HL7 International -Report-

Kai U. Heitmann, MD

University of Cologne (Germany) Heitmann Consulting and Services (The Netherlands) Director International Affiliates - HL7 Board of Directors Vice Chair HL7 user group Germany past Co-Chair XML Special Interest Group HL7 USA

HL7 Working Group Meeting San Antonio, TX (USA), May 2004

Update – Meeting Statistics / Board • International Participation – 75 International participants (of > 450)... – ... from 14 countries (15 UK, 12 CA, 10 AU, 9 JP, ...)

• Sunday: International Committee Meeting – > 55 participants ... – ... from 14 Countries, 14 Affiliates

• January 2004: Board of Directors – two new International members to the HL7 Board – three in total

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New Affiliates in Progress • HL7 France – Active since 2000 – preparation for becoming an official affilitate – Finalizing affiliates agreement in June

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Venezuela Malaysia Thailand Singapore Indonesia Baltic States (Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia) 3

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Argentina Australia Brazil Canada China Croatia Czech Republic Denmark Finland Germany Greece India Ireland Italy

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Japan Korea Lithuania Mexico New Zealand Poland Southern Africa Spain Switzerland Taiwan Netherlands Turkey United Kingdom 4

Affiliates meeting - Highlights • Co-Chair Restructuring of the Committee – – – –

International Director Four additional positions Nomination and voting thru affiliates Call for candidates, follow by formal vote after the San Diego WGM – Final appointment of the elected four co-chairs begin of April by Board of Directors

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IA Committee Co-Chair Positions Affiliate liaison getting and staying in contact with affiliates Klaus Veil (Australia)

HQ liaison close contact with HL7’s headquarter Laura Sato (United Kingdom) 6

IA Committee Co-Chair Positions Secretary meeting minutes, web representation and general documentation Jane Howarth (Canada)

Technical co-chair international technical specifications Miroslav Koncar (Croatia) 7

Affiliates meeting - Highlights • Revision Decision Making Process – Interim Version in effect – formal vote to follow

• Coordination of International Education efforts – – – –

Policy, Intellectual Properties Sharing Educational Material Certification Testing Educational Task Force to find language to cover these topics, to be published

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Affiliates meeting - Highlights • Affiliates „Profiles“ (Web, Booklet) – Short affiliate information, contacts, projects – Will be available soon – Also for new edition of the HL7 booklet 9

Affiliates meeting - Highlights • HL7 Roadshow, Prague – Reports on efforts in Eastern European Countries – Czech Republic, Croatia, Greece

• Baltic IT&T Conference Riga – Well attended IT conference – two days related to healthcare IT – Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia may establish a „Baltic States“ Affiliate 10

Newsletter International Column

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Upcoming International Meetings • 5th International Affiliates Meeting • 2nd International Meeting on the CDA

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Acapulco, Mexico

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6347 5th International Affiliates Meeting

2nd International Meeting on the CDA

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HL7 WGM May 1-6, 2005 • Full Working Group Meeting in The Netherlands – May 1-6, 2005 – Board Approved, Contract (to be) signed – Opportunity for special Educational Sessions

• Hotel & Conference Center – 12 miles from Amsterdam Airport – 2 miles from beach

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HL7 WGM May 1-6, 2005 – Venue

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Relationship to other SDO • CEN TC 251 – – – –

Several representatives in San Antonio Background: MoU between CEN and HL7 2000 Working Dinner Sunday, planned for every WGM now Topics • Ongoing harmonization efforts on – GPICs and CMETs – EHR concepts HL7 and CEN 13606 – D-MIM for EHR standard from CEN

• Mutual Visits HL7 - CEN • Joint Meetings at the WGM in May 2005 in the Netherlands

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Calendar • HL7 Working Meeting, San Antonio, USA May 2 - 7, 2004 • HL7 Plenary Meeting, Atlanta, USA September 26 - October 1, 2004 • 5th International Affiliates Meeting October 18+19, 2004, Acapulco, Mexico • 2nd International Conference on the CDA October 21+22, 2004, Acapulco, Mexico • HL7 Working Meeting, The Netherlands May 1-6, 2005 17

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