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**Workshops 18-22 July 2011** **Melbourne - Jasper Hotel (Elizabeth St, Near Victoria Market) **
 * Connecting to **** the PC-EHR & Health **** Information Exchanges – **
 * healthcare services and IT vendors. **

@http://www.jasperhotel.com.au/
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Download meeting invitation: (MS Word format) [|Program IHE Australia Workshops 18 to 22 July 2011v2 .doc]

[|Program IHE Australia Workshops 18 to 22 July 2011v2 .doc] IHE Australia invites Healthcare Services and Health IT vendors to attend a workshop series in Melbourne (July 2011) on linking with the PC-EHR and local Health Information Exchanges (using IHE's international standard XDSb profile.)
 * Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise (IHE) ** is an international organization (with Australian membership) devoted to implementing interoperable communication solutions for healthcare. IHE takes standards such as HL7 and DICOM and, working through IT vendors and healthcare professional organizations, creates profiles to enable cross and intra enterprise communication solutions. IHE Cross Enterprise Document Share Profile has been identified as the “draft” standard for the core PCEHR. It is widely used in North America and Europe for Health Information Exchange.

Australia’s Personally Controlled Electronic Healthcare Record (PC-EHR) is to be launched in just over 12 months. While there are details to be worked out, there is an emerging consensus on the standards and core functionality. This workshop provides a bottom up view of how healthcare providers and their Clinical IT vendors can prepare to join national and regional information exchanges.


 * HL7 Australia **, one of IHE’s sponsor organizations, is running a related one day forum on the implementation of the key Clinical Document (HL7 CDA) standard which is used as the content for IHE XDS based health information exchange. Together both events provide Health organizations and vendors with an overview and detail of the technical aspects of using a shared healthcare record system such as the PCEHR or other forms of Health Information Exchange. The **IHE workshops** will cover the business and technical discussions about standards and how to submit and use patient information in a shared healthcare record. This meeting is in three parts, education for healthcare service providers, implementation strategy for vendors, and profile testing for those vendors who have already implemented all or parts of the IHE XDS profile, providing capability of participation in a subsequent IHE Connectathon (conformance testing event)

This is an event that answers three key questions for health information exchange: "what is it?” - "how do we connect and use it?" – “how could we do one in our region or healthcare service?”.
 * This meeting is for healthcare service providers, IT vendors and those interested in running local Health Information Exchanges or “PC-EHR Locals”, or wave 1 & 2 PCEHR sites. ** Select the stream that is relevant to your organization. IHE is a not for profit membership based organization and is not sponsored by Australia’s national health IT programs. Fees for attendance are based on a cost recovery model and tiered to support participation by organizations of all sizes. Additional participants from one organisation come at minimal cost to encourage the development of local teams of expertise.

A range of local and international speakers will cover the business and technical aspects.
 * Speakers and session participants include: **


 * Kate Berry **, Director US National eHealth Collaborative, an organisation funded by the US Office of National Coordinator (ONC) to support uptake of Health Information Exchange.


 * Ted Kremer ** - Executive Officer, Rochester Regional Healthcare Information Organisation.


 * Tim Elwell ** - Director of the US Open Source MysistProject (part of Open Health Tooling)


 * Chris Lindop **, IHE International liaison for Australia, co-chair IHE radiology, Interoperability Architect GE Healthcare


 * Vince McCauley ** ; Chair IHE Australia, Executive member MSIA,


 * Trish Williams **, Sn Lecturer, Health Information Security, Edith Cowan University.


 * Grahame Grieve **, Health care communication consultant, Co-chair HL7, Health Intersections Pty Ltd.


 * Michael Czapski ** - Healthcare solutions architect, Oracle.


 * Richard Dixon Hughes - ** Board Member Standards Australia, IT 14, DH4 Consulting


 * Peter MacIsaac ** - IHE Australia, eHealth Consultant HP Enterprise Services.


 * Bernie Crowe ** - IHE Australia Events Manager; Bernard Crowe and Associat

(On July 20th HL7 Australia will deliver the [|HL7 Australia forum] on CDA and transition from HL7 V2. CDA. The content of this workshop is a key component of the HIE story and particpation is recommended for both Steam A and B members). More information or queries: Bernie Crowe eventsmanager@ihe.net.au 0418 487 081
 * Workshop Dates: Melbourne **
 * July 18th – 19th ** Connecting Health Services to the PC-EHR/HIE - Stream A
 * July 21st ** - Connecting Clinical IT Systems to the PCEHR/HIE - Stream B
 * July 19th-21nd ** Code-a-thon and Testing Workshop XDSb - Stream C



A **Health services**: Jurisdictions: Hospitals (business and IT): healthcare services: Medicare Locals and Divisions of GPs: Community Health; Private and public health providers; healthcare associations: Wave 1 & 2 PCEHR sites. B. **Vendors of clinical and consumer information systems** (for Product Managers, strategists and architects who wish understand the approach, scope and resources required to access or contribute to a shared healthcare record) C. **Vendors of clinical information systems** who are implementing IHE Cross Enterprise Document Sharing (XDSb) Profile for Document Source, Document Consumer, Identity Management and Document Repository actors.
 * Which stream?: **

The meeting will have an education component at all levels of understanding about the PCEHR HIE and provide optional opportunities for testing of systems that are ready for connection to XDS core infrastructure. The streams will focus on introduction and background for those new to the subject, as well as in-depth technical support and guidance for those who are planning for or already undertaking implementation. This is an event that answers three key questions for HIE and the PCEHR: "what is it”" and "how to do it?" and “am I doing it right?” How will healthcare providers and vendors connect to the PCEHR/ Health Information Exchanges? What is the international experience? What are the fundamental IT standards and capabilities of existing vendor systems to support PCEHR/HIE. In general there will **//not//** be a focus on policy or evolving areas of the PCEHR concept of operations, infrastructure and architecture (as these are currently issues for NEHTA and DoHA) – rather a focus on what is needed to connect and make best use of health information exchange and shared healthcare record at the health service level. **This is a participatory meeting and the experience and views of those attending will add to the expert local and international input.** At the end of this workshop all participants can expect to;
 * Program outline: **
 * Understand the concept of a Health Information Exchange and examples of HIEs in Canada, US and Europe
 * Be able to compare and contrast the Australian PCEHR with other models of HIE
 * Understand how local systems can connect to and use an HIE and PC-EHR
 * Apply knowledge of the core features of the IHE Cross Enterprise Document Share (XDS) Profile and the underlying HL7, DICOM and web-service standards and how to specify these in RFTs and contracts.
 * Understand that the value exists in the “payload” or documents that will be exchanged and the HL7 Clinical Document Architecture that is used to store this information for exchange
 * Leverage infrastructure such as HL7 version 2 moving to adopt PCEHR and XDS CDA based specifications.
 * Understand how a "PCEHR local" or regional deployment of a Health information Exchange could solve local care and communication problems, and connect with the national PCEHR as a “conformant repository”
 * Engage with your vendors and health providers in a discussion about connecting to a HIE/PCEHR.
 * Consider potential business models and issues for sustainability.

Vendor participants can expect to:
 * Understand how to source the relevant technical profiles and other information
 * Estimate the level of work and commitment/resources needed to submit and identify/download documents for PCEHR/HIE
 * Become aware of and how to access, both open source and commercial toolkits and accelerators to speed development and reduce costs
 * Learn how to access IHE online development and testing services
 * If required, test implementations (if completed) against certified infrastructure (eg. registry/index, identity manager, audit trail, repository)
 * Understand how the national identity and other services can be used to identify consumers for the PCEHR.

Further information online at: http://ihe-australia.wikispaces.com/Event+July+2011


 * Program details: **


 * IHE Program ||
 * || Monday 18th: Stream A || Speaker || Tuesday 19th - Stream A || Speaker || Thursday 21st Stream B || Speaker ||
 * Q1 || Workshop overview || Vince McCauley || HIE - local experince in the USA || Kate Berry || Health Information Exchange & PCEHR - role of clinical systems || Vince McCauley ||
 * || Health Information Exchange & PCEHR - local and international || Peter MacIsaac || Local Health Information Exchanges: Rochester RHIO experience with HIE and consumer focus || Ted Kremer || Demonstration of live HIE: || Chris Lindop ||
 * || Demonstration of live Health Information Exchange || Chris Lindop || Linking local HIE with PCEHR: Standards for federating || Chris Lindop || Overview of PCEHR and HIE standards - IHE XDSb || Chris Lindop ||
 * Q2 || Business drivers: what will pay for improved information sharing? || Peter MacIsaac || Window on CDA - international and local examples || Grahame Grieve || Toolkits and Open Source approaches to implementaton of HealthInformation Exchange - Misys Open Source Solutions (“MOSS”) || Tim Elwell Chris Lindop ||
 * || Standards for PCEHR || TBA || Clinical safety - getting the documents right; getting the transport right || Grahame Grieve/Chris Lindop || Content for PCEHR - what is it, how to reuse current work. || Graeme Greive ||
 * || Panel Discussion: information exchange - what information to exchange & what is the value? || Hospital, GP, Lab, Radiology, Consumer, Allied Health; vendor || Transition from here to there: what can be reused. || Graham Grieve ||  ||   ||
 * Q3 || XDS - the international standard for health communication || Chris Lindop || Data: safe and sound: maintaining security and access in a connected world? || Trish Williams Chris Lindop || Simple CDA implementations including PDF and scanned documents, referral document || Grahame Grieve Chris Lindop ||
 * || Australian approaches - international linkage || Chris Lindop ||^  ||^   || Patient Identity Mangement - local and national || Michael Czapski ||
 * || Privacy and Consent models - what can delivered by IHE - out of the box || Chris Lindop || Establishment of local information exchange - governenance and setup || Round table || Access, security and Audit || Michael Czapski ||
 * || It’s the content that matters - health documents for exchange || TBA || Specify XDS compliant solutions. The Seven things you should know about your vendors || Chris Lindop, Richard Dixon-Hughes || How to submit and view documents || Chris Lindop ||
 * Q4 || How does the HIE work - focus on documement creators and consumers || Chris Lindop || Beyond CDs, the next Sea Change for Imaging Exchange || Chris Lindop || Messaging and document exchange - XD* and SMD || Chris Lindop ||
 * ||^  ||^   || Discussion: Bringing it all together || Hospital, GP, Lab, Radiology, Consumer, Allied Health; vendor || Q&A Review || Panel ||
 * Q5 || Drinks and networking ||  ||   ||   || Drinks and networking ||   ||
 * Q4 || How does the HIE work - focus on documement creators and consumers || Chris Lindop || Beyond CDs, the next Sea Change for Imaging Exchange || Chris Lindop || Messaging and document exchange - XD* and SMD || Chris Lindop ||
 * ||^  ||^   || Discussion: Bringing it all together || Hospital, GP, Lab, Radiology, Consumer, Allied Health; vendor || Q&A Review || Panel ||
 * Q5 || Drinks and networking ||  ||   ||   || Drinks and networking ||   ||

// Note: This workshop is an industry led event and is not formally associated with DoHA or NEHTA. Reference or statements about the PCEHR are based on public documentation and statements. The content of this workshop represent the views of the speakers individually and not their employers or organisations, the event sponsors, supporting organisations or IHE Australia. //


 * Cost **** of **** Participation (GST inclusive): [|(Book Now)] **
 * Stream A: **
 * (July 18 & 19 **** th **** Healthcare providers and health information exchange stakeholders ** – note attendance at [|HL7 workshop] on Wednesday 20th is recommended)
 * || IHE event || Additional HL7 meeting ||
 * Organisations with over 100 staff || $900 || $300 ||
 * Organisations with 11-99 staff || $700 || $300 ||
 * Organisations with less than 10 staff || $600 || $300 ||
 * Webcast of keynote sessions || $400 || N/A ||
 * Additional person @$150 per day || $300 || $300 ||


 * Stream B: (July 21st – IT vendor education) **
 * || IHE event || Additional HL7 meeting ||
 * Vendors with over 100 staff || $700 || $300 ||
 * Vendors with 11-99 staff || $500 || $300 ||
 * Vendors with less than 10 staff || $400 || $300 ||
 * Additional person @$150 per day || $150 || $300 ||


 * Stream C (includes stream B): (July 20-22 **** nd **** – IT vendors - education and testing) **
 * || IHE event (Streams B & C) ||
 * Vendors with over 100 staff || $1500 ||
 * Vendors with 11-99 staff || $1300 ||
 * Vendors with less than 10 staff || $1100 ||
 * Additional person @$150 per day || $450 ||

Note: - Additional attendees from the same organization for streams A,B or C @ $150 per day) - All registrations for IHE events will be invoiced and receipted online and paid in advance using credit card (via PayPal).

Please complete a separate payment form for the HL7 event as per the payment link [|Link to online payment].