IHE PCC Profiles to be Tested

IHE Community,

IHE North American Connectathon Applications Due September 30

The IHE North America Connectathon will take place January 11-15, 2010 in Chicago. Applications for testing participants are due September 30, 2009 and are available online at http://www.ihe.net/north_america/connectathon_2010_participants.cfm.

The Connectathon is the healthcare IT industry's largest face-to-face interoperability testing event. This year IHE profiles in the following domains will be tested:

• Anatomic Pathology
• Cardiology
• IT Infrastructure
• Laboratory
• Patient Care Coordination
• Patient Care Devices
• Quality, Research and Public Health
• Radiology

Last year's IHE North America Connectathon drew close to 400 individual testing participants from more than 70 organizations.

In addition, participants will be able to register to test their support of related Healthcare Information Technology Standards Panel (HITSP) Interoperability Specifications. For more information on HITSP Interoperability Specifications, please visit www.hitsp.org.