Rad Plan Minutes 2009-09-09

Attendees

• Chris L
• John P
• Ellie
• Kevin
• Kinson
• Patricia Katzman - Aware
• Prasada Pyala - Sajix Inc.
• Chris C

Minutes

• TI Profiles
• Method and targets for promotion

• Broadcast email
• General Message: 1) access to demonstrations, 2) HITSP specifications, 3) high-profile projects
• Cross-enterprise Document Sharing for Imaging (XDS-I.b)

• Canada Health Infoway, success story sites - a couple of deployments live; phasing in XDS-I province by province; some DIRs already set up
• Action Item: Chris Carr to contact Jose Mussi about developing success stories in Canada; Martin Tiani about deployment in South Africa and Austria
• Action Item: Contact companies that have previously tested XDS-I and encourage them to adopt updated protocol

• Basic Image Review (BIR)

• Targets are clinical display systems and PDI implementers; XDS-I image display actors
• Seek endorsement of AMA and other organizations
• Members of AMA and ANS participated in development

• Extensions to the Portable Data for Imaging (PDI) Integration Profile

• Target previous PDI testers
• Outline updates: encryption, compression, DVD, USB
• Tout endorsement by AMA, etc.

• MR Diffusion Imaging (MDI)
• CT/MR Perfusion Imaging with Contrast (PIC)

• Participants in SIIM NEMA demo (GE, Philips, Toshiba, Siemens)
• Image displays the least tested actor: targeted message to display actors
• Possible to review DICOM conformance statements in Kudu to find those that have implemented enhanced objects

• Mammography Acquisition Workflow (MAWF)

• Mammo Image vendors are good targets;

• Radiation Exposure Monitoring (REM)

• Target dose information reporters: target RIS and PACS companies
• Dose is a growing concern in the healthcare community
• Mammo image, cardiac cath modalities another target group

• Nuclear Medicine Image Integration Profile (NMI) with Cardiac Option
• Image Fusion (FUS) Integration Profile

• Public North American Educational & Demonstration Promotion Channels
  • RSNA - Public Demonstration
    • XDS-I.b
    • REM
  • RSNA -Education
  • HIMSS
  • SIIM
    • SIIM Abstracts closes Sept 11
  • AHRA
  • ASTRO?
  • Other?

Radiology Planning Committee