IHE NA Connectathon 2013: Registration Closes October 5

IHE NA Connectathon 2013: System Registration Closes October 5, 2012

Time is Running Out! Register Today for the Industry’s Largest Interoperability Testing Event!

IHE Profiles are the cornerstone of achieving health IT interoperability as required by Meaningful Use Stage 2. Prepare your team to successfully test at the NA Connectathon 2013 by completing system registration before October 5^th! The NA Connectathon 2013 will be held in Chicago, IL, January 28 - February 2, 2013 at the Hyatt Regency Chicago. For the first time ever, the Consolidated CDA® standard developed by Health Story Project, in collaboration with HL7 and IHE, will be available for testing! Discover more about IHE and Consolidated CDA® system registration online.

Shift your Product Development Cycle into High Gear!

Want to know more about testing at the IHE NA Connectathon 2013 and how it will benefit your organization? IHE USA’s educational sessions will provide an overview of IHE's role in the healthcare industry, Technical Frameworks, and impact on Meaningful Use. Access all the sessions online through HIMSS eLearning Academy. Sign up for a free account today!

For more information visit IHE USA’s website or contact Connectathon@ihe.net.

IHE Cardiology Technical Framework Supplement Published for Public Comment

A CDA Implementation Guide for Cardiac Catheterization reporting...

IHE Cardiology Technical Framework Supplement Published for Public Comment The IHE Cardiology Technical Committee has published the following supplement to the IHE Cardiology Technical Framework for Public Comment in the period from April 20 to May 20, 2012: Cath Report Content (CRC) Comments received by May 20, 2012 will be considered by the Cardiology Technical Committee in developing the trial implementation version of the supplement. The document is available for download at http://www.ihe.net/Technical_Framework/index.cfm. Comments can be submitted at http://www.ihe.net/cardiology/cardiologycomments.cfm.

IHE Patient Care Device Technical Framework Volume 3 Published

IHE Patient Care Device Technical Framework Volume 3 (PCD TF-3) Published The IHE Patient Care Device Technical Committee has published the following Technical Framework Volume as of March 21, 2012: Vol. 3 (PCD TF-3): Semantic Content The document is available for download at http://www.ihe.net/Technical_Framework/index.cfm. Comments should be submitted at http://www.ihe.net/pcd/pcdcomments.cfm.

Interconnected Health 2012

If I could go, I would. Since I can't the least I can do is promote it, especially as it's being hosted by four organizations I have a great deal of respect for (HL7, HIMSS, OHT and OMG). OMG and HL7 have been doing this conference for the past few years and they were formerly known as SOA In Healthcare. SOA is great for those who know what it means, but for those that don't the new title is much better, and I expect the conference will be even better than prior years too.

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IHE Laboratory and Radiation Oncology Supplements Published for Public Comment

IHE Laboratory Technical Framework Supplement Published for Trial Implementation The IHE Laboratory Technical Committee has published the following supplement to the IHE Laboratory Technical Framework for trial implementation as of March 9, 2012: Laboratory Analytical Workflow – (LAW) This profile will be available for testing at subsequent IHE Connectathons. The document is available for download at http://www.ihe.net/Technical_Framework/index.cfm. Comments should be submitted at http://www.ihe.net/laboratory/laboratorycomments.cfm. IHE Radiation Oncology Technical Framework Supplements Published for Public Comment The IHE Radiation Oncology Technical Committee has published the following supplements to the IHE Radiation Oncology Technical Framework for public comment in the period from March 9, 2012 to April 8, 2012: Multimodaility Image Registration for Radiation Oncology 2012 – (MMRO-II) Integrated Positioning and Delivery Workflow – (IPDW)  These documents are available for download at http://www.ihe.net/Technical_Framework/public_comment.cfm. Comments submitted by April 8, 2012 will be considered by the Radiation Oncology Technical Committee in developing the trial implementation version of the supplements.  Comments should be submitted at http://www.ihe.net/radiation_oncology/radiationoncologycomments.cfm.

IHE Pharmacy Technical Framework Supplements Published for Trial Implementation

IHE Pharmacy Technical Framework Supplements Published for Trial Implementation The IHE Pharmacy Technical Committee has published the following supplements to the forthcoming IHE Pharmacy Technical Framework for Trial Implementation as of December 31, 2011: Community Medication Prescription and Dispense (CMPD) Hospital Medication Workflow (HMW) Pharmacy Dispense (DIS) Pharmacy Pharmaceutical Advice (PADV) Pharmacy Prescription (PRE)  These profiles will be available for testing at subsequent  IHE Connectathons. The documents are available for download at http://www.ihe.net/Technical_Framework/index.cfm. Comments should be submitted at http://www.ihe.net/pharmacy/pharmacycomments.cfm. IHE IT Infrastructure White Paper Published The IHE IT Infrastructure Technical Committee published the following white paper on January 24, 2012: Health Information Exchange: Enabling Document Sharing Using IHE Profiles The document is available for download at http://www.ihe.net/Technical_Framework/index.cfm. Comments can be submitted at http://www.ihe.net/iti/iticomments.cfm.

EHNAC Forum on HIE - January 25

www.nationalehealth.org    A Message on Behalf of the Electronic Healthcare Network Accreditation Commission (EHNAC) NeHC CEO Kate Berry to Participate in Industry Forum Webinar on Health Information Exchange The Electronic Healthcare Network Accreditation Commission (EHNAC), a non-profit standards development organization and accrediting body, will host a free webinar that will discuss the current state of the HIE model. "Dispelling the Myth that All Health Information Exchanges (HIEs) Are Created Equal" will take place from 1:30 to 3:00 p.m. EST on Wednesday, January 25, 2012. Through a panel discussion, the webinar will examine how the HIE model has evolved, the major players involved and the factors all stakeholders should consider. Additionally, panelists will discuss potential impacts of the Direct Project and the Nationwide Health Information Network (NwHIN) and offer attendees real-world solutions for assuring stakeholders' trust in the clinical exchange. An open forum will follow the panel discussion to enable attendees to submit questions specific to their own organizations. Hosted by Lee Barrett, executive director of EHNAC, the panel of healthcare professionals with extensive expertise in health information exchange, privacy and security and PHI, will include: ·        Kate Berry, CEO, National eHealth Collaborative (NeHC) ·        Laura Kolkman, president, Mosaica Partners ·        Jan Root, president and CEO, Utah Health Information Network (UHIN) ·        William O'Byrne, executive director, NJ-HITEC ·        Jennifer Covich Bordenick, CEO, eHealth Initiative (eHI) Those interested in attending may register for the HIE webinar here or visit www.ehnac.org for more information.

Six days until IHE N.A. Connectathon Conference- Jan. 11, 2012. Register in advance!

IHE N.A. Connectathon Conference offers unique “one day adventure” with Industry Leaders! Register in advance for the January 11, 2012 Conference! The IHE N.A. Connectathon Conference 2012 is next week, Wed. January 11, 2012 in downtown Chicago at the Hyatt Regency. Join us for a full day of valuable educational sessions and venture out to the IHE N.A. Connectathon testing floor where interoperability happens through the collaborative efforts of 600+ database architects and engineers. Visit IHE USA’s website for the full agenda and details around the educational sessions, speakers, and the cocktail reception following the conference. Registration will be available online until Tuesday, January 10, 2012 and on-site the date of the event. Conference Dates & Logistics The IHE N.A. Connectathon Conference is open to the public. We encourage IHE members to invite interested organizations and individuals that want to learn more about IHE and interoperability. Please review the second page for more details. Conference Date:                Wednesday, January 11, 2012 Educational Sessions:          8:30 – 4:30pm CT Cocktail Reception:              4:30 – 6:00pm CT Registration fee:                  $195.00 Meeting Location & Hotel Accommodations: Hyatt Regency - Chicago, IL. 151 East Wacker Drive Chicago, IL 60601 Hotel Reservations: Click here. If you have additional questions, please contact Connectathon@ihe.net or visit IHE USA’s website for more information.

IHE Europe 2012 Connectathon Registration

Just when you thought you were ready for the January Connectathon, there's another one right around the corner...

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IHE European Connectathon Registration Closes in 11 days !!!! 

IHE Europe is pleased to inform you that the Registration to the IHE European 2012 connectathon is still open.  The connectathon will take place May 21-25 in Bern, Switzerland. The IHE Connectathon is the healthcare IT industry's largest face-to-face interoperability testing event. IHE profiles enable effective interoperability in a wide range of clinical settings, including health information exchanges.

This year profiles from 8 IHE Domains will be tested at the Connectathon:

1. Anatomic Pathology
2. Cardiology
3. IT Infrastructure
4. Laboratory
5. Patient Care Coordination
6. Patient Care Device
7. Pharmacy
8. QRPH
9. Radiology

Registration closes January 15th, 2012.

More information : 

• About the IHE process
• About IHE Europe
• About the Bern Connectathon (site maintained by IHE Suisse) : Hotel, traveling to Bern, parallel meetings…
• How to participate in order to test a product (registration, planning,…)
• How to participate as monitor
• Participants mailing list 

The Bern connectathon is also an opportunity to test :

• XDW : Cross Enterprise Document Workflow
• LAW : Laboratory Analytical Workflow with the support of  IICC
• Pharmacy profiles
• RFD and CRD In the context of the EHR4CR project.

CDISC and IHE encourage testing of the RFD profile (ITI domain) and the CRD profile (QRPH domain) at the Bern connectathon. For more information about cdisc : http://ww.cdisc.org and about ehr4cr : http://www.ehr4cr.eu

IHE European Connectathon Registration Open

IHE Europe Connectathon Registration Open IHE Europe is pleased to inform you that the Registration to the IHE European 2012 connectathon is open. The connectathon will take place May 21-25 in Bern, Switzerland. The IHE Connectathon is the healthcare IT industry's largest face-to-face interoperability testing event. IHE profiles enable effective interoperability in a wide range of clinical settings, including health information exchanges. Registration closes January 15, 2012. Registration and further Information > IHE North America Connectathon Conference The IHE North America Connectathon Conference is an ideal opportunity for users and developers of health IT systems to learn about and discuss achieving interoperability and making more effective use of electronic health records. The conference is sponsored by IHE USA and will be held Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2012, in association with the IHE North America Connectathon at the Hyatt Regency in Chicago. Registration and meeting information > IHE Europe Unveils New Testing Services IHE-Europe has launched the first vendor-neutral service to test the interoperability of health IT systems for health systems and electronic health record projects. IHE-Services will extend the tools and techniques developed for the annual IHE European Connectathon to provide interoperability testing for national e-health projects, HICT users in regional hospitals or vendors developing new platforms.. More > IHE International Gains ISO Liaison Status The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) has granted IHE “Category A” Liaison status with the ISO Health Informatics Technical Committee (ISO/TC215). This status allows IHE to participate in the collaborative development and publishing of Standards through ISO. More >

Utilizing the Standards & Interoperability Framework

On Monday, December 12, 2011 at 1 p.m. EST, NeHC University will welcome Jitin Asnaani, Coordinator of the Standards & Interoperability Framework (S&I) at ONC, to deliver updates on the progress of the multiple S&I Framework initiatives, which focus on the creation of reusable tools and services to overcome specific barriers to achieving full interoperability. Stakeholders will learn how ONC is working to improve clinical transitions, streamline vocabularies, harmonize current implementation guides, and establish scalable standards and data models for digital certificates and provider directories.

We invite you to join this NeHC University Update on the S&I Framework Initiatives. 

Register today!

IHE Laboratory Technical Framework Supplement Published for Public Comment

Crossed my desk this morning...

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IHE Community,

IHE Laboratory Technical Framework Supplement Published for Public Comment

The IHE Laboratory Technical Committee has published the following supplement to the IHE Laboratory Technical Framework for Public Comment in the period from December 6, 2011 to January 5, 2012:

• Laboratory Analytical Workflow (LAW)

The document is available for download at http://www.ihe.net/Technical_Framework/public_comment.cfm. Comments submitted by January 5, 2012 will be considered by the Laboratory Technical Committee in developing the trial implementation version of the supplement.  Comments should be submitted at http://www.ihe.net/laboratory/laboratorycomments.cfm.

IHE North American Connectathon Conference

IHE North American Connectathon Conference 2012 January 11, 2012 in Chicago, IL— Registration is now open. Join a preeminent cadre of interoperability, information standards, and health information exchange experts for a one-day educational and networking event at the Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise (IHE) North American Connectathon Conference, January 11, 2012 at the Hyatt Regency in downtown Chicago, IL. Register online today! The IHE Connectathon Conference is a cornerstone of the annual interoperability testing event— the IHE North American Connectathon. This year IHE’s global testing event will hit record breaking participation! Over 120 participating organizations will test 150+ systems advancing the Healthcare IT industry and patient safety. Attendees at the Connectathon Conference will be given special access to the testing floor and a guided tour of the event.  IHE USA is proud to announce an exciting and dynamic array of speakers and educational sessions for this year’s Conference. Please join us for this important event and register online today. Review the list of educational sessions, plus Conference dates and location listed below. Connectathon Educational Sessions & Speakers ·         Opening Keynote - Delivering High-value Health Care through Regional Health Information Exchange Eric Heflin, Chief Technology Officer, Texas Health Services Authority ·         Leveraging IHE XDS to Achieve Health Information Exchange - Real World Implementations                                                                                                            Holly Miller MD, MBA, FHIMSS, CMO, Med Allies     Jim Younkin, IT Program Director, Geisinger Health System, KeyHIE     ·         Current Advancements in Medical Device Integration Elliot B. Sloane, PhD, CCE, FHIMSS, Professor and Director of Health Systems Engineering at Drexel University School of Biomedical Engineering ·         Exploring Open Source Tools to Achieve Interoperability - Panel Discussion                                           James St. Clair, CISM, PMP, SSGB, Senior Director, Interoperability and Standards, HIMSS                                                Rob Kolodner MD, EVP, CIO, Open Health Tools                                                                                Ken Rubin, Object Management Group ·         The Next Revolution in Standards-Based Image Sharing                                                                            David Mendelson MD, FACR, Chief of Clinical Informatics, Mount Sinai Medical Center ·         IHE North American Connectathon Introduction and Guided Tours Conference Dates & Logistics The IHE N.A. Connectathon Conference is open to the public. We encourage IHE members to invite interested organizations and individuals that want to learn more about IHE and interoperability to register online. Conference Date:                            Wednesday, January 11, 2012 Educational Sessions:                     9:00 – 4:30pm CT Cocktail Reception:                         4:30 – 6:00pm CT Registration Fee:                             $195.00 Register Online:                                Visit our registration website.   Meeting Location & Hotel Accommodations: Hyatt Regency - Chicago, IL. 151 East Wacker Drive Chicago, IL 60601 Hotel Reservations: Click here. If you have additional questions, please contact Connectathon@ihe.net or visit IHE USA’s website for more information.

NeHC Industry Leader Briefing Tomorrow at 12 PM EST

This just crossed my desk …

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Industry Leader Briefing The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) is a cooperative agreement partner of National eHealth Collaborative (NeHC). On Friday, December 2, 2011 at 12 p.m. EST, NeHC University will host Dr. David Baker, Professor and Chief of Internal Medicine at the Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University for an Industry Leader Briefing on health information technology (HIT) and quality improvement. Dr. Baker will join NeHC to talk about how HIT and health information exchange can assist providers in improving quality and coordination of care. This program will discuss the use of HIT to improve quality and safety, using examples from Northwestern Memorial Hospital and the Northwestern Medical Faculty Foundation's General Internal Medicine Clinic.  We invite you to join this NeHC University Industry Leader Briefing. Register today! Check out the full Fall 2011 NeHC University semester schedule! Questions? Email NeHC University at university@nationalehealth.org.

IHE N.A. Connectathon Conference | Save the date! January 11, 2012

IHE North American Connectathon Conference 2012

Save the Date: January 11, 2012 in Chicago, IL.
Registration will open soon.

Joining a preeminent cadre of interoperability, information standards, IHE and health information exchange experts for a one-day educational and networking event at the IHE North American Connectathon Conference, January 11, 2012 at the Hyatt Regency in downtown Chicago, IL.

The IHE Connectathon Conference is a cornerstone of the annual IHE North American Connectathon and has will hit record breaking participation this year! Over 120 organizations are participating this year that will test 150+ systems. Attendees at the Connectathon Conference will be given special access to the testing floor and a guided tour of the event. 

IHE USA is proud to announce an exciting and dynamic array of speakers and educational sessions for this year’s Conference. Please join us for this important event. Additional information regarding IHE N.A. Connectathon, plus the Conference dates and location are listed below. If you have other questions or need more information please contact us at Connectathon@ihe.net. 

·        Opening Keynote - Delivering High-value Health Care through Regional Health Information Exchange                                                                                                                                               

Eric Heflin, Chief Technology Officer, Texas Health Services Authority

·        Leveraging IHE XDS to Achieve Health Information Exchange - Real World Implementations                                                                                                                                  

Holly Miller MD, MBA, FHIMSS, CMO, Med Allies    

Jim Younkin, IT Program Director, Geisinger Health System, KeyHIE    

·        Current Advancements in Medical Device Integration

Elliot B. Sloane, PhD, CCE, FHIMSS
Professor and Director of Health Systems Engineering
Drexel University School of Biomedical Engineering

·        Exploring Open Source Tools to Achieve Interoperability - Panel Discussion                                          

James St. Clair, CISM, PMP, SSGB, Senior Director, Interoperability and Standards, HIMSS                                                                                   

Rob Kolodner MD, EVP, CIO, Open Health Tools                                                                               

Ken Rubin, Object Management Group

·        The Next Revolution in Standards-Based Image Sharing                                                                           

David Mendelson MD, FACR, Chief of Clinical Informatics, Mount Sinai Medical Center

·        IHE North American Connectathon Introduction and Guided Tours

Conference Dates & Logistics

The IHE N.A. Connectathon Conference is open to the public and we encourage IHE members to invite interested organizations and individuals that want to learn more about IHE.

Date: Tuesday, January 18, 2011

Educational Sessions: 9:00 – 4:30pm CT

Cocktail Reception: 4:30 – 6:00pm CT

Meeting Location & Hotel Accommodations:
Hyatt Regency - Chicago, IL.
151 East Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL 60601

Hotel Reservations: Click here.

Registration fee: $195.00

IHE Connectathons

IHE Connectathons are held in locations worldwide. This year at the IHE North American Connectathon 2012 there are over 120 healthcare IT organizations registered to test 150+ systems at this year's event. Conference attendees will learn about the IHE testing process, the IHE Profiles that are its foundation and IHE's support for critical improvements in healthcare.

Visit the official IHE Connectathon webpage for more information >>

If you have additional questions, please contact Connectathon@ihe.net.