Patient Care Coordination

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

PCC Profiles
PCC Technical Framework
Nursing Subcommittee Proposal Approved!
Roadmap
Development Timeline
Change Proposals
RSNA Calendar
PCC T-Con Agendas and Minutes

Upcoming Events

A detailed event calendar for the Patient Care Coordination committee can be found here.

Our next face to face meeting will be of the technical committee, and will be held from July 21st through 24th at the RSNA Headquarters in Oak Brook, IL. The goal of this meeting is to finalize the profile suppliment for trial implementation. Please see the agenda for this meeting.

Face to face meetings generally start the first day at 10AM, and end the last day at 3PM time to allow participant sufficient travel time to arrive and leave. During the week, meetings last from around 8:30am to 5:30pm depending upon workload. All meetings are telecast so that folks unable to travel can attend via phone. Profile proposal editors should be present at face-to-face meetings.

Committee Activities for 2008-2009 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

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 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