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=   2009 IHE Update February    =

We are delighted to report that on February 12, 2009 the IHE International Board formally approved "IHE Australia"! This means that Australia is now a formal "Deployment Committee " of IHE International and has a seat on the IHE International Board. **IHE Australia** The founding organisations have formed the IHE Australia Founding Board as follows: **- Medical Software Industry Association (MSIA): Vince McCauley - HL7 Australia: Klaus Veil - Health Informatics Society of Australia (HISA): Jon Hilton** The IHE Australia Founding Board nominated Vince McCauley as its Chair and will be seeking to expand the organisational membership in the near future. IHE Australia will also continue to pursue the formation of the "IHE Asia-Pacific" group. An official liaison with Standards Australia IT-014 was established last year and is managed by IT-014-06. Our thanks go to IHE International Board members Chris Lindop (GE, USA) and Todd Cooper (BSF, USA) for their support in navigating the administrative approval process - they will continue to assist us in establishing an effective and well-governed local IHE organisation. The consensus of the Board was that the 2008 IHE events were substantial and successful step s forward and planning for 2009 has commenced: - The 1st Australian IHE Connectathon was held in Canberra at the end of July 2008 ( [|www.IHE.net.au/Open-Day.htm]   ). 11 vendors   tested 18 products    and achieved 41 successful product tests to   IHE profiles    without travelling overseas. 4 Australian products passed the internationally recognised IHE testing (see [|www.IHE.net.au/Results-2008.htm]  ) 9 products tested successfully to the exploratory Australian "Diagnostic Reporting" profile   (= AS4700.1, AS4700.2 & AS4700.7 with improved acknowledgements) - The 4th Interoperability Showcase was held August 31 - Sept. 3, 2008 in Melbourne as part of the HIC'08 and Health-e-Nation Industry Exhibition (see [|www.IHE.net.au/Showcase-2008.htm] ). Our thanks go to the HISA event managers who worked hard in the background to ensure everything ran smoothly. The IHE Australia Board h as commenced planning for the 2009 IHE events and has already received ~ 25 expressions of interest! **2nd Australian IHE Connectathon (early July 2009)** • Get your products formally tested to the IHE profiles of your choice (test results are valid internationally - see [|www.IHE.net.au/Results-2008.htm]  ) • Reduce the cost of participation in IHE events by attending them in Australia • Network with vendors operating in the Australian and Asia-Pacific region Profiles potentially of interest to vendors: • Australian HL7 Pathology Lab and Radiology Reporting (AS4700.1, AS4700.2 & AS4700.7 - trialled in 2008) • Portable data for imaging (PDI - as in 2008) • Radiology Schedule W orkflow (RSW) • Australian HL7 Discharge & Referral Messages (AS4700.1 & AS4700.6) • Cross Enterprise Document Sharing for Radiology Images (XDS-I) • Cross Enterprise Document Sharing: Document Source/Registry/Repository/Consumer (XDS) • Identity Management (PIX/PDQ) **5th Australian IHE Interoperability Showcase (August 19-21, 2009** **-** **National Convention Centre,** **Canberra** **  ) **            This event has been held annually since 2005 at the HISA national conferences and is the centerpoint of the Industry Exhibition. This is the ideal opportunity to demonstrate and promote your products interoperating to national and international standards. The audience is mainly Australian and Asia-Pacific customers as well as national e-health authorities (DoHA, state health departments, NEHTA). More info at [|www.HISA.org.au/HIC09].  For more information contact Klaus Veil on 0412 746 457 ( Klaus@Veil.net.au  ) or Peter MacIsaac on 0411 403 462 (  Peter@macisaacinformatics.org  )
 * - Royal Australian New Zealand College of Radiologists (RANZCR): Peter MacIsaac**
 * 2008 Recap**
 * 2009 Planning**
 * An informational teleconference outlining the plans for the Connectathon and Showcase is planned for March 4, 2009 at 8:30am.**