Rad Plan Minutes 2014-10-02

Participants

• Fred Behlen - Laitek (RAD Plan)
• Michael Bohl - Radiology Group Imaging (RAD Tech)
• Chris Carr - RSNA (non-voting)
• Cezary Klimczak - Leafsprout Technologies
• Nichole Drye-Mayo - RSNA
• Lynn Felhofer - Tech Proj Mgr
• Kinson Ho - Agfa (RAD Plan/Tech)
• Thiago Julio - Colegio Brasileiro de Radiologia (RAD Plan)
• David Koff - Canadian Association of Radiologists (RAD Plan)
• Jamie Kontos - RSNA
• David Kwan - Cancer Care Ontario
• Laura Heermann Langford - Intermountain Healthcare (PCC Tech)
• Chris Lindop - GE (RAD Plan/Tech)
• Cor Loef - Connect2Empower
• Ben Macerola - Canada Health infoWay
• David Mendelson - RSNA (RAD Plan)
• Jason Nagles - HDIRS
• Kevin O'Donnell - Toshiba (RAD Plan/Tech)
• Julie Pekarek - Merge (RAD Tech)
• Peter Popowycz - UHN (RAD Plan)
• Antje Schroeder - Siemens (RAD Plan/Tech)
• Elliot Silver - McKesson
• Teri Sippel Schmidt - Karos (RAD Plan/Tech)
• Tone Southerland - Ready Computing (PCC Tech)
• Alicia Vasquez - California Medical Business Services (Radiant Imaging) (RAD Tech)
• Jerold Wallis - Society of Nuclear Medicine (RAD Plan)
• Judith Wolfman - Northwestern University (RAD Plan)

Quorum attained for both Planning and Technical Committees (See roster)

Minutes

• Voting procedure: Use Schulze method or straight blended voting

- Conduct separate call to determine methods

Image Viewing and Upload over the Web (IVUW) - Internet-Ready SWF - Proposal

• Adds flexibility for range of Web-based devices to gain access to imaging information using simple protocols (JSON/REST)

Shared Study Management (SSM) - VNA Study Management - Proposal

• Allows management (eg, post-processing, reference to reports) of shared archive copy of imaging dataset by multiple users
• Supported by Canada Health infoWay

REM for Radiopharmaceutical Imaging - Proposal

• Expands information gathering and analysis enabled by REM profile to Nuclear Medicine

Clinical Decision Support for Radiology (CDS-R) - Proposal

• Automates communication of appropriateness score as part of order, medical record, radiology report(?) and billing information; in response to CMS mandate to include score in order to receive reimbursement
• Needs to be coordinated with ACR and HL7 Clinical Decision Support group
• Availability of proposed underlying standard (HL7 FHIR--under development currently) is a risk for timing of publication and implementation of profile
• Will decide whether profile also Needs to accommodate model of using outside CDS engine, as well as incorporting
• IHE Patient Care Coordination Committee also reviewing

Remote Reporting for Imaging (TeleRadiology) - Proposal

Voting Rights

• Members receive rights by attending consecutive meetings; so could
• Oct. 17

Radiology Planning Committee

Radiology Technical Committee