Radiology Informatics Committee
In order to carry out its work effectively, the Committee may take advice from a wide range of individuals and organisations including commercial organisations. Accordingly, the Committee’s role is advisory. Decisions on professional guidance, standards, position statements and policy will be made by other Faculty bodies as appropriate.
The RIC is responsible, on behalf of the CR Professional Support and Standards Board, for assisting the Faculty in developing methods of advancing radiology using information technology.
The Committee is chaired by the CR Informatics Adviser, and includes industry representatives alongside appointed members of the Faculty. The CR Vice-President, CR Medical Director for Professional Practice, CR Medical Director for Education and Training, and the President are ex-officio members.
Full details of the Committee’s remit can be found in the terms of reference.
If there are any issues that you would like to raise, please email the chair of the Committee, Dr Dan Fascia, via the Professional Support and Standards Administrator.
The Radiology Informatics Committee have helped to develop a number of guidance documents
Members
- Dr Daniel Fascia, Radiology Informatics Adviser, Chair
- Dr Aishah Azam, Junior Radiologists' Forum representative
- Dr Kath Halliday, President
- Dr Julian Elford, Medical Director, Membership and Business
- Dr Priya Suresh, Medical Director, Education and Training
- Dr William Ramsden, Vice President
- Dr Salman Siddiqui, Clinical Radiology Specialty Training Board (joint) representative
- Dr Shrilay Sinha, Clinical Radiology Specialty Training Board (joint) representative
- Dr Raman Uberoi, Medical Director, Professional Practice
- Dr Stephen Fenn
- Dr Subhadip Ghosh-Ray
- Dr Gerald Lip
- Dr Fiona Miller
- Mr Robin Breslin, IHE-UK and DICOM representative
- Mr Richard Smith, NHS Digital representative
- Mr Bob Childe, Industry representative (Convenor of the AXrEM PACS/RIS Specialist Focus Group)
- Mr Dominic Cushnan, NHSX representative
- Dr Mark Griffiths, UK Imaging Informatics Group representative
- Ms Louise Parberry, HL7-UK representative
- Mr Alex Peck, Society of Radiographers representative
- Dr Robert Lavis, Teleradiology Professional Advisory Group (TPAG) representative
Terms of reference
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Advise the Faculty of Clinical Radiology on all matters relating to the application of information and communications technology in the specialty of clinical radiology and on future developments.
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Assist the Faculty to develop methods of advancing radiology using information technology.
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Act as an interface between the Faculty and other professional bodies involved in informatics in healthcare.
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Advise the Faculty on appropriate policy matters.
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Develop for consideration such professional guidance, standards or other advice as commissioned from time to time by the Clinical Radiology Professional Support and Standards Board.
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Advise as required by the Clinical Radiology Professional Support and Standards Board, other Faculty boards, committees, sub-committees or working parties, or the Faculty of Clinical Oncology.
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The Committee is accountable and reports to the Clinical Radiology Professional Support and Standards Board.
Membership
Chair
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The Committee will be chaired by the Clinical Radiology Informatics Adviser as appointed. This will be a three year term of office, renewable for an additional three years. In his/her absence the CR Informatics Committee will be chaired by another Clinical Radiology Fellow of the group.
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The duties of the Chair include:
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Chairing all meetings
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Ensuring that the purpose and terms of reference are observed
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Engaging all members of the Committee in the work being done
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Ensuring regular reports are made to the Clinical Radiology Professional Support and Standards Board
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Ensuring that relevant matters are drawn to the attention of the Medical Director Professional Practice, Clinical Radiology or other Faculty Officer as appropriate
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Acting as media spokesperson for the College in respect of matters within the remit of the Committee at the request of College Officers.
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Managing conflicts of interest in accordance with the College document Declaring and registering conflicts of interest: policy and procedures.
Ex-officio members
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All Clinical Radiology Officers and the President
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Medical Director, Membership and Business may attend meetings with the agreement of the Chair
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A member of the Clinical Radiology Specialty Training Board
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A member of the Junior Radiologists' Forum
Appointed Members
- There will be four appointed members who will each serve for a term of three years. Appointed members will be Fellows of the Faculty of Clinical Radiology and resident in the UK, in active clinical practice, holding a licence to practise at the time of close ofapplications. Applications will be ranked against the role description in accordance with the board and committee appointment procedures in force for the College from time to time.
Co-opted Members
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There will be up to four co-opted members, who will each serve for a period of up to three years. The committee will determine from time to time the particular experience, skills or background of the co-opted members that will be required to assist in its work.
Nominated Members
- There will be up to seven nominated members. Nominated members will be as follows:
1 x Society and College of Radiographers representative
1 x UK Imaging Informatics Group representative
1 x NHS Digital representative
1 x Industry representative
1 x Standards body IHE-UK representative
1 x Standards body HL7-UK representative
1 x Professional Record Standards Body (PRSB) representative
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A member of the Committee may represent more than one role/organisation as agreed by the Chair and Medical Director, Professional Practice.
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Any member of the Committee shall cease to hold office if s/he fails to participate in person or by video/teleconference in two consecutive meetings of the Group without providing an explanation which the Chair considers satisfactory.
Conflicts of interest
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Conflicts of interest will be managed in accordance with the College document Declaring and registering conflicts of interest: policy and procedures. The work of the Committee may give rise to a high risk of a conflict of interest because it may have to rely on the expertise of those who may also be involved in commercial developments. In such instances, the procedure described in the document as to advance declarations of interest will be followed as will the guidance on decision making by the Committee and decision taking which will usually be by the Clinical Radiology Professional Support and Standards Board.
Operation
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The Committee will meet up to three times per year on dates to be agreed.
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Meetings may be held by virtual means/remote attendance.
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Committee members may be called upon to consider or determine matters electronically between meetings and are expected to contribute to such considerations or decisions as part of their duties as Committee members.
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Committee members will not speak on behalf of the Committee, the Faculty or College unless authorised to do so.
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Committee members will abide by any stated or implied confidentiality that attaches to the work of the Board during or after any period of membership.
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Committee members will comply with the provisions of the General Data Protection Regulation as regards of any personal data where it is made available to them as part of their work.
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At meetings of the Committee, one third of the members (which must include one Officer eligible to attend and one appointed member)shall form a quorum. This includes members joining the meeting remotely by video or tele-conference.
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The meeting quorum shall constitute the quorum for remote decisions taken outside the meeting.
Approved by Clinical Radiology Professional Support and Standards Board in March 2021.
Minutes
The minutes of meetings held over the last year are available to members and Fellows of the College. If you would like to see the minutes of earlier meetings please contact the Professional Support and Standards Administrator.
Governance
Find out more about how the Royal College of Radiologists is governed.