Quality, Research and Public Health
IHE Quality Domain addresses the infrastructure necessary to share information relevant to quality improvement in electronic patient care and health care records.
It 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 | ||
| Nov. | PC Selects "Short List" of Profiles | Nov 6 10am | Face-to-Face | |
| Nov. | TC Performs Effort & Feasibility Analysis on "Short List" Profiles | |||
| 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 2007-2008 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
- Planning Committee Evaluation is included in the Excel spreadsheet located on the FTP server at the following location [1]
Current Activity
The Quality Domain is currently focused on the workflow cycle of quality measurement. The cycle begins with a quality measure defintion that can be incorporated into the EHR for concurrent management and measurement of the required processes and outcomes for patients meeting cohort criteria for the clinical concern, and capture of the patient-level clinical data for measurement of performance with respect to the measure by clinical care providers and organizational providers. The workflow is defined in the Quality Domain framework, currently being refined from the 2007 work to define the Patient Level Export of Quality Data. The 2008 work effort is to define profiles for the quality measure itself in concert with measure developers and for the patient level export of such quality data for aggregation and analysis. The Quality Domain is seeking technical volunteers for assitance in completing these profile. If you would like to participate, contact the Quality Technical Committee.
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:
See Also
This page is based on the Domain Template.