3/24/21 Steering Committee Meeting

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Meeting Overview

3:00-3:15 Website update

  • Landing page provides easy access to a shareable overview of who we are

  • Workgroup pages

    • Intent: to give an idea of who is leading the groups and top level overview of key information

    • Highlight publications that are from us

  • Leader contact information

    • Email Ula (digipathalliance@gmail.com) if you would like to be included as a leader and to have your contact information made available

  • Privacy/Security workgroup proposal

    • Is a privacy workgroup something of interest?

    • Key questions:

      • How to strip personal health information for generating data sets?

      • Can we flag higher security levels for DICOM?

      • Positive in/negative out approach

    • If you’d like to participate in a kick-off workgroup meeting please email Ula (digipathalliance@gmail.com)

  • Solicit publications: Do you want your research publication featured on the website?

    • If you have a publication that you’d like featured on the website, please email Ula (digipathalliance@gmail.com)

3:15-3:25 New projects

  • How this works: project proposal blueprint available on website HERE and download .doc HERE

    • Example: Dr. Kim Blenman discussed her recent project proposal: A regulatory framework for biomarkers in tissue-sections

    • MDDT Summary of Evidence and Basis of Qualification Decision for OsiriX CDE Software Module (HERE)

  • By sharing your project with PIcc Alliance you maintain ownership of the project but can get additional collaborators involved

3:25-3:35 MDIC updates

  • Meeting and updates (download .doc HERE)

  • April 20, 2021: MDIC is hosting a virtual forum on Real-World Evidence in the Context of Payer Decision-Making

3:35-3:40 Request for advertisement

  • Re-iteration of anti-trust law and rules of engagement

  • Proposal: Moving forward, reference the rules of engagement and provide link to video at the beginning of each meeting

3:40-3:45 Trainees updates

  • Updates from our newest Working Group included:

    • Introduction of Twitter page @IccTrainee

    • Upcoming events

      • April 2, 2021 3:00PM ET - First Meeting (HERE)

      • April 23, 2021 3:00PM ET - Speaker Event with with Lakshman Ramamurthy (HERE)

    • Surveys

      • PIcc Trainee Group (HERE)

      • Trainee Expert Group (HERE)

  • Download the slides HERE

3:45-3:50 Standards Project

  • Esther Abels presented her upcoming Standardization of Data for Pathology Research project in collaboration with Kingsley Ebare

  • Call to action:

    • To create code, we need pathologists to provide input into:

      • Identify existing variables in the CAP cancer protocols

      • Create controlled terminologies

    • Starting in June with lead time ca. 2 x 6 months

  • Download the slides HERE and view the project proposal HERE

3:50-3:55 Discussion

  • Request for more emails with specific information on updates, events, announcement, etc. opposed to fewer, large emails with multiple updates

  • Calendar with relevant news and events can be found on the website HERE

3:55-4:00 Wrap up

Watch the recording of the meeting:

Jump to specific content:

01:30   Webpage updates

05:05   Federal notice update

07:34   Privacy and Security Project/Workgroup

10:34   Solicit publication

12:08   Leadership support discussion

12:13   New projects/how this will work

14:22   Projects

14:52   Example project

15:36   Dr. Kim Blenman (Yale)

18:20   Onboarding of a project (see blueprint document HERE)

20:14   Discussion on project (Brandon Gallas, FDA) (see document HERE)

22:10   Biomarker qualification

22:55   Discussion on project (Laura Lasiter, FOCR)

23:36   Discussion on project (Jithesh Veetil, MDIC)

24:12   What science do we want reflected

25:10   Call to action “Biomarker project”

26:37   Biomarker qualification summary

27:19   MDIC updates (Jithesh Veetil, MDIC; see document HERE)

30:22   Discussion MDIC updates

33:12   Advertisement request and rules of engagement

35:02   FDA branding alliance website

35:27   Video (rules of engagement)

35:40   Discussion of rules of engagement

36:54   Avoid distraction by advertisement and partnership

37:56   Trainee’s workgroup

38:02   Trainee workgroup (Julia Thierauf, MGH) (see slides HERE)

38:42   Trainee twitter account

39:20   April 2nd meeting with Lakshman Ramamurthy

40:22   Trainee’s survey

41:04   Discussion

42:50   Standardization project (Esther Abels, Visiopharm) (see slides HERE)

47:57   Discussion SNOMED (Mary Kennedy, CAP)

48:35   SNOMED codes in the public space; release dates

51:00   Discussion of alignment with CAP

51:34   Sign-up for Standardization project (start: June)

52:00   Discussion + public commenting

52:10   Communication and larger distribution

54:12   Calendar (Renato Umeton, DFCI); news & events

55:53   Soliciting news/events; e-mail to Ula

56:35   April 21st is the next steering committee meeting

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