Pathology and Laboratory Medicine (PaLM) Domain

Technical Framework (Revision 11.0)

All Normative Final Text Profiles

• Volume 1 (PaLM TF-1): Profiles
• Volume 2: Transactions - Volume 2 is divided into four separate sub-volumes:
  • Volume 2a (PaLM TF-2a): Transactions
  • Volume 2b (PaLM TF-2b): Transactions continued
  • Volume 2c (PaLM TF-2c): Transactions continued
  • Volume 2x (PaLM TF-2x): Appendices
• Volume 3 (PaLM TF-3): Content Modules

These Technical Framework Volumes provide specification of the following profiles. (Note: For all profiles, the actors and supported transactions are found in Volume 1. Segment definitions common to all are in Volume 2x.)

• Laboratory Analytical Workflow (LAW) - see Volume 2b
• Laboratory Testing Workflow (LTW) - see Volume 2a
• Laboratory Device Automation (LDA) - see Volume 2a
• Laboratory Point Of Care Testing (LPOCT) - see Volume 2c
• Laboratory Code Set Distribution (LCSD) - see Volume 2c
• Laboratory Specimen Barcode Labeling (LBL) - see Volume 2c
• Sharing Laboratory Reports (XD-LAB) - see Volume 3

Brief descriptions of these profiles are available here.

Public Comment

The following documents are currently open for Public Comment:

See here.

Supplements for Trial Implementation

Comments and implementer feedback on all documents can be submitted at PaLM Public Comments. Additionally, for documents maintained in the IHE GitHub Repository (if any), a link to submit GitHub issues is included following the document name in the lists below.

The IHE Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Technical Committee invites organizations to begin development work based on the following supplements to the Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Technical Framework. These trial implementation profiles are eligible for testing at subsequent IHE Connectathons.

• Anatomic Pathology Reporting to Public Health (ARPH) - Revised 2010-07-23
• Anatomic Pathology Structured Report (APSR) - Revised 2018-09-28
• Digital Pathology Workflow - Image Acquisition (DPIA) - Revised 2024-12-17
• Graphics and Simple Images in Results (GIR) - Published 2010-10-15
• Inter-Laboratory Workflow (ILW) - Revised 2013-11-08
• Laboratory Clinical Communications (LCC) - Revised 2024-04-08
• Radiology Pathology Concordance (RPC) - Published 2021-11-23
• Specimen Event Tracking (SET) - Published 2021-11-23
• Transfusion Medicine - Administration (TMA) - Revised 2019-10-22

Handbooks

None

White Papers

None

Archive

Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Archives

The archive page contains deprecated supplements and superseded versions of the Technical Framework volumes, white papers and handbooks. As of July 2012, it also contains:

• Superseded versions of trial implementation supplements
• Current published versions of the Technical Framework volumes and supplements

Current documents (published July 2012 or later) have generic files names, for example:

• IHE_PaLM_TF_Vol1
• IHE_PaLM_Suppl_SET

Those links always return the most recent published document and support linking (Technical Framework Volumes only) to specific sections (section linking details here). File names on the archive page include revision numbers, status and date of publication, and can be used to link to specific versions of a document:

• IHE_PaLM_TF_Rev10-0_Vol1_FT_2019-08-20
• IHE_PaLM_Suppl_SET_Rev1-1_TI_2021-11-23