Connectathon+2012+-+update

** The Jasper Hotel Melbourne ** ** 8 to 12 October 2012 ** The aims of the 2012 IHE Australia Connectathon are to test software vendors’ capabilities in establishing an XDS.b Registry and Repository and to test actors for Document Consumer and Document Source using test data, publicly available template summaries for the Australian PCEHR in CDA format, Patient Care Coordination (PCC) documents, and radiology images and reports (XDS-I).
 * IHE Australia PCEHR Connectathon 2012 **
 * Introduction **

At the IHE Australia Connectathon vendors will learn how to implement international IHE XDS.b Profile in a supervised environment and, if they are certified that they can successfully connect to three other vendors, they will be able to publish an Interoperability Statement which will have international recognition and which will allow them to develop local implementations of the XDS.b Profile when required by health organizations.

The aspect of international recognition is of critical importance to Australian and New Zealand software vendors, given the findings of the Accenture Survey in August 2010 that the global EMR/EHR market is estimated to be worth $19.7 billion in 2013 in eight key international markets. Integration Profiles are an effective shorthand for healthcare providers to specify integration requirements when purchasing systems and have therefore achieved considerable recognition in the market. As well, through participation in the IHE Australia Connectathon and associated Master Class, vendors will also then be better able to understand the Australian implementation of XDS.b in the PCEHR. This will enable them to develop Profiles localised for the Australian market at the same time as being able to address the requirements of the international IHE XDS.b Profile.

IHE Australia is of the view that the range of CDA and HL7 V2 activities conducted during the October Australian Connectathon will be both timely and of considerable value to both vendors and HL7 Australia members. IHE Australia has local responsibility for the promotion and education of the IHE approach, the evaluation, localisation and creation of Integration Specifications ("Profiles") and the running of local conformance testing events ("Connectathons") according to the IHE International guidelines, ISO 28380 TR and Australian best practice. HL7 Australia is a sponsoring organization of IHE Australia. IHE Australia is committed to the implementation and use of Australian Standards which have been formulated by HL7. Vendors participating in the Australian Connectathon will gain practical experience managing HL7 CDA format documents such as XDS.b Document Source and Document Consumer, and the publicly available template summaries for the Australian PCEHR in CDA format. HL7 Standards that will be tested at the Australian Connectathon include HL7 V2 ADT messages (patient registration) as well as HL7 CDA documents both those defined for the PCEHR and others defined by IHE. CDA will be tested both in point-to-repository and in point-to-point modes including encapsulated in HL7 V2 MDW (Medical Diagnostic Workstation) messages as specified by NeHTA. This will allow exploration of potential issues related to HL7 triggers and acknowledgements when putting systems together for the IHE Showcase. Other CDA issues, such as level of atomicity, testing of content and structure and rendering will be addressed. Secure Messaging using SMD and carrying HL7 V2 diagnostic result (ORU) and Referral (REF) messages will also be able to be tested. An HL7 V2 to XDS.b conformant repository interface will also be available for connectivity demonstrations. In addition, AHML NATA accredited testing of a wide range of HL7 V2 messages will also be available. At the Connectathon, IHE Australia is offering support to the Australian health IT industry for testing of their implementation against the core standards (XDS.b), complementing the National CCA Governance Group process focusing on the PCEHR implementation. IHE Australia believes that it is important to promote the core health record exchange profiles for vendors who may wish to operate internationally and to provide Australia with the option of using these profiles for health information exchange outside the PCEHR framework. It is important to understand that vendors will optionally be able to complete PCEHR CCA testing at the Australia Connectathon in the week 8 to 12 October and this would represent a considerable saving in time and resources over a remote observed testing process involving many CDA document types. As the role of IHE Australia is managing Connectathons, Interoperability Showcases and other events to support the Australian e-Health Standards Implementation Community, it is planned that there will be an IHE Australia Showcase in December 2012 which will allow the Connectathon vendors to demonstrate their success in the implementation of the international IHE XDS.b Profile. This event is to be followed by a major **IHE Australia Showcase** at the HIC 2013 Conference to be run in conjunction with HISA in Adelaide from 15-18 July 2013 and which will be announced at the HIC 2012 Conference in Sydney from 30 July to 2 August 2012.
 * Value proposition of IHE Australia 2012 PCEHR Connectathon to vendors and HL7 Australia members **
 * Value - Optional testing facilities **
 * IHE Australia Showcases **


 * Planning and Timetable for 2012 Australian Connectathon **
 * ** March 2012 - Call for Expression of Interest **
 * Registration closes **7 August 2012**. Deadline for connectathon participants registration in Gazelle
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 * ** August 7th ** Deadline for connectathon fees payment.
 * ** July18th ** 08.00am to 09.00am : Webinar for existing connectathon Participants to discuss pre-connectathon testing
 * ** July 31st ** 08.00am to 09.00am : Webinar for existing connectathon Participants to commence pre-connectathon testing
 * ** October ** : **8 to 12 October 2012** Australian PCEHR Connectathon in Melbourne at Jasper Hotel
 * ** August 8th ** 08.00am to 09.00am : Webinar for connectathon Participants
 * ** August 17th ** 08.00am to 09.00am : Webinar for connectathon Participants
 * ** August 22nd ** 08.00am to 09.00am : Webinar for connectathon Participants
 * ** August 31st ** : Deadline for requesting [|supportive/thorough testing] and complete pre-connectathon testing
 * ** August 31st ** : Register bookings at Jasper Hotel rooms
 * ** September 7th ** : Deadline for registering extra participants (Gazelle -> Registration -> Connectathon P**articipants)**
 * ** September 21st : **
 * Deadline for pre-connectathon log return
 * Deadline for sharing connectathon configurations
 * Deadline for sample sharing
 * ** October 30th ** : Publication of Connectathon Results



[|**http://gazelle.ihe.net/EU-CAT/home.seam?cid=539596**]
 * The key three steps for vendors to join the 2012 IHE Australia Connectathon are: **
 * 1) Payment of Connectathon participation fee by 7 August 2012
 * 2) Registration of vendor system in **Gazelle** test system. The link in **Gazelle** to the 2012 IHE Australia PCEHR Connectathon is at:


 * 1) Nominate a contact as technical support person who can participate in regular Wednesday morning 08.00am to 09.00am (Sydney Time) pre-connectathon testing webinars.

**EventsManager@ihe.net.au** [|**http://www.ihe.net.au/**] **http://ihe-australia.wikispaces.com/**
 * For further details about the 2012 IHE Australia PCEHR Connectathon, please contact: **
 * Bernie Crowe **
 * IHE Australia Events Manager **
 * Mob +61 (0)418 487 081 **

The IHE Australia October 2012 Connectathon has an IHE XDS-I (imaging) stream which is of direct interest to radiology software vendors. In addition to the XDS.B Registry and Repository Profiles, and the Cross-Community Access (XCA) Profile, IHE Imaging related Profiles to be tested at the IHE Australia Connectathon include:
 * Additional 2012 Australian Connectathon service - IHE XDS-I Radiology **


 * Audit Trail and Node Authentication (ATNA)
 * 1) Secure Node (SN) GE Centricity RIS-I
 * 2) Secure Application (SA) GE Centricity RIS-I
 * Consistent Time (CT)
 * 1) Time Client (TC) GE Centricity RIS-I
 * Cross-Enterprise Document Reliable Interchange (XDR)
 * 1) Document Administrator (DOC_ADMINISTRATOR) Grahame Grieve
 * 2) Document Source (DOC_SOURCE) GE Centricity RIS-I

1.Patient Identifier Cross-reference Consumer (PIC) GE Centricity RIS-I and Image Exchange
 * Cross-Enterprise Document Sharing of Scanned Documents (XDS-SD)
 * 1) Content Consumer (CONTENT_CONSUMER) GE Image Exchange
 * Patient Demographics Query (PDQ)
 * 1) Patient Demographics Consumer (PDC) GE Centricity RIS-I and Image Exchange
 * Patient Identifier Cross-referencing for MPI (PIX)


 * Enterprise User Authentication (EUA)
 * 1) Client Authentification Agent (CAA) GE Image Exchange
 * Cross-Enterprise Document Sharing for Imaging (XDS-I.b)
 * 1) Document Consumer (DOC_CONSUMER) GE Centricity RIS-I and Image Exchange
 * 2) Document Repository (DOC_REPOSITORY) GE Image Exchange
 * 3) Imaging Document Consumer (IMG_DOC_CONSUMER) GE Centricity RIS-I and Image Exchange
 * 4) Imaging Document Source (IMG_DOC_SOURCE) GE Centricity RIS-I and Image Exchange


 * Access to Radiology Information (ARI)
 * 1) Image Manager/Archive (IM) GE Image Exchange
 * 2) Report Repository (RRP) GE Image Exchange
 * Basic Image Review (BIR)
 * 1) Image Display (ID) GE Image Exchange


 * Consistent Presentation of Images (CPI)
 * 1) Image Manager/Archive (IM) GE Image Exchange