Process

Committee Procedures

The IHE International Governance is the basis for IHE committee procedures. The following pages supplement the Governance and address operational details.

• Committee Rosters, Quorum and Voting
• Patent Disclosure Process

• Board Reports

• IHE Domain Reports
• IHE Deployment Committee Reports

Technical Framework Development

IHE Domains use one of two development patterns:

• Annual Cycle
• Continuous Development Cycle
  • ITI Continuous Development, PCC Continuous Development, QRPH Continuous Development

Both patterns have the same/similar process steps:

• Profile Proposal Process

• Proposal Effort Evaluation

• Standards Selection Process
• Technical Framework Publication Process
• Public Comment Process
• Change Proposal Process
• National Extensions Process
• Final Text Process
• Retirement Process

The IHE Profile Process/Lifecycle is also described here: ISO/TR 28380 - Health Informatics - IHE Global Standards Adoption

Profile Drafting

• Profile Development Process for First Timers

• Kickoff Mtg: Closing Assessment
• PC-Prep Mtg: Closing Assessment
• TI-Prep Mtg: Closing Assessment

• IHE Profile Design Principles and Conventions
• Writing Technical Frameworks and Supplements
• OID Registration for IHE Namespaces

• General Information about Creating Unique IDs - OID and UUID

• Cookbook for Security Considerations
• Cross-Domain Dependency Process (needs review?)
• Guidance on writing Profiles of FHIR

Profile Publication

• Official Templates
• Profile and Document Inventory
• Non-standard Diagram Request Form
• Domain Milestone Dates (input from Planning and Technical Committee co-chairs for planning purposes to other domains and IHE Staff.)
• Non-Word TF Material Publication Process

Download a diagram of the IHE Publication Process for New Supplements that includes links to pertinent documents/templates diagram at Media:NewSupplPubProcess.pdf.

Promotion of Profiles

Integration Statement Guidelines

New Directions Process

Cross-Domain Profile Review

Process Improvement Suggestions from IHE Europe

Guides

Guide on how to address Security in your Profile/Supplement

Tools

What Tools to Use for Which Things

Templates for IHE documents and Wiki pages to promote consistency and complete information.

How To's for doing common and/or tricky things.

Roles and Responsibilities

The IHE Organizational Structure describes the IHE Committees, their responsibilities and relationships to each other.

Domain Communication to other IHE groups are the responsibility of the Domain Cochairs.

Within those committees there are a number of specific roles:

• Domain Secretariat
• Domain Planning Committee Cochair
• Domain Technical Committee Cochair
• Domain Technical Project Manager
• Domain Clinical Liaison
• Domain Planning Committee Member
• Domain Technical Committee Member
• Volume Editor

• Regional Committee Cochair

• Connectathon Monitor

See Also

DICOM - which significantly influenced IHE procedure drafts

• DICOM Procedures (Bylaws)
• DICOM Members Handbook - lots of good material!
• DICOM Procedures Document is a copy of the DSC Procedures on this Wiki