Re: Clinical Flow Cytometry Standards Next Steps

[Ruud Hulspas]

I like the summary.
Should CLIA and CAP specifically be mentioned as participating entities, or are they automatically involved through ICCS ?)

Ruud

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>From: Solomon, Harry \(GE Healthcare\) [Harry....@med.ge.com]
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>Subject: Re: Clinical Flow Cytometry Standards Next Steps
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>Executive Summary: An ad hoc group interested in improving the efficiency of
>clinical flow cytometry lab operations through standards-based device and system
>integration met at the International Clinical Cytometry Society meeting in
>Portland on October 16, 2011. A follow-up meeting was held January 16, 2012, at
>the HL7 Standards meeting in San Antonio. The group has an email listserv
>(http://groups.google.com/group/clinicalflowstandards), but otherwise no formal
>organization (yet).
>
>The clinical flow cytometry lab faces many challenges in managing its data and
>workflow. Currently, many labs have only paper orders and minimal patient history
>information, process tracking is done manually, devices have little or no network
>connection, analysis result files are stored by ad hoc methods in loosely managed
>file servers, and clinical reports provide no link to the evidence. The purpose
>of the group is to build consensus on standards for data and workflow that will
>facilitate development and deployment of interoperable equipment in the flow lab.
>
>The attached document describes a 12-step program to be taken to advance the
>clinical flow cytometry standards agenda.
>Establish broad based standards committee
>ISAC, ICCS, and ESCCA join IHE
>ISAC, ICCS, and ESCCA join DICOM WG-26
>Base data standards development in ISAC Standards Committee
>Architectural white paper
>Clinical lab workflow descriptions
>Clinical metadata elements
>DICOM Encapsulated Document definitions
>IHE workflow profiles
>LOINC procedure codes
>IHE Connectathons
>IHE demonstration
>Comments on this plan &#8211 and volunteers to make it happen &#8211 are most welcome!
>
>Harry Solomon
>Interoperability Architect, GE Healthcare
>Co-chair, HL7 Imaging Integration WG / DICOM WG-20
>
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[Solomon, Harry (GE Healthcare)]

CAP is already a member of IHE and DICOM (and actually is the sponsor/secretariat for IHE AP, IHE Lab, and DICOM WG-26).  CLIA just executed a “Statement of Understanding” liaison with HL7, and I think there are participant in the CLIA standards committee that are also active in IHE Lab.

 

- Harry Solomon

Interoperability Architect

GE Healthcare

From: clinicalfl...@googlegroups.com [mailto:clinicalfl...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Ruud Hulspas
Sent: Tuesday, February 07, 2012 10:08 AM
To: clinicalfl...@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: Clinical Flow Cytometry Standards Next Steps

 

I like the summary.