HL7 Australia

Service-Oriented Architecture Standards and Their Role in Enterprise Interoperability

2011-08-18T01:48:00.001+10:00

Health Level Seven® International (HL7®), the global authority for interoperability and standards in healthcare information technology with members in 55 countries, will present a complimentary Ambassador webinar titled "HL7 Service-Oriented Architecture Standards and Their Role in Enterprise Interoperability" on Monday, August 22 from 2:00 – 3:00 pm EDT.

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HL7 Europe News, First Edition

2011-07-29T04:48:00.001+10:00

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HL7 Offers Free Ambassador Webinar-Preparing for the Collection and Use of External Family and Genetic Test Result Data

2011-07-28T05:48:00.001+10:00

Health Level Seven® International (HL7®), the global authority for interoperability and standards in healthcare information technology with members in 55 countries, will present a complimentary Ambassador webinar titled "Preparing for the Collection and Use of External Family History and Genetic Test Result Data" on the HL7 clinical genomics standards next Wednesday, August 3 from 1:00 – 2:00 pm EDT. Grant Wood, senior IT strategist with Intermountain Healthcare's Clinical Genomics Institute, HL7 ambassador and member of the HL7 Clinical Genomics Work Group, will discuss the topic of HL7 standards for personalized medicine-namely family health history and genetic test result data in the electronic health record (EHR).

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HL7 Releases New Tool for Capturing, Storing and Managing CDA® Templates

2011-07-20T05:48:00.001+10:00

Health Level Seven® International (HL7®), the global authority for interoperability and standards in healthcare information technology with members in 55 countries, today announced the release of the Trifolia Workbench: Consolidation Project Edition 1.0, Beta Release. This release supports standards authors, developers and implementers in capturing, storing and managing HL7 Clinical Document Architecture (CDA) templates. It contains the full set of templates balloted through the HL7/IHE Health Story Consolidation Project, which harmonized health information exchange specifications for meaningful use of EHR technology. The project covered the HL7 Continuity of Care Document (CCD®) and the Health Story implementation guides for Discharge Summary, six other types of common clinical documents, and unstructured documents that can carry any clinical content. The tool will help developers and implementers localize and publish CDA templates.

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HL7 Offers Free Ambassador Webinar-HL7 Version 2: Electronic Lab Reporting to Public Health

2011-07-09T01:48:00.001+10:00

Health Level Seven® International (HL7®), the global authority for interoperability and standards in healthcare information technology with members in 55 countries, will present a complimentary Ambassador webinar on the HL7 Version 2.5.1 Implementation Guide: Electronic Laboratory Reporting to Public Health on Wednesday, July 13 from 11:30 am – 12:30 pm EDT.

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HL7 and IHTSDO Expand Collaborative Efforts

2011-07-08T01:48:00.001+10:00

Health Level Seven® Inc. (HL7®), the global authority for interoperability and standards in health information technology, and the International Health Terminology Standards Development Organisation (IHTSDO®), the leading provider of standardized clinical terminology, today announced that they have expanded collaborative efforts that began in March 2009 with the signing of an official Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the two organizations. The closer collaboration will foster healthcare information interoperability and lead to improvements in patient safety by further facilitating the use of IHTSDO standards with HL7 standards.

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ACLA and HL7 Announce Approval of First-Ever Electronic Directory of Services (eDOS) Implementation Guide

2011-06-28T02:48:00.001+10:00

The American Clinical Laboratory Association (ACLA) and Health Level Seven® International (HL7®) announce the approval of the first-ever implementation guide in the laboratory industry for a reliable process to deliver a laboratory's electronic Directory of Service to those providers ordering laboratory services in a meaningful and constructive process.

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Doug Fridsma, M.D., Ph.D, to Keynote SOA in Healthcare Conference

2011-06-20T23:48:00.001+10:00

OMG® and Health Level Seven® International (HL7), along with Open Health Tools and the Business Ecology® Initiative, today announced that Doug Fridsma, M.D., Ph.D., Director of the Office of Standards and Interoperability in the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, will be giving a keynote address at the fourth annual SOA in Healthcare conference: "SOA Roadmap to Integration: Architecting Interoperability in Healthcare." The conference is on July 13-15, 2011 at the Hyatt Dulles, in Herndon, VA. Registration and program details may be found online at http://www.omg.org/hc-pr.

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HL7 Offers Free Ambassador Webinar-CDA® Release 2 and the CCD®: Standards for the Meaningful Exchange of Health Information and Clinical Summaries

2011-06-15T03:48:00.001+10:00

Health Level Seven® International (HL7®), the global authority for interoperability and standards in healthcare information technology with members in 55 countries, will present a complimentary Ambassador webinar on the HL7 Clinical Document Architecture Release 2.0 (CDA) and the Continuity of Care Document (CCD) on Wednesday, June 22 from 11:00 am – 12:00 noon EDT.

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Modeling Tutorial Track Added to SOA in Healthcare Conference

2011-06-14T03:48:00.001+10:00

OMG® and Health Level Seven® International (HL7), along with Open Health Tools and the Business Ecology® Initiative, today announced that a Modeling Tutorial track has been added to the fourth annual SOA in Healthcare conference: "SOA Road-map to Integration: Architecting Interoperability in Healthcare". The conference will be held July 13-15, 2011 at the Hyatt Dulles, in Herndon, VA. Registration and program details may be found online at http://www.omg.org/hc-pr.

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HL7 International Appoints ONC's Doug Fridsma, MD, PhD, to the Board of Directors

2011-06-01T01:48:00.001+10:00

Health Level Seven® International (HL7®), the global authority for interoperability and standards in healthcare information technology with members in 55 countries, today announced the appointment of Doug Fridsma, MD, PhD, director of the Office of Interoperability and Standards, Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC), to the HL7 Board of Directors.

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HL7 Offers Free Ambassador Webinar on the Electronic Health Record and Personal Health Record System Functional Models on May 31, 2011

2011-05-25T03:49:00.001+10:00

Health Level Seven® International (HL7®), the global authority for interoperability and standards in healthcare information technology with members in 55 countries, will present a complimentary Ambassador webinar on the HL7 Electronic Health Record System Functional Model (EHR-S FM) and the Personal Health Record System Functional Model (PHR-S FM) on Tuesday, May 31 from 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm EDT.

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Ivar Jacobson to Keynote SOA in Healthcare Conference

2011-05-19T00:50:00.001+10:00

OMG® and Health Level Seven® International (HL7), along with Open Health Tools and the Business Ecology® Initiative, today announced that Dr. Ivar Jacobson, Founder, Chairman and CTO, Ivar Jacobson International, will be giving a keynote address at the fourth annual SOA in Healthcare conference: "SOA Road-map to Integration: Architecting Interoperability in Healthcare". The conference will be held July 13-15, 2011 at the Hyatt Dulles, in Herndon, VA. Registration and program details may be found online at http://www.omg.org/hc-pr.

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SOA in Healthcare Conference: Program and First Keynote Announced

2011-05-13T03:49:00.000+10:00

OMG® and Health Level Seven® International (HL7), along with Open Health Tools and the Business Ecology® Initiative, today announced the first keynote and that the program for the fourth annual SOA in Healthcare conference: "SOA Road-map to Integration: Architecting Interoperability in Healthcare" is now available. The conference will be held July 13-15, 2011 at the Hyatt Dulles, in Herndon, VA. Registration and program details may be found online at http://www.omg.org/hc-pr.

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HL7 Publishes Plan-to-Plan Personal Health Record (PHR) Data Transfer Implementation Guide

2011-05-03T05:49:00.001+10:00

May 2, 2011-Health Level Seven International (HL7®) today announced the release of the Plan-to-Plan Personal Health Record (PHR) Data Transfer Implementation Guide. The HL7 CCD guide was created for the U.S. payer stakeholder community and is intended to be used with the Accredited Standards Committee (ASC) X12 Patient Information (275) Implementation Guide, to ensure consistency in the implementation of U.S. realm PHR data transfer functions between health plans.

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HL7, IHE and the Health Story Project Encourage HL7 Ballot Participation: Proposed Standards to Support Meaningful Use of EHR Systems

2011-04-29T05:48:00.001+10:00

HL7, IHE and the Health Story Project encourage review and comment on proposed health information exchange specifications that support meaningful use of electronic health record (EHR) systems.

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NCPDP and HL7 Announce New Chair and Chair Elect of the SCO, an Industry-wide Collaborative Focused on Healthcare Standardization and Interoperability

2011-04-21T07:49:00.001+10:00

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Health Level Seven Announces Newest Affiliate-HL7 Luxembourg

2011-04-19T04:49:00.001+10:00

Health Level Seven® (HL7®), the global authority on standards for interoperability of health information technology with members in 55 countries, today announced the addition of HL7 Luxembourg to its growing number of more than 30 affiliates. HL7 affiliates are a critical component of the increasing global scope and orientation of the HL7 family of standards.

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HL7 International to Host Free Ambassador Webinar-HL7 Standards for Meaningful Use on April 14, 2011

2011-04-07T01:49:00.001+10:00

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January 2011 WGM to be held In Sydney, Australia

2010-06-18T22:52:00.003+10:00

HL7 International will hold its first Working Meeting in 2011 from January 9-14 in Sydney Australia. Preliminary details here: Sydney 2011 HL7 Meeting

Phoenix WGM Report

2010-06-12T22:44:00.000+10:00

The Report of the Australia delegation from the January HL7 Working meeting in Phoenix is now available: http://www.e-health.standards.org.au/Portals/3/downloads/InternationalReports/FINAL%20HL7%20Meeting%20Report%20-%20Australia%20Jan%202010.pdf

Next HL7 International Working Meeting in Rio, Brazil!

2010-03-11T19:40:00.000+11:00

The next Working Meeting of HL7 International will be in Rio de Janiero, Brazil!

More info here: http://www.hl7.org/Events/brazil052010/

HL7 International meets in Phoenix, USA

2010-01-13T18:01:00.001+11:00

Join us at the HL7 International Working Group Meeting, Jan. 17-22 in Phoenix, USA: http://bit.ly/28f3QP

HL7 Australia Annual General Meeting

2009-12-07T17:46:00.001+11:00

At the HL7 Australia AGM on 23 November 2009 a new Board was elected:
President: David Rowlands
Vice-President: Max Walker
Hon. Treasurer: Richard Dixon-Hughes
Hon Secretary: Chris Lynton-Moll
Board members: Vince McCauley, Tony Nippard and Klaus Veil.

The AGM thanked Klaus for 8 years dedicated service as President and outgoing Board members Dick Harding and Jane Gilbert for their contributions to HL7 Australia.

For details see: www.HL7.org.au/2009-AGM.htm

Mid-Week Report - HL7 Working Meeting, Orlando, USA

2009-01-15T17:06:00.000+11:00

The Mid-Week Report from the HL7 Working Meeting in Orlando, USA, can be found here: www.HL7.org.au/HL7-WGM.htm

HL7 Global Working Meeting, Orlando, USA

2009-01-03T14:31:00.000+11:00

The first HL7 Working Meeting for 2009 will be held in Orlando, USA. About 500 international experts from the aprox. 30 local HL7 organisations are expected to attend.

Over 60 separate Work Groups, Committees, Boards and Councils ar elisted in the program and the educational track has 34 tutorials and education sessions!

For more details go to www.HL7.org/events/orlando012009

Joint Meeting of HL7 Australia and Standards Australia

2008-11-03T12:00:00.000+11:00

Since 2004 the annual Joint Meetings of the Standards Australia IT-014 Working Committees and the HL7 Australia membership have contributed much to the productive collaboration within the Australian e-Health Community. The 2008 Standards Australia / HL7 Australia Joint Meeting on December 4 & 5 2008 in Sydney will provide the opportunity to re-energise this collaboration and revitalise the work of the IT-014 Committees and Working Groups.

On Day 1 we will explore how SA's new business model can progress our Work Plan and will also hold routine committee meetings. The HL7 Symposium on Day 2 will give us cross-organisational insights and three implementation workshops on core e-health domains Pathology, Discharge Summaries and Terminologies.

More information at www.HL7.org.au/2008-IT014.htm

3rd HL7 e-Learning Course Commences

2008-10-17T13:31:00.000+11:00

The third of the highly successful distance education courses for HL7 V2.x, V3 and CDA has commenced. For more details see www.HL7.org.au/Education.htm!

Joint Initiative on Health Informatics Standardization

2008-05-11T18:02:00.000+10:00

Following their recent meeting in Dublin, the Joint Initiative on SDO Global Health Informatics Standardization has developed a Joint Initiative website. The website at www.Global-e-Health-Standards.org will be the reference point for information about the Joint Initiative and will hold public documents.

The site also has a link to the HL7-ISO-CEN Coordination Group, which meets at each HL7 Working Meeting.

The web site was donated by e-Health Web Services.

e-Health & Health Informatics Education

2008-04-25T11:13:00.000+10:00

Information on e-Health & Health Informatics Education to assist in choosing the right college or university is now available. Helpful links provide access to popular courses - residential and on-line.

Go to www.HL7.com.au/Healthcare-Informatics-Education.htm for more details.

HL7 Australia Training Courses

2008-04-04T00:35:00.000+11:00

HL7 Australia is continuing its series of HL7 training courses in 2008. The education program includes 1-day and 2-day courses for beginners, implementers and project managers.

For the detailed programs and on-line registration, go to www.coactive-events.com/registration.php

HL7 Australia supports 4th "Connectathon"

2008-03-22T23:39:00.000+11:00

The 4th IHE-Style "Connectathon" will be held in August/September 2008 in Melbourne. HL7 Australia will again support this interoperability event.

More details, see http://www.IHE.net.au

2008-01-23T22:17:00.000+11:00

New Business Plan 2008-09

HL7 Australia has updated its business plan for 2008-2009.

See www.HL7.org.au for more details.

HL7 CDA Education Seminar

2007-11-28T17:22:00.000+11:00

NEHTA in cooperation with HL7 Australia is holding a CDA education seminar on 5th December 2007 in Brisbane.

This seminar will be held in conjunction with two other concurrent e-health sessions:

"Web Services for e-Health – an Introduction"
"Identity Management in an e-Health Environment - Introducing the Technologies"

For more details & registration, go to www.slatteryit.com.au/nehta_tes07.html

Registrations for the CDA event have been brisk, so register asap.

PS: A copy of the CDA R2 Standard will be provided to participants!

HL7 Australia Test Posting

2007-11-27T12:57:00.000+11:00

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