3/24/21 Steering Committee Meeting
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:
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
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