MnM Harmonization Notes April 2008

Tuesday, April 1, 2008

Attendees

• In person: Nelson (MnM), Van Hentenryck, Klein (Vocab), Seppala (PA), Walker (RCRIM), Loyd (OO), Hausam (Lab), George, Raiford, Parker (CDS), Stewart (INM), McKenzie (International), Beeler
• Online: Kreisler, Dolin (SD), Glover (Pharmacy), James, Eckerson (PHER), De Jong

Brief Summary of Harmonization Results

ID	File Name	Result
010102	2008Apr_HARM_PROPOSAL_RIM_MEDREC_netherlands_2_SubsAdmin as Procedure_20080306041729.doc	Approved
020102	2008Apr_HARM_COVERPAGE_VOCAB_INM_grahame_grieve_IdentifierReliability.VER definition_20080302063228.doc	Approved
020103	2008Apr_HARM_COVERPAGE_VOCAB_INM_grahame_grieve_PostalAddressUse.NameRepresentationUse definition_20080302183210.doc	Approved
020104	2008Apr_HARM_COVERPAGE_VOCAB_INM_grahame_grieve_EntityNamePartType.SFX definition_20080302183156.doc	Approved
020105	2008Apr_HARM_COVERPAGE_VOCAB_MNM_grahame_grieve_UpdateMode_20080302195151.doc	Approved
020106	2008Apr_HARM_COVERPAGE_VOCAB_INM_grahame_grieve_NullFlavor_20080302195133.doc	Approved
020107	2008Apr_HARM_COVERPAGE_VOCAB_INM_grahame_grieve_EntityNamePartQualifier definition_20080302183140.doc	Approved
020108	2008Apr_HARM_COVERPAGE_VOCAB_INM_grahame_grieve_EntityNameUse definition_20080302185414.doc	Approved
020109	2008Apr_HARM_COVERPAGE_VOCAB_INM_grahame_grieve_PostalAddressUse.SRCH definition_20080302185254.doc	Approved
020113	2008Apr_HARM_COVERPAGE_VOCAB_INM_grahame_grieve_MediaType.PlainText definition_20080302062344.doc	Approved
020121	2008Apr_HARM_PROPOSAL_VOCAB_LAB_robert_hausam_x_LabSpecimenCollectionProviders _20080316235831.doc	Approved
020122	2008Apr_HARM_COVERPAGE_VOCAB_LAB_robert_hausam_PartOfWholeRelationship_20080302232915.doc	Withdrawn
020123	2008Apr_HARM_PROPOSAL_VOCAB_LAB_robert_hausam_BatteryClassDefinition_20080316224613.doc	Approved
030100	2008Apr_HARM_COVERPAGE_VOCAB_RCRIM_g_schadow_BasisOfStrength_20080303003543.doc	Approved
030101	2008Apr_HARM_PROPOSAL_VOCAB_NoCommittee_g_schadow_ActClassCodes_20080316105135.doc	Rejected
030102	2008Apr_HARM_PROPOSAL_VOCAB_RCRIM_g_schadow_ActCode_20080316105048.doc	Duplicate of 030101
030103	2008Apr_HARM_PROPOSAL_VOCAB_RCRIM_g_schadow_TherapeuticEquivalenceRoleCode_20080316115132.doc	Tabled
030104	2008Apr_HARM_PROPOSAL_VOCAB_RCRIM_g_schadow_ActRelationshipDocument_20080316110424.doc	Approved
030105	2008Apr_HARM_COVERPAGE_VOCAB_RCRIM_g_schadow_ActRelationshipDocument_20080303002827.wbk	Duplicate of 030105

Wednesday, April 2, 2008

Attendees

• In person: Dale Nelson, Ted Klein, Gregg Seppala, Mead Walker, Patrick Loyd, Rob Hausam, Lloyd McKenzie, Joyce George, Robin Raiford, Sandy Stuart, Sara Ryan, Woody Beeler, Craig Parker
• Online: Patricia Grimes, Ioana Singureanu, Russ Hamm, Austin Kreisler

Discussion

• How can we make it easier for committees to submit proposals?
  • Wizards were discussed. It was generally agreed that they can be helpful, but they are seldom capable of handling the more difficult cases.
  • There was discussion about creating several different submission forms, tailored to assisting with the submission of different types of proposals.
  • There was discussion about more human assistance from HQ in the submission processing (triage, checking for complexity, etc.).
• How can we make it easier to process the approved proposals in a timely fashion?
  • The better form that the original submission is in, the easier it is to process.
  • More structured submission mechanisms lead to more automated processing of the changes.

Agreements

• Goal of a "tool" that allows editing of vocabulary content by the membership, that can then be validated, summarized and applied to the vocabulary after approval.
• Develop a set of simple forms with surrounding instructions and style guides for additions or changes of:
  • code systems
  • coded concepts
  • concept domains
  • value set definitions
  • context binding statements
• Use the ballot's HTML representation as a starting point.
• The surrounding instructions will define dependencies between the forms.
• The forms are positioned as aids to the committees in preparing and "debating" their proposals. They can also feed the update process directly, whether manual, wizard-based, an editor, or whatnot.
• Bind the forms into the current coversheet/proposal documents, using a common proposal identifier.

Tutorial at the Phoenix WGM

• Audiences:
  • Committee designer seeking to extend our models (RIM, class codes, etc.)
  • Committee designer seeking to produce a finer grained constraint than they can find in the vocabulary -- including domain specific constraints and value sets.
  • Users or realms requiring a content binding to a defined value set (including, over time, a value set defined and maintained external to HL7, but that supports a CTS API).
  • Implementor trying to determine what codes, value sets, etc., they need in order to build and instance.