Rad Plan Minutes 2009-09-09
Attendees
- Chris L
- John P
- Ellie
- Kevin
- Kinson
- Patricia Katzman - Aware
- Prasada Pyala - Sajix Inc.
- Chris C
Minutes
1) Promoting Connectathon Testing of 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; AAPM, Image Gently
- Mammo image, cardiac cath modalities another target group
- Scheduled workflow implementers
- Nuclear Medicine Image Integration Profile (NMI) with Cardiac Option
- PACS vendors the key group
- Previous NM Image participants are targeted group
- Stress testing workflow participants (but not ultrasound)
- Image Fusion (FUS) Integration Profile
- Multi-modality registration for Radiation Oncology
- Main target evidence creator and image displays
- Explore questions with vendors who do fusion: Need to determine list
2) Public North American Educational & Demonstration Promotion Channels
- RSNA - Public Demonstration
- XDS-I.b
- REM
- RSNA - Education
- HIMSS
- SIIM
- SIIM Abstracts closes Sept 11
- Action Item: Chris Carr to contact Dr. Channin about IHE-focused SIIM curriculum and respond to group with information about any perceived gaps
- AHRA
- ASTRO?
- Other?