Rad Plan Minutes 2011-05-04

Attendees

• Chris Carr - RSNA
• Nichole Drye-Mayo - RSNA
• Kinson Ho - Agfa
• Chris Lindop - GE
• Joan McMillen - RSNA
• John Murphy - mtuitive
• Niki Wirsz - Siemens

Topics

IHE Board Representation

• Term of current representative (Kevin O'Donnell) has expired
  • Committee may choose to re-authorise current representative or select a new one

• Motion: Open call for nominations or self-nominations

• Approved unanimously.

• Action Item: Chris Carr to issue call for nominations. Allow two weeks for nominations. Hold election on June Radiology Planning Committee call.

• IHE Radiology Domain Report is due
  • Selected representative should prepare

• May need to ask for extension of due date to have newly elected Board representative develop

Rad Plan Cochair Election

• A Current co-chair (Kevin O'Donnell) is long past term limit written into IHE Governance
  • Need to coordinate election of a new co-chair

• Motion: Open call for nominations or self-nominations

• Approved unanimously.

• Action Item: Chris Carr to send out call for nominations. Leave open for two weeks. Announce ballot and hold election on June Planning Committee call.

Profile Status Reviews

• Tech Cmte has recommended IHE REM go to Final Text (per Final Text Process)
  • Plan Cmte needs to review REM FT Evaluation and decide

• It has been suggested other profiles (e.g. FUS) should be Evaluated for Retirement

XDS Imaging Report Format Divergence

• A great many variations of imaging report documents are being observed in XDS deployments
  • text, pdf, cda, sr, pdf wrapped in DICOM, pdf wrapped in CDA, etc
  • variations in meta-data

IHE Cardiology Profile Demonstrations

• IHE Card is considering moving their demonstrations from ACC Conf. to HIMSS and/or RSNA to reach a more receptive audience
  • Does IHE Rad Plan have any suggestions? Should we start coordinating inclusion in the RSNA 2012 demo?