Radiology Informatics Committee

1. 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.

2. Assist the Faculty to develop methods of advancing radiology using information technology.

3. Act as an interface between the Faculty and other professional bodies involved in informatics in healthcare.

4. Advise the Faculty on appropriate policy matters.

5. 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.

6. 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.

7. The Committee is accountable and reports to the Clinical Radiology Professional Support and Standards Board.

    

   Membership

Chair

8. 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.

9. The duties of the Chair include:

• Chairing all meetings

• Ensuring that the purpose and terms of reference are observed

• Engaging all members of the Committee in the work being done

• Ensuring regular reports are made to the Clinical Radiology Professional Support and Standards Board

• Ensuring that relevant matters are drawn to the attention of the Medical Director Professional Practice, Clinical Radiology or other Faculty Officer as appropriate

• Acting as media spokesperson for the College in respect of matters within the remit of the Committee at the request of College Officers.

• Managing conflicts of interest in accordance with the College document Declaring and registering conflicts of interest: policy and procedures.

Ex-officio members

10. All Clinical Radiology Officers and the President

11. Medical Director, Membership and Business may attend meetings with the agreement of the Chair

12. A member of the Clinical Radiology Specialty Training Board

13. A member of the Junior Radiologists' Forum

Appointed Members

14. 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

15. 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

16. 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

17. A member of the Committee may represent more than one role/organisation as agreed by the Chair and Medical Director, Professional Practice.

18. 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

19. 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

20. The Committee will meet up to three times per year on dates to be agreed.

21. Meetings may be held by virtual means/remote attendance.

22. 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.

23. Committee members will not speak on behalf of the Committee, the Faculty or College unless authorised to do so.

24. 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.

25. 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.

26. 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.

27. 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.