Demonstrations & Presentations

Date	Location	Event	Details
2007.02.25-2006-03.01	New Orleans, LA	HIMSS 2007	HIMSS Interoperability Showcase

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 A detailed event calendar for the Patient Care Coordination committee can be found [http://www3.rsna.org/calendar/index.cfm?ACTION=PRINTGROUP&start_date={ts%20'2007-12-01%2000:00:00'}&end_date={ts%20'2009-10-09%2023:59:59'}&mg_id=1&GroupCntr=0,108 on the master RSNA calendar].
-== Committee Activities for 2008-2009 Cycle ==
+== Committee Activities for 2009-2010 Cycle ==
-On December 10th, 2007 we held a T-Con to review the profile proposals to move forward for the 2008-2009 season.  We agreed to move forward on 4 new profiles, continue work on one profile, and to complete one white paper.
-==== New Profiles Moving Forward ====
-* [[Care Management]] (with reduced scope)
-** [[Immunization Registry Content]]
-** [[Cancer Registry Pathology Report]]
-* [[Antepartum Record]]
-* [[Nursing Assessments]]
-==== Continuing Work ====
-* Functional Status Assessments (focus on internal transfers)
-==== White Papers ====
-* [[Medical Home Identification]]
 == Committee Activities in Prior Years ==
+* [[PCC Committee Activities in 2008-2009]]
 * [[PCC Committee Activities in 2007-2008]]
 * [[PCC Committee Activities in 2006-2007]]