Quality, Research and Public Health

IHE Quality Domain is sponsored by the American Heart Association (AHA), American College of Cardiology (ACC), and Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) and manages the Quality Profiles and the Quality Technical Framework.

Timeline : 2007-2008 Development Cycle

Timeframe	Activity	Scheduled	Location
2007
Nov.	Submit Brief Profile Proposals to Planning Committee (PC)	Nov 5 - Deadline	E-mail
Nov.	PC Selects "Short List" of Profiles	Nov 6 10am	Face-to-Face
Nov.	PC Selects Final Profiles	Dec 6 1400-1500	Tcon
2008
Jan.	Update Technical Framework from 2007	Jan 8-10	Face-to-Face
March.	Kick-off New Profile Development	March 10-13	Face-to-Face
May.	TC Prepares Supplements for Public Comments	May 19-23	Face-to-Face
June.	TC Publishes Technical Framework for Public Comment	June 9	Tcon
July.	TC Reviews Public Comment Feedback and Prepare Trial Implementation	July 21-25	Face-to-Face
2009
Jan.	Test implementations at Connectathon		Chicago

Roadmap

The Quality Roadmap outlines goals and plans over the next 5 years.

Profile Selection

These Brief Profile Proposals were submitted for the 2006-2007 Development Cycle:

• Structured Quality Measure Validation and Aggregation
• Structured Quality Measure Definition and Import
• Receive & Forward Proxy Actor
• Proposed Work Item: Imaging Structured Reporting – Creation and Transmission
• Electronic Exchange of Patient Care Coordination Data Using the Omaha System; A Terminology That Supports Clinical Practice

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

These items were selected by the Planning Committee for this Cycle:

• TF Maintenance

Current Activity

<BRIEFLY describe the current focus of attention of the domain committees. This should only change a few times a year. e.g. IHE Radiology has started work in the 2006-2007 Cycle on a Mammography Workflow Profile and possible updates in the area of Reporting. Contact the Technical Committee if you would like to participate, or watch for Public Comment drafts in mid-February 2007. > Quality Roadmap

IHE Quality Domain: A Call for Participation

Outreach to Clinician Communities to Discuss How to Incorporate Quality Guidelines into Electronic Health Record Interoperability

There is ongoing work in several parts of the healthcare community today to incorporate quality guidelines into clinical workflow. To support and coordinate these efforts, the American College of Cardiology (ACC), the American Heart Association (AHA), the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS), and the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) have joined together to sponsor and launch the IHE Quality domain. Its mission is to address the infrastructure necessary to share information relevant to quality improvement in electronic patient care and health care records.

The sponsoring organizations held a Web seminar to introduce the initiative and share general information with organizations and individuals interested in participating on Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2007. An introductory presentation on the Quality domain is available for download here.

The domain kickoff meeting took place April 11-12 at the Four Points Sheraton, Chicago-O'Hare. The meeting focused on developing use cases to provide the basis for a Technical Framework to enable sharing of quality guidelines in electronic health record (EHR) applications and related systems. The next meeting of the IHE Quality domain committee will take place November 5 & 6th at RSNA Headquarters in Oak Brook, IL. The committee will be discussing the open call for quality proposals for 2008.

January 8 - 10, 2008 there will be a joint Quality Planning and Technical Committee meeting. The Planning Committee will be handing off the proposed quality profiles to the Technical Committee.

Supporters and Endorsements

IHE Quality is supported or endorsed by the following organizations:

• Supporter Name

See Also

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