SEPTEMBER 2013

HL7 Mobile Health Work Group 101 By Gora Datta, Co-Chair, HL7 Mobile Health Work Group; Co-Lead, HL7 In- teroperability EHR Work Group; HL7 Ambassador; Group Chairman & CEO, CAL2CAL Corporation The HL7 Mobile Health (MH) Work Group is now • Identify and one year old! Over the past year, the work group promote mobile (WG) has rapidly matured from loosely held health concepts interested individuals to a cohesive group of ex- for interoper- perts that meets regularly. We welcome one and ability as Gora Datta all to join our Mobile Friday weekly calls every adopted and Friday at 11am ET. adapted for use in the mobile environment. • Coordinate and cooperate with other The group’s mission “The HL7 Mobile Health groups interested in using mobile health to Work Group creates and promotes health infor- promote health, wellness, public health, mation technology standards and frameworks for clinical, social media, and other settings. mobile health” captures the essence of its charter, • Provide a forum where HL7 members and as outlined: stakeholders collaborate in standardizing • Identify (and develop, as applicable) data to enable the secure exchange, storage, standards and functional requirements that analysis, and transmission of data and are specific to the mobile health environment. information for mobile applications and/ or mobile devices.

One of the challenges the group has is that it is one of the few HL7 groups (like the EHR WG) that is not domain specific; and is more horizontal in nature. Therefore, its charter cuts across other vertical/domain oriented (work) groups.

Given the tremendous interest and participation not only in the US but also globally, the HL7 Mobile Health WG is rapidly stepping up to identify and fill the gaps in the mobile health standards space. But before we delve into the areas on which the WG can and is focusing, let’s look at the various scenarios where mobile health is making its presence, scope and benefits felt: • Moving Around a Hospital: EHR system services follow providers around a hospital continued on next page

® Health Level Seven, HL7, CDA and FHIR are registered trademarks of Health Level Seven International, registered in the US Trademark Office • Independent Living: Assisted living • Easy access – Health information is just a In This Issue... draws on a range of mobile services tap/swipe away HL7 Mobile Health Work • Patient Empowerment: Support for long- • Security – Is health data safe and secure? Group 101...... 1-3 term conditions across a wide range of • Usability – Are senior citizens and lifestyles younger generations using mobile devices New HL7 Work Group Taking on Quality Information...... 3 • Individual Assistance: Behavioral health the same way? support anytime, anywhere • Affordability – Is there parity among users Update from Headquarters...... 4-5 • Trusted Messages: Leveraging simple from different income categories? Pilot to Ballot IHE Profiles messaging capability to provide critical • Social Media – Is redefining what is through HL7 Launched with private amongst friends the Healthy Weight Profile...... 6 services • Personal Health: Taking charge of one’s • Low and Middle Income Countries (LMIC) – Highest growth rate in adoption of FHIR® Connectathon 4 at the own health – wellness, healthy living, September Working Group mobile technology medication refill and reminders, fitness Meeting...... 6 • Interoperability – Many more devices, tracker, family member’s health (child 14th International HL7 systems and users to connect Interoperability Conference...... 7 immunization etc.) The HL7 Mobile Health WG is working on (or Transitions of Care and The use-cases/scenarios, the mobile healthcare Longitudinal Care Plans: plans on) developing related standards to fulfill The Need for Standards...... 8-9 activities, the benefits of mobile health, and the gaps that exist today: the opportunities for innovation for each of the PBS Metrics Update...... 10 1. MH Messaging Standards above scenarios will be covered in a subse- a. Use of mobile devices to send short but Education Department Corner...... 11 quent article. However, what is clear from the structured chunks of information for above scenarios is that mobile health is NOT Is HL7 Relevant to Clinicians?...... 12 rapid turnaround. Use of HL7 FHIR just a health app on a mobile device. resource may be one answer or critically HL7 Terminology Authority..... 13, 18 evaluate the need for a “mobile RIM” HL7 Version 3 Tools on Another area where mobile health is making a 2. MH Related Functional Model/Profile 64 bit Windows...... 14 big impact, even though it was not originally a. Mobile Health Functional Profile derived from the HL7 EHR System FDA Presents Unique Device envisaged, is the US Meaningful Use program, Identification...... 15 colloquially referred to as “MU”. As one re- Functional Model views the various rules for Stage 1 (published b. Mobile Health Functional Profile Congratulations on Passing derived from the HL7 PHR System the HL7 Certification Exams...... 16 in 2010-11), one will not note anything explicit pertaining to mobile health but there are subtle Functional Model Upcoming International Events.... 17 nudges toward it – in particular, encouraging c. Mobile Health System Functional Model based upon a minimal data set Save the Date for HIMSS 2014...... 17 patient involvement and engagement in the paradigm care process. MU Stage 2 (published in 2012- HL7 Benefactors...... 18 3. MH Document Architecture 13) builds upon this and creates opportunities a. At a first glance this might seem too HL7 Organizational Members 19-21 for mobile health – data integration and patient farfetched but think of this use case: 2013 Technical Steering engagement is foundational to this stage. MU you are on the road, in a foreign land, Committee Members ...... 22 Stage 3 (slated for publication in 2013-14) rules and out of your medicine(s). You go to are still evolving, but given the trend and the Steering Divisions...... 22 the local pharmacy but you don’t have rapid rise in the use and proliferation of mobile your prescription, and even if you do HL7 Work Group Co-Chairs...... 23-25 devices by both consumers (i.e., patients) the pharmacist is having difficulty HL7 Facilitators...... 26-27 and caregivers, it is safe to predict that mobile understanding language. In addition, health will become key and central to health- the medication may be branded with Affiliate Contacts...... 28 care access and delivery by one and all. a different name in that country. You HL7 Staff Members...... 29 find that the pharmacy has a kiosk Mobile health is making its impact felt and where you can “zap” your PHR device 2013 Board of Directors...... 30 seen in the following areas: continued on page 3 Educational Summits...... 31 Upcoming Working Group Meetings...... 32

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By Crystal Kallem, Floyd Eisenberg, Patty Craig, Chris Millet and Walter Suarez, MD, Co-Chairs of the Clinical Quality Information Work Group Crystal Kallem

With expanded emphasis on healthcare quality, is also collaborating with the Clinical Deci- HL7 formed the Clinical Quality Information sion Support WG in an effort to harmonize the Work Group (CQI WG) to provide a single point Quality Data Model (QDM) and Virtual Medical of entry for clinicians and others represent- Record (vMR). ing the quality community. The intent of the CQI WG is to work in concert with existing In addition to advancing important new proj- work groups to assure content of standards ects, the CQI WG will soon coordinate with the Floyd Eisenberg and templates is sufficient to enable secondary Structured Documents WG to discuss transi- use for quality and measurement. The CQI WG tioning the management and maintenance of will also coordinate with other work groups to various quality measurement and reporting complete active standards impacting quality standards to the CQI WG, including the Health measurement and reporting, provide required Quality Measure Format (HQMF/eMeasure), domain expertise to maintain and enhance QDM-based HQMF Implementation Guide, these standards, and identify and develop new and Quality Reporting Document Architecture standards, as needed, in collaboration with (QRDA) specifications. other HL7 work groups. The CQI WG co-chairs include Crystal Kallem, Chris Millet The CQI WG has a variety of work efforts un- Floyd Eisenberg, Walter Suarez, Patty Craig, derway. Most recently, the group compiled com- and Chris Millet. Those interested in participat- ments in response to the Centers for Medicare ing in CQI WG activities should join the listserv and Medicaid Services (CMS) Fiscal Year 2014 and participate in weekly CQI WG meetings Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) on Fridays from 1:00 – 3:00 pm ET US. For Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM). These additional information, visit http://wiki.hl7. comments were submitted to the HL7 Policy org/index.php?title=Clinical_Quality_Informa- Committee for inclusion in HL7’s public com- tion_Work_Group. ment response to the proposed rule. The group Walter Suarez, MD

HL7 Mobile Health Work Group 101, continued from page 2

(e.g. smart phone) onto the kiosk which in turn prints The MH WG is also looking into developing a Domain the prescription in the local language and the pharma- Analysis Model (DAM) for mobile health as well as a Domain cist refills the medication. This is not a science fiction Information Model (DIM) for mobile health or to leverage story – just think of debit cards working in any country work that already exists. and producing a local currency at the ATM. This was not possible 20 years ago, but today we don’t think about In summary, as we transition to a digital record framework (access, capture, and dissemination of information) use of currency when we travel. Just ask the millennial genera- mobile health will continue to rise. The HL7 Mobile Health tion – “What is a traveler’s check?” Work Group is poised to help fill the mobile health standards 4. MH Services gap that exists today. The advent of mobile devices and cloud computing will help focus on the need to develop MH services to As mobile devices become more and more ubiquitous, access- be developed ing our Health Information is only a few taps/swipes away!

SEPTEMBER 2013 3 Update from Headquarters HL7 Launches Educational Portal and Computer-based Mark McDougall Certification Testing By Mark McDougall, Executive Director, HL7

Online Education and managers, imple- Certification Testing menters, software Under the leadership of HL7’s Direc- engineers, clini- tor of Education, Sharon Chaplock, cians and business PhD, we are pleased to be launching analysts working two significant new services that will in the HL7 space. help educate and certify individuals The HL7 Educa- around the globe. tional Portal will be the home to a The HL7 Educa- library of webi- tion Portal aims nars on various to be a compre- topics of interest hensive source to HL7 members. of training and It will also pro- educational op- vide resources for Certification testing now available online from the convenience portunities for the those interested in of your own home HL7 community. learning the skills This dedicated needed to become by Kryterion, a leader in test de- Sharon Chaplock, space provides ac- HL7 certified specialists. velopment and delivery since 2001. PhD cess to information Kryterion has certified proctors that about professional HL7 has also recently launched our monitor all online test takers as well development and certification oppor- computer-based certification testing as those taking tests at one of their tunities beneficial to project/product service. This service will be provided over 400 testing centers around the world. It is important to note that those interested in taking the certifi- cation tests from their office or home will be required to have an external web camera that meets certain speci- fications. For more details on HL7’s new eductional offerings, please see Sharon Chaplock’s article on page 11.

May Meeting We served 369 attendees at our May Working Group meeting held in At- lanta, Georgia, May 5-10, 2013. Over 40 HL7 work groups convened meet- ings in Atlanta, of which 18 work groups conducted co-chair elections. Attendees also took advantage of 28 tutorials and three certification tests One of over 400 Kryterion High Stakes Online Secure Testing (HOST) Centers that week. 4 SEPTEMBER 2013 Meeting Sponsors I am also pleased to recognize the following organizations that sponsored key components of our recent May Working Group meeting in Atlanta, Georgia: • Beeler Consulting LLC • Eastern Informatics • Gordon Point Informatics • iNTERFACEWARE • Orion Health • SPARX Systems

The additional sponsorship support provided by these or- ganizations contributes heavily to HL7’s meeting budget and is much appreciated. 27th Plenary Meeting This year’s Plenary meeting May 2013 Working Group Meeting Sponsors is focusing on the timely topic of Care Coordination and HL7’s quake and Tsunami Tragedy, pleased to recognize our benefac- role in it. The slate of speakers and by Michio Kimura, MD, Chair, tors in all of our HL7 newsletters, on topics being covered is quite impres- HL7 Japan, Medical Informat- the HL7 website, in all of our HL7 sive. Highlights include: ics, Hamamatsu University press releases, and at all of our HL7 School of Medicine working group meetings. A special The Next Generation of Interoper- thank you is extended to the list of ability, by John Halamka, MD, MS, • Lessons Learned from the firms that represent our 2013 HL7 Chief Information Officer of the Beth Earthquake in Christchurch, Israel Deaconess Medical Center; benefactors and supporters. New Zealand, by David Hay, Chief Information Officer and Dean MD, Chair, HL7 New Zealand; for Technology at Harvard Medical Organizational Member Product Strategist, Orion School; Chair of the ONC Standards Firms Healthcare Committee. As listed on pages 19-21, HL7 is very proud to recognize the 711 organiza- Post-Acute Care: Building Upon a Evidence-Based Standards Devel- tions who are HL7 organizational Foundation and Current Synergy at opment for Care Coordination, by member companies. We sincerely CMS: Thinking Forward, by Stella Larry Garber, MD, Principal Investi- appreciate their ongoing support of Mandl, RN, BSN, BSW, PHN, Techni- gator, IMPACT; Medical Director for HL7 via their organizational mem- cal Advisor in the Division of Chron- Informatics, Reliant Medical Group bership dues. ic and Post-Acute Care at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) Importance of Interoperability and In Closing Workflow of Information Exchange I look forward to seeing many of Consumer Priorities for Health & for Transitions of Care, Planned and you at our 27th Annual Plenary & Care Planning in an Electronic Unplanned, by Terry O’Malley, MD, Environment, by Erin Mackay, As- Working Group Meeting in Cam- Director, Non-Acute Care Services, sociate Director, Health IT Programs, bridge, Massachusetts, September Partners HealthCare System, Inc. National Partnership for Women & 22-27. Until then, may you and Families your loved ones be blessed with Lessons Learned from the Boston good health and happiness. Marathon Bombing for IT, by Jim Noga, CIO, Partners HealthCare Benefactors and Supporters We are thrilled to have attracted System, Inc. the all time highest number of HL7 benefactors and supporters, who Care Coordination Challenges in are listed on page 19. Their sup- the Aftermath of Disaster, such as: port of HL7 is very much needed • Insights and Lessons Learned and sincerely appreciated. We are from the 2011 Tohoku Earth-

Photo above courtesy of Ken Rubin Photography SEPTEMBER 2013 5 Pilot to Ballot IHE Profiles through HL7 Launched with the

Healthy Weight Profile Keith Boone By Keith Boone, HL7 Liaison to Integrating the Enterprise, and Member of the HL7 International Board of Directors

In March of this year, HL7 and IHE announced an agree- be used to improve the feedback on this profile. The IHE ment to pilot joint balloting of IHE profiles through HL7. comment process is very similar to the HL7 ballot pro- The organizations agreed to ballot an HL7 CDA®-based IHE cess, and follows both HL7 and ANSI requirements that profile through the HL7 ballot process. In July, shortly after all comments must be addressed and responded to. HL7 the May Working Group Meeting, HL7 initiated this process agreed to allow the ballot feedback to be addressed during and announced the formation of an out-of-cycle ballot pool IHE meetings convened to resolve feedback on this profile. on the IHE Healthy Weight Profile, overlapping with the IHE agreed to coordinate with the HL7 work group spon- IHE Public Comment Period. This HL7 ballot uses the least soring the ballot, and allow HL7 balloters to participate in restrictive of our balloting forms, the ballot for public com- that IHE meeting to resolve their comments. ment, to incur the least additional load on both HL7 and IHE members during this exploration. Both IHE and HL7 have already learned a great deal about what it means to work together jointly on a project of this We are still in the early stages of the pilot. The purpose of nature, and expect to learn more as it progresses. This this first ballot is simply to explore the processes, work- project could not have been initiated if there had not flows, and issues raised by jointly balloting IHE profiles already been close coordination by members involved through HL7. The Healthy Weight Profile will remain the across the two organizations. intellectual property of IHE, and the HL7 feedback will

FHIR® Connectathon 4 at the September Working Group Meeting By David Hay, MD, Connectathon Planning Team Member

The fourth FHIR Connectathon will be held on Saturday, The overall connectathon organiza- September 21, 2013 and the morning (9 am - 12:30 pm) of tion remains the same with Saturday David Hay, MD Sunday, September 22, 2013 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, for preparation, and Sunday morning prior to the HL7 Working Group Meeting. being the actual testing against the scenarios.

This connectathon marks an important milestone for We will be publishing the details of those who success- FHIR, as it will be the final connectathon before the fully complete the scenarios on the connectathon page DSTU publication. Feedback from the connectathon can (unless people wish otherwise). still influence the contents of the Draft Standard for Trial Use (DSTU). Another change is that the registration process is inte- grated with the WGM registration process – it is an option As the specification has matured considerably since the when registering for the WGM, and there is a small charge last connectathon, this time we have included scenarios ($50) to partially cover the costs of hosting the event. that relate to the use of FHIR for Personal Health Records As always, the number of participants is limited, so please (PHR) as well as the more simple resource lookup sce- register early! narios that we have had previously. These PHR scenarios will require a system to be able to search for documents of Connectathon details (including the scenarios) may be varying types (similar functionality to the IHE XDS docu- found at http://wiki.hl7.org/index.php?title=FHIR_Con- ment query profiles – Registry Stored Query and Retrieve nectathon_4. Document Set) and to search for some clinical resources associated with a patient. 6 SEPTEMBER 2013 14th International HL7 Interoperability Conference Trish Williams, PhD (IHIC 2013) Achieving Reality in eHealth Interoperability – Today and Tomorrow By Dr. Trish Williams, Member, IHIC 2013 Program Executive Committee; and Member, HL7 Australia Board

HL7 Australia is honored to have been selected as the host • Future of HL7 Version 2 for the 14th International HL7 Interoperability Conference Important Dates: 2013 (IHIC 2013), which will be held October 28-29, 2013 • Notification to authors: September 15, 2013 in Sydney, Australia. This event will also include a FHIR® • Camera-ready papers due: September 30, 2013 Connectathon. • IHIC: October 28–29, 2013

IHIC promotes world-wide engagement and thought pro- To promote engagement by younger HL7 enthusiasts, voking discussion in research and industry application of authors less than 35 years of age who are judged as HL7. This annual two-day event brings together submitting the best paper, will be awarded implementers, information architects, and the Joachim W. Dudeck Award. This award researchers working on eHealth interoperability. distinguishes extraordinary achievements in IHIC provides a forum for implementers and developing and/or implementing HL7-based researchers to present and discuss concepts, interoperability solutions, as well as promot- models, implementations and innovations for ing the use of HL7 and its harmonization interoperable eHealth solutions. The confer- with other specifications performed by young ence also aims to play the role of an interface HL7 community members. It is awarded by between research, science and the business of the HL7 International Council at the annual healthcare. International HL7 Interoperability Confer- ence. The award was introduced in 2011 HL7 Australia invites implementers, academics and in memory and honour of the outstanding physician, other researchers to submit papers to be presented at the scientist, lecturer and standards developer Joachim W. conference and published in the conference proceedings Dudeck (Giessen, Germany). Joachim Dudeck was the as either industry contributions or research papers. The founder and long-term Chair of HL7 Germany, the first papers will be double blind peer reviewed by at least two Affiliate Director at the HL7 International Board of Direc- reviewers. It has been proposed that selected research tors, and author or contributor of many specifications papers be published in a special issue of an appropriate around HL7 and XML in health informatics. internationally recognized health informatics “Electronic Journal of Health Informatics”. This year’s IHIC 2013 Program Executive Committee consists of Dr. Trish Williams (HL7 Security Co-Chair and This year’s conference topics include, but are not limited to: HL7 Australia Board), Richard Dixon-Hughes (Chair of • Emerging developments, in particular: HL7 Australia and HL7 Advisory Council) and Amy Mayer • the semantic web (HL7 Australia Board). • application of web services/SOA • clinical modelling Please join us in the city that boasts the most beauti- • clinical decision support and knowledge resources ful harbor in the world. Why not come to Sydney and • mobile health whilst being inspired by its magnificent views, contrib- • Convergence in standards implementation – HL7, ute your knowledge and expertise, and share experienc- IHE, Continua Alliance and other standards es with like-minded healthcare interoperability experts development organizations and inspirational industry leaders? • HL7/FHIR® (Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources) More information can be found on the IHIC 2013 website • CDA® implementation and innovation – particularly http://ihic2013.org.au or email: [email protected] international use of Consolidated CDA • Modelling business process and clinical workflow – models and impacts SEPTEMBER 2013 7 Transitions of Care and Longitudinal Care Plans: Terrence O’Malley, MD The Need for Standards By Terrence O’Malley, MD, Medical Director, Non-Acute Care services, Partners HealthCare System, Inc.; Larry Garber, MD, Medical Director for Informatics, Reliant Medical Group; and Russell Leftwich, MD, Chair of HL7 Professional Engagement and Chief Medical Officer, Office of eHealth Initiatives

Why transitions? Why care plans? per person compared to an average treatment plan, Why standards? The world of health- expenditure of $2,000 for individu- which is usually care is changing and new tools are als with 0-1 chronic conditions. 70% condition-specific needed to meet new demands. The of these patients have one or more and defines the Larry Garber, MD biggest change is the shift in payment emergency room (ER) visits, 27% proposed interven- methodology from fee-for-service have three or more ER visits per year, tions to address (FFS) with volume driven payments, and 63% have one or more hospital- a specific health to new global, population based izations. In addition, 16% have three concern. The payments. The incentives shift from or more hospitalizations, and 41% principle health- maximizing the volume of proce- of them have at least one encounter care providers dures, visits, admissions and tests to per year with post-acute care services for patients who providing the patient with the appro- (e.g. skilled nursing facility or home require several priate amount of services in the least health agency). According to the 2012 treatment plans for expensive appropriate setting to meet Medicare Chartbook, the same 14% concurrent condi- Russell Leftwich, MD their needs in a timely manner. of Medicare patients account for 70% tions will con- of all 30 day hospital readmissions. solidate these treatment plans into a Transitions of care are critical to this plan of care, thereby reconciling the process because they are periods of This is the population that fuels the potentially conflicting interventions high risk for the patient. If informa- high volume of healthcare services. and prioritizing the problems and tion that is essential to the patient’s The average Medicare patient is cared interventions that are of the great- care fails to arrive on time, or at all, for by more than seven healthcare est importance to the patient. None in a format that is useful, the likeli- providers. FFS payments neither en- of these tasks, treatment plans, or hood of an adverse event increases. courage nor support the exchange of plans of care requires the exchange of Adverse events include failure to information across these sites, nor do information. However, the likelihood continue appropriate treatments or they support the exchange of a care of conflicting interventions and mis- medications, failure to act on pend- plan to coordinate care. This may prioritization increases when patients ing tests, and inability to reach a be in part due to the fact that there received treatments from multiple “sender” for clarification. The more are few adverse consequences to the providers. A more elaborate process transitions that a patient experiences, provider, facility or network for a is required for this group of patients: the greater the risk for failure. failed transition of care or a care plan a care plan needs to be developed that is not followed because failures that consolidates all of the treatment In the US, the shift in payment mod- are another driver of volume and plans and plans of care so they can els is being driven by the fact that increased revenue under FFS. be harmonized and reconciled. 14% of Medicare patients with six or more chronic conditions account for These patients require a much more A critical requirement of a care plan nearly 50% of total Medicare spend- elaborate process to define, update is that it can be exchanged among ing. The average annual expenditure and reconcile the changing elements many different providers in multiple for these patients is over $32,000 of their care. All patients have a sites of care. Care plans and compre-

8 SEPTEMBER 2013 hensive care transition documents Information Technology (ONC) The findings of the IMPACT study are the technology-enabled tools funded the IMPACT (Improving Mas- have subsequently been vetted that the new healthcare systems sachusetts Post-Acute Care Trans- through ONC’s S&I Framework require. They rest on the capability fers) project to answer that ques- Longitudinal Coordination of Care to exchange standardized informa- tion. IMPACT surveyed numerous Workgroup as well as by numer- tion among different care providers healthcare team members including ous state, national and international in order to achieve the high level of physicians, nurses, social workers, organizations. Based on the feedback coordination that is necessary. Tight therapists, and patients from hos- from this process, refined data sets transitions of care and the exchange pitals, nursing facilities, physician have been developed, focusing on the of care plans become the glue that practices, home health agencies, full Transfer of Care Summary (e.g. joins the various pieces of this community based organizations transfer from one care setting and complex healthcare system. Because and others, asking what healthcare care team to an entirely new setting very few organizations have de- information they needed. Over 1,000 and team, including home health), ployed a common health information survey responses were evaluated the Request for Consultation (e.g. to platform, this information will be and the findings were remarkable. a specialist or ER), the Consult Note exchanged between platforms rather First, IMPACT found that out of all (e.g. from a specialist or ER), the Care than just within one platform. This healthcare providers, home health Plan, and the Home Health Plan of is why standards are important. nurses had the broadest information Care (AKA CMS-485). There was also requirements, amounting to almost the recognition that the Home Health It is the growth of global payment 500 data elements. In retrospect, Plan of Care will require an elec- models, such as accountable care this makes sense. When a patient tronic or digital signature. Multiple US organizations (ACOs) with popula- is sent from a hospital to a nursing organizations such as ONC, Centers tion health management, that is facility where they will need oxy- for Medicare & Medicaid Services propelling the development of ex- gen, wound dressing supplies and a (CMS), Assistant Secretary for Plan- changeable plans of care and a lon- wheelchair, the nursing facility has ning and Evaluation (ASPE), New gitudinal care plan for these com- one vendor that supplies each of York eHealth Collaborative (NYeC), plex patients who receive care from these. In contrast, when a patient is Healthix, and Continuum of Care multiple providers in different sites sent home and needs these, dozens Improvement Through Information of care. Under global payments, a of vendors could potentially sup- New York (CCITINY), have provided failed transition or care provided ply these, based on the patient’s financial support to the S&I Frame- outside of a care plan represents location and insurance. The home work and Lantana Consulting Group not only a patient quality and safety health nurse needs to know which to facilitate the HL7 balloting process issue, but also potentially avoidable vendors were contacted to deliver for updating the C-CDA with updated costs with lost revenue. As such, these so they know who to call and new document types to accom- the priority for transitions and care if the supplies don’t arrive at the modate these data sets in September. plans is now much higher. Without patient’s home. ONC’s Health Information Technology the capabilities to electronically Policy Committee is considering speci- exchange essential clinical data at IMPACT also compared these ~500 fying support for these new C-CDA the time of transitions of care, and data elements to those in the HL7 documents as part of their 2016 EHR the ability to share interoperable Consolidated CDA® Implementation certification criteria. care plans among the expanding list Guide (C-CDA) and discovered that of providers of healthcare service for nearly 20% of the data elements With these new evidence-based this population, the ACOs will have did not have a template that could standards in place and EHRs capable difficulty meeting their twin goals of adequately convey the information. of utilizing them, there will finally reducing costs of care while improv- What are the parameters for the be hope for truly coordinated care. ing quality. patient’s Total Parenteral Nutrition? The winners will not only be provid- What are the patient’s pertinent ers who receive global payments But what standards? Aren’t the religious beliefs and practices (which in ACOs or the US taxpayers that current HL7 standards sufficient is different than “religion”)? What fund the cost of Medicare, but more to meet the needs of the modern are the expected milestones for the importantly, the patients who will healthcare system? The US Office of patient’s physical therapy plan? receive higher quality and safer care. the National Coordinator for Health

SEPTEMBER 2013 9 PBS Metrics Update By the PBS Metrics Team composed of HL7 International Staff Members Dave Hamill, Director, Project Management Office; Lynn Laakso, TSC Project Manager; Don Lloyd, PhD, Director of Technical Publications; and Karen Van Hentenryck, Associate Executive Director Dave Hamill

How to Use the PBS Metrics Excel File sion or TSC approval. Note that work Are you puzzled when presented with the PBS Metrics Ex- groups need to notify the PMO about cel spreadsheet (Projects, Ballots and Standards)? The best any updates made to their 3-Year Plan. place to start is to review the “Helpful Hints” tab within the spreadsheet. This tab provides details about all of the data Three-year plans are used in the prepa- within the file. ration and evaluation of organizational strategies as well as to assess the align- Next, review your work group’s “Report Card”. Identify ment of proposed work group projects Lynn Laakso which areas are marked yellow or red. For those areas, with the published strategies of the either click on the respective tab or refer back to the “Help- working group. Thus, proposed projects ful Hints” to determine where to find more information on that do not fit into any of the currently those infractions. accepted strategies would be deemed out of scope for the organization, but Project Health is the one column in the Report Card that could be considered for inclusion in is a combination of values from other Report Card data. future strategic initiatives when the Unlike the other figures within the Report Card, there is no roadmap is updated. separate tab associated with Project Health. PBS Metrics Reports and Don Lloyd, PhD Project Health is based on the infractions listed below. Dashboard Project Health is red when two or more of the following are The PBS Metrics reporting and dash- designated red; Project Health is yellow when one of the boards are easily accessible via the following is red. The cell containing the name of the work Reports link on your work group’s HL7. group will match the Project Health color. org page. The Excel report resides • Recirculation (items which have passed Normative on GForge within the TSC’s File area ballot but have outstanding negatives that will require (http://gforge.hl7.org/gf/project/tsc/ a recirculation ballot to be published) frs/?action=FrsReleaseBrowse&frs_pack- • Unpublished Ballots (items that are “finished” age_id=169). Karen Van (passed by numbers and reconciliation is complete) Hentenryck but unpublished (not in the Normative Edition or on The PBS Metrics Report was created to the HL7 Standards page)) support the HL7 Strategic Initiative to “streamline the HL7 • Missing 3-Year Plan Items (i.e. there are no 3YP items standards development process”. It is intended to be a tool in Project Insight for the work group) to assist work groups with managing ballots in addition to • % of Project Insight Items Behind>120 Days is cleaning up projects and old data. By reviewing the reports, greater than 33% work groups can identify potential issues before they get out of hand as well as move items through balloting to a Creating a 3-Year Plan final document or standard state. 3-Year Plan items can be submitted to the HL7 PMO ([email protected]) however a work group chooses. Most If you have any questions or comments, please direct them work groups email an Excel spreadsheet as that provides to any PBS Metrics team member: Dave Hamill an easy way to review, maintain and update the plan going ([email protected]), Lynn Laakso ([email protected]), forward. Each item needs a title, start date and end date. Don Lloyd ([email protected]) and Karen Van Hentenryck That’s it. A Project Scope Statement does not have to be ([email protected]). filled out, nor do 3-Year Plan items need Steering Divi- 10 SEPTEMBER 2013 Education Department Corner Sharon Chaplock, PhD By Sharon Chaplock, PhD, HL7 Director of Education

Computer-based Testing (http://shopping.netsuite.com/kry- From the webinar library in the portal, Until recently, individuals seeking terion). Software is downloaded from HL7 stakeholders will be able to view HL7 certification had only one option Kryterion’s website to enable secure webinar recordings on-demand from to take HL7 certification exams – by exam delivery and each individual’s anywhere in the world. Expert instruc- paper and pencil at scheduled events, identity is authenticated during the tors who are practicing professionals such as HL7 educational summits, registration process. Testing occurs via address a wide-range of topics, includ- working group meetings; company- webcam by a remote online proctor. ing core competencies for certification, sponsored onsite testing or at an industry best practices, and trends HL7 affiliate site outside the US. In Results from either testing method in the field. Each webinar includes a response to its stakeholder’s requests are displayed immediately upon combination of lectures, demonstra- to provide computer based testing submittal of the completed test and tions, question and answer sessions (CBT) and testing at testing centers, certificates will be emailed directly to and often, student engagement activi- HL7 has worked diligently in recent successful individuals; thus individu- ties, all designed to enhance the learn- months in order to offer this option to als will no longer have to wait weeks ing experience. its stakeholders. Effective July 1, HL7 for their results and/or certificates! is pleased to announce that, in addi- Please check the HL7 website for The education portal will have the fol- tion to the traditional paper and pencil more details and registration informa- lowing items available in the Webinar exams currently offered, individuals tion at http://www.hl7.org/imple- Library when it launches: may opt for computer based testing ment/certification.cfm • Meaningful Use Stage 2 Series from their home or workplace, or at (8 webinars) an exam testing center. As a result, Education Portal • Skill Building for Certification test-takers can schedule exams accord- HL7 is launching an education portal Preparation series, including: ing to their personal availability and at that will provide a gateway to infor- • Introduction to Version 2 a location of their choice. mation about professional develop- (4 webinars) ment resources related to the stan- • Introduction to Version 3 RIM HL7 has chosen Kryterion to part- dards and to specialist certifications. (4 webinars) ner with to administer its certifica- The web-based portal is designed to • Introduction to Clinical Data tion exams at over 400 High Stakes serve as a highly accessible central Architecture (CDA®) Online Secure Testing Centers (HOST) repository for both paid and free • Advanced CDA world-wide. For a list of HOST loca- training and education materials for • V3 RIM Specialist Exam tions, please click here: http://www. HL7 constituents worldwide. Webinar Review (2 webinars) kryteriononline.com/test_centers/. recordings, self-paced courses and • How to Design & Deliver an HL7 online certification information will Tutorial (1 webinar) FREE Individuals may also choose online be easily accessed and beneficial to • Link to Ambassador and other proctored testing from the comfort of project and product managers, imple- free webinars their own computers anywhere in the menters, software engineers, clini- world, as long as they have Inter- cians and business analysts working The HL7 Education Portal is coming net access and an external webcam within the HL7 space who wish to soon. Please watch the HL7 website that meets Kryterion’s specifications deepen their knowledge. for more details.

SEPTEMBER 2013 11 Is HL7 Relevant to Clinicians? By Dr. Adam Chee, PhD, Chair, HL7 Singapore Adam Chee, PhD

As part of our ongoing quest “To cre- I was dumbfounded; never in my HL7 International launched a health ate a Singapore Healthcare Standards wildest imagination ever did I expect professional membership category Community where users, providers this. To express the level of shock I about a year ago and the objective is and suppliers can build consensus went into – a ‘flying kangaroo’ would to provide a direct channel for health on healthcare standards to enable have been deemed to be normal. professionals to participate and ensure IT systems technical, semantic and that the standards developed through process interoperability of healthcare After recomposing myself, I thought I HL7 offers practical value for real information to improve patient-centric would seize the opportunity to bridge world adoption though; care delivery across the healthcare con- the information gap and impress upon • Active sharing of clinical require- tinuum,” HL7 Singapore established the CMIO all the good work done ments for standards needed to several goals for the year 2013, with by HL7 as an international organiz- support an increasingly patient-cen- outreach ranking on top. tion, including the various standards tered healthcare system developed, activities of the local affili- • Provision of feedback, particu- This translates to the engagement ate and how some of these standards larly to those concerning usability of educational institutions, eHealth are currently supporting the eHealth and workflow solution providers, healthcare provid- initiatives in Singapore. ers, and basically anyone who would On reflection, while the goals of listen. This includes traditional IT I ended the conversation segment by HL7 Singapore (to build a Singapore professionals, biomedical engineers, seeking the CMIO’s opinion healthcare standards community conference organizers, etc. on how HL7 Singapore can be more where all stakeholders – including effective in reaching out to clinicians. clinicians, can make a difference) To be perfectly honest, I had the pales slightly in comparison to the impression that we were making great The answer was a brutal one – “Don’t objectives mentioned above, the progress, that is until I met a particu- bother because clinicians will not be general direction are the same –seek- lar Chief Medical Information Officer interested in complicated technical ing the domain expertise and opinions (CMIO). To explain the context, this standards like HL7; they are more of health professionals to ensure the particular CMIO wields not only con- familiar with ICD or SNOMED, which work we do at HL7 remains contextu- siderable respect from fellow CMIOs, are relevant to their profession.” ally relevant! but also the entire eHealth commu- nity in Singapore. Hence, I initiated a To be honest, after my conversation Outreach meeting with him, hoping to gain his with the CMIO, the question “is HL7 As I pen this article, the question ‘seal of approval’ for HL7 Singapore relevant to clinicians?” lingered on that lingers in my mind is not if HL7 (as I was also trying to attract more my mind for days. Hence, I sought to is relevant; rather, I am mulling over corporate sponsors to ensure financial reaffirm my thoughts on the subject the best advocacy approach to the sustainability). by speaking with clinicians who CMIO. Perhaps I will not be success- switched careers to eHealth, hoping ful in reaching out to clinicians this Decorum-wise, the meeting went to gain some insights on how to best year but there is always next year! To very well; objective-wise, it was advocate to clinicians. The opinions quote Thomas A. Edison, “I have not downright pitiful for me (as the I gathered varied, but there was one failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways Chairperson of HL7 Singapore). The message in common – HL7 shouldn’t that won’t work” and I take comfort CMIO expressed that while he has be just about IT, it is about enabling in knowing that I am not alone in my heard of the term ‘HL7’ on countless interoperability that helps improve the outreach efforts. occasions, he has no clue what HL7 overall care delivery process. really translates to in terms of its in- To my fellow colleagues in HL7 Inter- tended purposes, what roles it plays, So is HL7 Relevant to national, let us persevere as a com- and how it fulfills these roles. All he Clinicians? munity and move forward together in knows (and cares about) is that all So is HL7 relevant to clinicians? I per- this journey. eHealth solutions be ‘HL7 compli- sonally think so and I take comfort in ant’ and that’s that. knowing that HL7 International thinks so too.

12 SEPTEMBER 2013 The HL7 Terminology Authority John Quinn By John Quinn, HL7 CTO

The HL7 Board of Directors, at the The HL7 Terminology Authority (HTA) The Purpose of the HTA request of the International Health is responsible for developing and The HTA will be a representative Terminologies Standards Develop- managing the HL7 organizational pro- body of HL7 International that will ment Organization (IHTSDO) Termi- cesses that are necessary for external provide timely and high quality nology Work Group, has created The terminology management. The HTA terminology products and services HL7 Terminology Authority. HL7 has will work with the existing HL7 Vo- to meet HL7’s and its customer’s an existing Statement of Understand- cabulary Work Group and, in as much business needs. The HTA will also ing (SOU) with IHTSDO and is in as possible, the process that already provide a single point of contact and need of a formal governance group to exists around terminologies and HL7. communication with external termi- manage not only this relationship but The HTA is intended, at this point, nology SDOs that have an existing our relationship with other terminol- to also complement our existing HL7 formal Statement of Understanding ogy development organizations. harmonization procedures. continued on page 18

Member Spotlight on Frank Oemig, PhD

Frank Oemig, PhD, has been involved with HL7 for 2.x suite of messaging standards, which helps users 20 years and became a member of the HL7 Germany implement the standard more easily and efficiently. affiliate shortly after its inception in 1993. He is a In addition, Frank was awarded the HL7 Volunteer of “standards geek,” as others would call it, the Year Award in 2002 and was accepted as who has worked in programming for 33 an HL7 Fellow in 2012. years and in the healthcare informa- tion technology industry for 22 Frank currently resides in Mülheim, years. For the past seven years, he a small town north east of Düssel- has worked for Agfa Healthcare. dorf, where he has lived since his Prior to that, he was a freelance childhood. He has been married consultant for five years. Frank to his wife Anja for 20 years and received a degree in computer has two children — a ten year- science with medicine from old son named Fabian and a University in Dortmund in twelve year-old daughter named 1989. In 2011, he completed Alina. Aside from spending time his PhD in communication with his family, Frank enjoys standards ontology (CSO) from kite flying, scuba diving and the University in Regensburg. photography. He has been diving Additionally, he holds a certificate in the Maldives, Florida and the for medical informatics from the Mediterranean Sea and is certified in GMDS/GI association. cave and shipwreck diving. His family is his favorite photography subject, but he As a long-time member of HL7, Frank has is also partial to shooting scenes from nature been a key contributor to several HL7 initiatives. He and architecture. Another hobby that Frank partici- has served as a originator and co-chair of the Per- pates in during business trips is geocaching, which is sonnel Management Work Group (1998-2003) and a modern day treasure hunt with GPS devices. He re- co-chair of the Conformance & Guidance for Imple- leased the HL7 Affiliate World Traveler at the January mentation/Testing Work Group since 2005. He is also 2012 Working Group Meeting in San Antonio, which a facilitator for the Publishing Work Group, where he is now lost near Vienna, Austria. The second one was has helped add an international perspective. Frank started at the January 2013 Working Group Meeting is the author of the Access Database for the Version in Phoenix. It is is currently close to Quebec, Canada.

SEPTEMBER 2013 13 HL7 Version 3 Tools

on 64 bit Windows Andy Stechishin

By Andy Stechishin, Co-Chair, HL7 Tooling and Publishing Work Groups, and Co-Chair, Technical and Support Services Steering Division—HL7 Technical Steering Committee; and George “Woody” Beeler, PhD, Co-Chair, HL7 Modeling and Methodology and Publishing Work Groups, and Co-Chair, Foundation and Technology Steering Division—HL7 Technical Steering Committee

With the increased acceptance and use of the 64 bit Designer to run with 64 bit Visio 2010 Windows operating system by HL7 members, the Tool- would entail a substantial rewrite of ing Work Group has noticed that certain issues and the RMIM Designer.) George “Woody” Beeler, PhD problems are occurring more frequently in the tool suite that supports Version 3 standards development. Woody The Tooling Work Group carefully considered the implica- Beeler invested considerable effort researching the issue tions of both initiating the rewrite and maintaining sta- on the web and via Microsoft’s knowledge base and tus quo. Tooling was unable to justify proceeding with a brought the results of the research back to the Tooling rewrite of the RMIM Designer at the current time, leaving Work Group for consideration. HL7 members with the following options:

The Tooling Work Group has managed, with the aid of our 1. Install 32-bit Office 2010 in order to use Visio 2010 on corporate members and the efforts of volunteers, to provide a 64-bit operating system; or a reasonably comprehensive set of tools to support the pro- 2. Install a different, 32-bit release of Visio (such as cesses of HL7 in the development of high-quality health- 2007) alongside 64-bit Office 2010. care standards. However, these resources are not limitless and sometimes compromises are Both of these options have been necessary. The source of the is- The Tooling Work Group has verified to work under Windows sues limits the environments that 7, as well as Windows 8, and the can support the RMIM Designer managed, with the aid of our pre-release of Visio 2013. for the immediate future. corporate members and the ef- forts of volunteers, to provide Given suitable interest, a re- In short, Microsoft does not write of RMIM Designer could support a set of software pieces a reasonably comprehensive be possible in the future. The (controls for dialog boxes to set of tools to support the pro- Tooling Work Group felt that be exact) that were commonly cesses of HL7 in the develop- the RMIM Designer would be used in the 32 bit versions of ment of high-quality health- usable by almost the entire Windows and/or Office in the current user base. However, 64 bit versions. The RMIM care standards. we (the Tooling Work Group) Designer will not run with 64 would like to hear your opin- bit Visio 2010 (Visio is a member of ion. Please either join our tele- the “Office Suite”). Furthermore, because these software conferences or post a message to our list server (tool- components are shared across a release of the Office suite, [email protected]). And of course, we are always looking it is not possible to install 32 bit Visio 2010 when running for volunteers to help create interesting and useful 64 bit Office 2010. (The only solution to enable the RMIM software tools for the HL7 community.

14 SEPTEMBER 2013 FDA Presents Unique

Terrie Reed Device Identification to the HL7 Community at the 27th Annual Plenary & September Working Group Meeting

By Terrie Reed, MSIE, Associate Director of Informatics, FDA/CDRH; Erin Fields and Leslie Thompkins, Informatics Staff, FDA

In 2007, the US and Radiological Health (CDRH), has ing, inventory, adverse event report- Erin Fields Food and Drug been actively participating in SPL ing, and medical device recalls. Incor- Administration ballots, as well as CPM and Regulated poration of UDI and its associated Amendments Act Product Submission (RPS) ballots. attributes into HL7 standards for the (FDAAA) gave the At the September Annual Plenary & US realm is one important step toward FDA the author- Working Group Meeting (WGM) the realizing those benefits. ity to establish FDA CDRH team will request sup- a Unique Device At HL7’s September & Identification Plenary Working Group (UDI) system The UDI system has the po- Meeting, Terrie Reed, As- for medical sociate Director Informatics Linda Tompkins tential to positively impact devices. The medical device identification, with the FDA, will be giving FDA published presentations to help the the proposed rule, “Unique Device resulting in better device HL7 community understand Identification System,” in the Fed- documentation in electronic what the UDI is and how eral Register on July 10, 2012, and a health records (EHRs), medi- the UDI implementation final rule is expected to be published of the Common Product soon. This rule would require all cal billing, inventory, adverse Model will impact the medical devices, unless excepted, event reporting, and medical standards/implementation to bear a unique identifier on its device recalls. guides of a number of HL7 label and device companies to enter work groups, including Fast a standard set of associated device Healthcare Interoperability identification data to the FDA-admin- port from HL7 work groups and the Resources (FHIR®), Infrastructure and istered Global Unique Device Identifi- broader HL7 community to achieve Messaging, Orders and Observations, cation Database (GUDID). UDI incorporation into appropriate Health Care Devices, and Structured HL7 standards associated with clini- Documents. We will be reaching The UDI identifier itself and its associ- cal, administrative and interoperable out to them, and others as needed, ated attributes are modeled within the healthcare device messages in the to determine how to best enable all Common Product Model (CPM) and US realm. The UDI system has the relevant standards/implementation we intend to accept GUDID submis- potential to positively impact medical guides to support the transmission of sions in HL7 Structured Product La- device identification, resulting in bet- UDI data as soon as possible. beling (SPL) format. The informatics ter device documentation in electronic team, within FDA’s Center for Devices health records (EHRs), medical bill-

SEPTEMBER 2013 15 Congratulations ttttttttttttttttttttt To the following people who recently passed the HL7 Certification Exams

Certified HL7 HL7 India June 21, 2013 Jian Yang Version 2.7 Chapter Albert Font Valverde Lele Yang 2 Control Specialist April 13, 2013 Ivan Labajos Rodríguez Fan Zeng H G Devanand Cristina Mollá García Lin Zhang May 9, 2013 Zeeta D’Souza Martí Pàmies Solà Ben Zhang Eric M. Haas Pooja Radhakrishna Iryna Perih Lin Zheng David W. Harris Thilak Raj David Rodríguez Cocinero Qin Zhu Alexander Henket Usha Sekhar Nan Zhou Rahul Sharma Vamsi Konduru Certified HL7 CDA Namitha V A Ulrike G.Merrick Specialist HL7 India Anita Upare Elba G. Peralta-Cole Brian Scheller May 9, 2013 May 25, 2013 April 27, 2013 Marcin S. Grudzien Dinesh Cheluvegal Thejaswini. C.N June 8, 2013 George Koromia Balasundara C. Navya Kumari Patricia E. Barbe Russell Ott Vijayaprabha Christopher D. Duskin Toril O. Reite HL7 Spain Nalubolupapaiah Robert A. Paden Alan J. Vitale Vijaya Bhaskar R Elisa A. Samuels June 19, 2013 Saira Firdose Rahemulla David K. Thomas HL7 Canada Santiago Borrás Natividad May 25, 2013 June 19, 2013 March 22, 2013 June 21, 2013 Santosh Anantha Ramu Frederic Laroche María Cecilia Costantini Mohammed S. Alhassen Ilango Chandrasekaran Christopher R. Ecijan Marc Górriz Marcelino Harish Kumar April 25, 2013 Geri L. Mertz Kumar Rangaraj Lokendra Uppuluri Abhishek Pandey Certified HL7 Version 3 RIM Curt L. Webb HL7 Spain Yonghong Xue May 13, 2013 Specialist Minli Yang Paul Yi June 19, 2013 May 9, 2013 Francisco Albarracín HL7 China Dirk Donker HL7 Australia Pascual Sireerat Srisiriratanakul Adriana Brenlla Calvo June 9, 2013 March 15, 2013 Antonio Cámara Valero Yihui Fan HL7 Canada Michael R. Demark Oswaldo Crespo Pérez Yang Gao Kyaw K. Htat MªCarmen Ezquerra Limei Han June 18, 2013 Anthony Wilson Ángel Gutiérrez Peinado Xinting Huang Balraj Sandhu Carlos Hervás Jiménez Dujuan Jiao HL7 Canada Fernando Igual Novella Jinghua Li HL7 India Víctor Martínez Sánchez ZhiBiao Ou June 18, 2013 Carlos Peces Mateos Manpreet Bhinder Graciela Poceiro Rey Chaoren Sun May 25, 2013 Francisco Javier Sáez Hongxia Tan Dr. Satish Khune July 7, 2013 Hernández Haisheng Wang Milagros Lopez Cristina Sanz de Ayala Yanbo Xue Manuel Suárez Taboada Dejun Yang ttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttt

16 SEPTEMBER 2013 Upcoming INTERNATIONAL EVENTS

ICHI 2013 – IEEE ISO/TC 215 Health Health 2.0 Europe International Conference Informatics London, England on Healthcare Informatics Working Group Meeting November 18-19, 2013 Philadelphia, PA Sydney, Australia For more information, please visit September 9-11, 2013 October 21-25, 2013 http://www.health2con.com/events/ For more information, please visit For more information, please visit conferences/europe-fall-2013/ http://www.cvent.com/events/2013- http://www.iso.org/iso/iso_techni- ieee-international-conference-on-health- cal_committee?commid=54960 mHealth Summit care-informatics-ichi-/event-summary-18a Washington, DC a6e46c40f4cab940040c16e2181b3.aspx International HL7 December 9-11, 2013 Interoperability Conference For more information, please visit http://www.mhealthsummit.org/ (IHIC2013) eChallenges e-2013 Conference Sydney, Australia October 28-30, 2013 HEalthINF 2014 – 7th Dublin, Ireland For more information, please visit International Conference October 9-11, 2013 http://www.HL7.org.au on Health Informatics For more information, please visit Eseo, Angers, Loire Valley, France http://www.echallenges.org/e2013// HIMSS Europe CIO Summit March 3-6, 2014 Mallorca, Spain For more information, please visit November 18-20, 2013 http://www.healthinf.biostec.org/ For more information, please visit http://hitleadershipsummit.eu/

SAVE THE DATE FOR HIMSS 2014 February 23 – 27, 2014 Orlando, FL Join us in the HL7 Booth (#1265) at the HIMSS 2014 Exhibit

HL7 will once again offer a variety of education sessions covering HL7 standards and current industry topics such as Meaningful Use. Visit our booth to learn more about how HL7 and HL7 standards contribute to meaningful use and are HL7 Chair-Elect Dr. Bob Dolin presents at the helping change the face of healthcare IT. HL7 Exhibit at the annual HIMSS conference

www.himssconference.org

SEPTEMBER 2013 17 HL7 Benefactors as of August 9, 2013

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

HL7 Terminology Authority, continued from page 13

(SOU) relationship with HL7 (e.g., The HTA is expected to work with Next Steps IHTSDO, Logical Observation Identi- the Technical Steering Committee As CTO I am charged with facilitat- fiers Names and Codes (LOINC), Na- (TSC) and the CTO to implement ing a call for nominations (which tional Council for Prescription Drug any process or policy changes that has already occurred). The HTA will Programs (NCPD) and others). would impact the Working Group. be comprised of five individuals, It will also serve in an advisory including one of the HL7 Vocabulary The HTA is exclusively concerned capacity to the existing harmoniza- co-chairs and at least two represen- with content of Value Set Expansions tion process. All final terminology tatives from the affiliate community. that are derived from external termi- decisions will be made as a part of Nomination can come from any HL7 nology SDO code systems. The scope the harmonization process. includes: member in good standing and self- 1. Developing and maintaining HL7 nominations are allowed. I will then quality processes and measures The HTA may become involved in make recommendations to the Board related to HL7 terminology the harmonization process at these regarding the composition of the derived from external technology times: HTA based on the qualifications of SDOs. • When development of vocabu- the nominations we receive (as they 2. Providing advice, where needed, lary is proposed; fit the specific requirements in the on the acceptability of vocabu- • During harmonization where HL7 Board Approved action creating lary proposed for inclusion in proposals for external terminolo- the HTA) and the five positions that HL7 vocabulary. gies are being considered and; we need to fill on the HTA. 3. Maintaining relationships with • Following harmonization to external terminology providers review the results of the process to ensure legal use of their for actions assigned to harmoni- products. zation.

18 SEPTEMBER 2013 HL7 ORGANIZATIONAL MEMBERS Benefactors EnableCare LLC CalOptima Informatics Accenture ESAC Inc Cancer Care Ontario OA-ITSD - Department of Mental Health Allscripts FEI.com CDISC Oak Ridge Associated Universities Booz Allen Hamilton Frank McKinney Group LLC CEI Community Mental Health Authority Office of the National Coordinator for Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/ Gartner Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/ Health IT CDC General Dynamics Information Technology CDC OFMQ Duke Translational Medicine Institute Genoa Healthcare Clinical Laboratory Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Oklahoma State Department of Health Epic Goodmark Medical (International) Ltd City of Houston Oregon Public Health Division Food and Drug Administration Haas Consulting College of American Pathologists Pharmaceuticals & Medical Devices Agency GE Healthcare Health Konnekt College of Healthcare Information Mgmt. Phast GlaxoSmithKline Healthcare Data Assets Executives Primary Care Information Project, NYC Dept IBM Healthcare Integration Technologies Colorado Regional Health Information Health Intel Corporation, Digital Health Group Healthcentric Advisors Organization Qatar Science & Technology Park InterSystems HLN Consulting, LLC Columbia University Ramsey County Public Health Kaiser Permanente Hubbert Systems Consulting Community Mental Health Center of Region Sjaelland McKesson Provider Technologies iConnect Consulting Crawford County Region Syddanmark Microsoft Corporation iEHR.eu Comprehensive Medical and Dental Program RTI International NICTIZ Nat.ICT.Inst.Healthc.Netherlands Just Associates, Inc. Connecticut Department of Public Health SAMHSA Oracle Corporation - Healthcare Keiper & Associates Inc Contra Costa County Health Services SC Dept. of Health & Environmental Control Partners HealthCare System, Inc. Lantana Consulting Group Council of Cooperative Health Insurance HS Philips Healthcare Life Technologies Delaware Division of Public Health Social Security Administration Quest Diagnostics, Incorporated Logimethods Delta Dental Plans Association Technological University of Panama, CIDITIC Siemens Healthcare LOTS, LLC Department of Developmental Services Telligen U.S. Department of Defense, Military Health M*Modal, Inc. Department of Health Tennessee Department of Health System Matricis Informatique Inc. DGS, Commonwealth of Virginia Texas Department of State Health Services U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs MCNA Dental District of Columbia Department of Health Texas Health Services Authority Michael Keevican, LLC Duke Translational Medicine Institute The Joint Commission Supporters Netsoft USA ECRI Institute The MITRE Corporation 7 Delta, Inc. newMentor Electronic Transactions Development Agency The National Council for BehavioralHealth AEGIS.net, Inc. Ockham Information Services LLC Estonian eHealth Foundation UC Davis School of Medicine Beeler Consulting LLC Octagon Research Solutions, Inc. Florida Department of Health University HealthSystem Consortium Corepoint Health OMKT LLC Food and Drug Administration University of AL at Birmingham Credible Wireless OTech, Inc. Georgia Medical Care Foundation University of Kansas Medical Center Daintel Professional Laboratory Management, Inc. Health Sciences South Carolina University of Miami Edmond Scientific Company RedGranite, LLC ICCBBA, Inc. University of Minnesota Etnomedijos intercentras River Rock Associates IFPMA (as trustee for ICH) University of Szeged, Institute of Informatics Gamma-Dynacare Medical Laboratories Rob Savage Consulting Illinois Department of Public Health University of Texas Medical Branch at GEMMS Shafarman Consulting Indian Health Service Galveston healthbridge SLI Global Solutions Indiana Health Information Exchange University of Utah Pediatric Critical Care/ Holston Medical Group Stat! Tech-Time, Inc. Iowa Department of Public Health IICRC Info World The Audigy Group, LLC Japan Pharmaceutical Manufacturers UT Austin Health Information Technology Inofile Travers Consulting Association Program iNTERFACEWARE, Inc. United Laboratory Network IPA, LLC L.A. County Dept of Public Health Utah Health Information Network Knowtion Virginia Riehl LA County Department of Mental Health Virginia Department of Health Liaison Technologies Inc., Westat LCF Research Virginia Information Technologies Agency Mediture Louisiana Public Health Institute Washington State Department of Health Notable Solutions General Interest Medical University of South Carolina West Health Institute Panacea Healthcare, LLC ASIP SANTE Michigan Health Connect Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene Pitney Bowes Software ACLA Michigan Health Information Network WNY HEALTHeLINK Shimadzu Scientific Instruments, Inc. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Ministry of Health - Slovenia WorldVistA Standing Stone, Inc. Alabama Department of Public Health Minnesota Department of Health Varian Medical Systems American Assoc. of Veterinary Lab Missouri Department of Health & Senior Payers WellPoint, Inc. Diagnosticians Services AIM Specialty Health American College of Physicians NAACCR Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama Consultants American College of Surgeons, NTDB National Association of Dental Plans Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona CDA PRO American Dental Association National Cancer Institute Blue Cross Blue Shield of South Carolina Accenture American Dietetic Association National Center for Health Statistics/CDC CIGNA Anakam Identity Services, Equifax American Health Information Management National Council for Prescription Drug Community Health Group Andy McKenna Association Programs Coventry Health Care Blackbird Solutions, Inc. American Immunization Registry Association National eHealth Transition Authority Florida Blue Booz Allen Hamilton (AIRA) (NEHTA) Healthspring Canon Information & Imaging Solutions, American Medical Association National Institute of Standards and Meridian Health Plan Inc. American Society of Clinical Oncology Technology MetLife, Inc. CentriHealth Arizona Department of Health Services National Library of Medicine National Government Services Champ IT Solutions Inc. Arkansas Department of Health National Marrow Donor Program Neighborhood Health Plan CSG Government Solutions Blue Cross Blue Shield Association National Quality Forum Premera Blue Cross Dapasoft Inc. CA Department of Public Health NCQA UnitedHealth Group Dent Technical Consulting Services California Correctional Health Services New Mexico Department of Health Valence Health Eastern Informatics, Inc. California Department of Health Care New York State Department of Health Wisconsin Physicians Service Ins. Corp. Edifecs, Inc. Services NICTIZ Nat.ICT.Inst.Healthc.Netherlands Emergint Technologies, Inc. California HealthCare Foundation NIH/Department of Clinical Research

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Milton S. Hershey Medical Center Agilex Technologies CTIS, Inc. Pharmacy MinuteClinic Alere Wellogic Curaspan Healthgroup, Inc. Bristol-Myers Squibb MultiCare Health System AllMeds Inc Cyberpulse L.L.C. GlaxoSmithKline Natural Molecular Testing Corporation Allscripts Cyrus-XP LLC Merck & Co. Inc. New York-Presbyterian Hospital AlphaCM, Inc Daintel Sanofi-Aventis R&D North Carolina Baptist Hospitals, Inc. Altos Solutions, Inc Dansk Medicinsk Datacenter ApS NYC Health and Hospital Corporation Altova GmbH Darena Solutions LLC Providers Partners HealthCare System, Inc. American Data Data Direct Advanced Biological Laboratories (ABL) Pathologists’ Regional Laboratory American Data Network Data Innovations, LLC SA Pathology Associates Medical American HealthTech, Inc. Data Strategies, Inc. Advantage Dental Laboratories American Medical Software Data Tec, Inc. Akron General Medical Center Patient First AmerisourceBergen Specialty Group Datatel Solutions, Inc. Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium Phoenix Children’s Hospital Amtelco Datuit, LLC Albany Medical Center Pocono Medical Center Apelon, Inc. Dawning Technologies, Inc. Albany Medical Center Hospital Quest Diagnostics, Incorporated Aprima Medical Software dbMotion LTD ARUP Laboratories, Inc. Rady Children’s Hospital ASP.MD Inc Deer Creek Pharmacy Services Ascension Health Information Services Ramathibodi Hospital AT&T mHealth Defran Systems Avalon Health Care Regenstrief Institute, Inc. athenahealth Dell-Boomi BHR - Behavioral Health Response Region Midt, It-udvikling, arkitektur og Atigeo, LLC Delta Health Technologies, LLC BJC HealthCare design Austco DiagnosisOne, Inc. Blessing Hospital Regional Medical Laboratory, Inc Availity, LLC Digital Infuzion, Inc. Bloomington Hospital & Healthcare Rheumatology and Dermatology Aversan Inc DoctorsPartner LLC Systems Associates PC Axway Document Storage Systems, Inc. Blount Memorial Hospital Rockingham Memorial Hospital Beckman Coulter, Inc. DocuTrac, Inc. Boston Children’s Hospital SA Tartu University Clinics Beeler Consulting LLC Dolbey & Company Butler Healthcare Providers Saint Francis Care Biocartis NV Dynamic Health IT, Inc. Carilion Services, Inc. Saudi Aramco - Healthcare Applications Biswas Information Technology Solutions EBM Technologies Inc. Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Division Inc. eCareSoft Inc. Center for Life Management Scottsdale Healthealth Bizmatics, Inc. echoBase Central Illinois Radiological Associates Seneca Family of Agencies Bostech Corporation eClinicalWorks CentraState Healthcare System Seton Medical Group, Inc. Browsersoft, Inc. Edmond Scientific Company CHI Sharp HealthCare Information Systems CAL2CAL Corporation eHealth Data Solutions, LLC Childrens Mercy Hospitals and Clinics Sound Physicians Callibra, Inc. eHealthCare Systems, Inc. Children’s of Alabama South Bend Medical Foundation, Inc. CANON INDIA PVT LTD eHealthFiles Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Spectrum Health Care Data Systems eHealthObjects City of Hope National Medical Center St. Joseph’s Hospital Health Center CareCam Innovations EHRCare LLC Cleveland Clinic Health System Steward Health Care Carestream Health, Inc. Electronic Medical Exchange Holdings Clinical Reference Laboratory, Inc. Summa Health System CareTech Solutions, Inc. LLC COMPUGROUP MEDICAL POSLKA SP.Z Texas Health Resources CareVoyant, Inc. ELEKTA O.O. The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia CCITI NY Embedded Wireless Labs Corporacion IPS Universitaria de caldas Trinitas Regional Medical Center Cedaron Medical, Inc. EMD Wizard Inc Cottage Health System Tuomey Healthcare System Center for Clinical Innovation Emdat, Inc. Deaconess Health System U.S. Department of Defense, Military Center of Informational Technology Emdeon, LLC DESC Health System DAMU eMedic LLC Diagnostic Laboratory Services U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Cerner Corporation emedpractice Dignity Health University of Chicago Medical Center Certify Data Systems Emerging Systems Emory Healthcare University of Louisville Physicians ChartLogic, Inc. EmpowerSystems Enloe Medical Center University of Nebraska Medical Center ChartWise Medical Systems, Inc. Epic Geisinger Health System University of Pittsburgh Medical Center ClaimTrak Systems, Inc ESO Solutions Hendricks Regional Health University of Utah Health Care Clear EMR eSpoc Heritage Provider Network University Physicians, Inc. Clinical Architecture ESRI Hill Physicians Medical Group UT M.D. Anderson Cancer Center Clinical Architecture LLC Etnomedijos intercentras HSE - Health Service Executive Vanguard Health Systems Clinicomp, Intl eTransX, Inc. Huron Valley Physicians Association VUMC Clinix Medical Information Services, LLC Evolvent Technologies Institut Jules Bordet West Virginia University Hospitals CMG Technologies Sdn Bhd Explorys Intermountain Healthcare Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare CNIPS, LLC EyeMD EMR Healthcare Systems, Inc. Interpath Laboratory Winchester Hospital CNSI ezEMRx Johns Hopkins Hospital Cognitive Medical Systems e-Zest Solutions Ltd. Jordan Hospital Vendors Cognosante, LLC FCS Computer Systems Sdn Bhd Kaiser Permanente Argility Healthcare Cognovant, Inc Foothold Technology Kernodle Clinic, Inc. ASI GMBH ColdLight Solutions, LLC Forte Holdings Laboratory Corporation of America 1MEDiX ComChart Medical Software Futures Group Lahey Clinic 3M Health Information Systems Community Computer Service, Inc. Gamma-Dynacare Medical Laboratories Landmark Holdings LLC 4Medica CompactSoft GE Healthcare Loyola University Health System 7 Delta, Inc. Compania de Informatica Aplicata GEMMS Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital ABELSoft Inc. Computrition, Inc. Genesis Systems, Inc. LUX MED Diagnostyka sp. z o.o. Accent on Integration Conducive Consulting, inc. Geriatric Practice Management Mayo Clinic Acumen Physician Solutions Consolo Services Group, LLC Get Real Health McFarland Clinic PC Acupera, Inc. Corepoint Health Global Health Products, Inc Medicover ADP AdvancedMD, Inc. Covidien GlobalSubmit MEDTOX Laboratories, Inc. ADS Technologies, Inc. Credible Wireless Grow|CMS Meridian Health AEGIS.net, Inc. CSC Healthcare Haemonetics Corporation 20 SEPTEMBER 2013 HL7 ORGANIZATIONAL MEMBERS, continued

Harmonex Neuro Science Jopari Solutions, Inc. NaviNet SNAPS, Inc. HD Clinical jProg NeoSoft LLC SOAPware, Inc. Health Care DataWorks KAMSOFT S.A. New England Survey Systems Inc Softek Solutions, Inc. Health Care Software, Inc. Kanick And Company NexJ Systems Inc Software AG USA, Inc. Health Companion, Inc. Keane, Inc. NextGen Healthcare Information Systems, Software Partners LLC Health Intersections Pty Ltd Keiser Computers Inc. Inc. SonomedEscalon Health Language, Inc. Kestral Computing Pty Ltd Notable Solutions SonoSite, Inc Health Services Advisory Group Knowtion NxTec Corporation SOUTHERN LIFE SYSTEMS, INC Healthbox Lab Warehouse, Inc. Omnicell, Inc. Southwestern Provider Services, Inc HealthBridge Labware, Inc. Onco, Inc. Sphere3 healthbridge Last Bajt Optima Healthcare Solutions SRSsoft, Inc. Healthcare Management Systems, Inc. Lavender & Wyatt Systems, Inc. Optimus EMR, Inc. Standing Stone, Inc. HEALTHeSTATE L-Cube Innovative Solutions Private Limited OptiScan Biomedical Corporation StatRad, LLC Healthland Liaison Technologies Inc., OptumInsight STI Computer Services, Inc. HealthTrio, LLC Life Systems Software Oracle Corporation - Healthcare Stockell Healthcare Systems, Inc. HealthUnity Corp LightSpeed Consulting Inc Oral Health Solutions Strategic Solutions Group, LLC Healthwise, Inc. LINK Medical Computing, Inc. Orchard Software Stratus EMR, Inc. heartbase, inc. Liquent, Inc. Organizational Intelligence, LLC SuccessEHS Hewlett-Packard Enterprises Services Logibec Orion Health Summit Healthcare Services, Inc. Hill Associates Logical Images Inc. Otago Clinical Audit & Outcomes Research Summit Imaging, Inc. Hi-Tech Software, Inc. LOGICARE Corporation Unit Suncoast Solutions Holston Medical Group LORENZ Life Sciences Group OTTR Chronic Care Solutions Sunquest Information Systems Home Dialysis Plus, Ltd M.S. Group Software, LLC OZ Systems Surescripts Hospira M2comsys P&NP Computer Services, Inc. Surgical Information Systems HospiServe Healthcare Services Pty) Ltd. Mammography Reporting System Inc. Panacea Healthcare, LLC SurgiVision Consultants, Inc. Hyland Software, Inc. ManagementPlus Patient Resource Swearingen Software, Inc. i2i Systems Marin Health Network PCE Systems Systematic Group Iatric Systems Marshfield Clinic PDR Network T System Inc IBM McKesson Provider Technologies Pervasive Health, Inc. The CBORD Group Inc. ICE Health Systems Inc. MDLand PHmHealth The Echo Group ICLOPS MDP Systems, LLC Physicians Medical Group of Santa Cruz The SSI Group, Inc. ICT HEALTH TECHNOLOGY SERVICES MDT Technical Services, Inc. County Therap Services, LLC INDIA PVT. LTD. MDxperience LLC PilotFish Technology Tiatros Inc. ICUCARE LLC Med Informatix, Inc Pitney Bowes Software TIBCO Software Inc. IGI Health MED3OOO, Inc. PointCross Life Sciences Tietronix Software Inc. Ignis Systems Corporation MedConnect, Inc. Politechnika Poznanska Timeless Medical Systems Inc. ImageTrend INC MedEvolve, Inc. Polyglot Systems, Inc. UBM Medica iMDsoft Medflow, Inc. Polymedis Unibased Systems Architecture, Inc. iMedics Inc MEDfx Corporation Positive Business Solutions, Inc Uniform Data System for Medical InDxLogic MEDHOST, Inc. Practice Fusion Rehabilitation Info World Medical Informatics Engineering PresiNET Healthcare Unlimited Systems Infor Medical Messenger Holdings LLC Procura Valant Medical Solutions Inc. Information Builders Medical Systems Co. Ltd - medisys Prometheus Computing LLC Valley Hope Association - IMCSS Information Management Associates Medical Web Technologies, LLC QS/1 Data Systems, Inc. Varian Medical Systems Innodata Synodex LLC MedicBright Technologies QuadraMed Corporation Verisk Health Innovative Workflow Technologies Medicity, Inc. Qualifacts Systems Inc Versaworks, Inc. Inofile Medicomp Systems, Inc. Qvera Virco BVBA Inovalon MediServe Information Systems, Inc. RazorInsights Virtify Insight Software, LLC MEDITECH, Inc Real Seven, LLC Visbion Ltd Intagras Mediture Recondo Technology, Inc. Vitera Healthcare Solutions Integrated Practice Solutions Medlinesoft Reed Technology and Information Services Walgreens integration AG MEDSEEK Inc. Watermark Research Partners, Inc. Integrity Digital Soultions, LLC Medsphere Systems Corporation RegisterPatient.com Inc WellPoint, Inc. Intel Corporation, Digital Health Group MEDTRON Software Intelligence Remote Harbor, Inc Wells Applied Systems Intelligent Health Systems Corporation Roche Diagnostics International Ltd. Wellsoft Corporation Intelligent Medical Objects (IMO) Medtronic Rosch Visionary Systems Wolters Kluwer Health INTELLIGENT RECORDS SYSTEMS & MedUnison LLC RTZ Associates, Inc WorkAround Software, Inc. SERVICES MedVirginia Rural Wisconsin Health Cooperative Xbusiness and the Inspiration Co., Ltd. Interactivation Health Networks, LLC Megics Corporation Sabiamed Corporation Xeo Health Interbit Data, Inc. MGRID SAIC - Science Applications International Xerox State Healthcare, LLC Interface People, LP Micro-Med, Inc Corp XIFIN, Inc. iNTERFACEWARE, Inc. Microsoft Corporation Sandlot Solutions, Inc. XPress Technologies Interfix, LLC MioSoft Corporation Sargas Pharmaceutical Adherence & XSUNT Corporation InterSystems Mirth Corporation Compliance Int’l Zoho Corp. iPatientCare, Inc. Mitochon Systems. SAS Institute ZOLL iSALUS Healthcare Mitrais ScriptRx, Inc. Zweena Isoprime Corporation Modernizing Medicine, Inc. Seeburger AG Zynx Health ISSIO Solutions, inc MPN Software Systems, Inc. Shimadzu Scientific Instruments, Inc. iVHR MuleSoft Siemens Healthcare J&H Inc. MyClinic A/S Silvermedia J4Care GmbH MZI HealthCare Skylight Healthcare Systems, Inc. Jaime Torres C y Cia S.A. Naphcare SMART Management, Inc. SEPTEMBER 2013 21 2013 TECHNICAL STEERING COMMITTEE MEMBERS

CHAIR DOMAIN EXPERTS CO-CHAIRS STRUCTURE & SEMANTIC DESIGN Austin Kreisler Melva Peters CO-CHAIRS Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC) Jenaker Consulting Calvin Beebe Phone: 706-525-1181 Phone: 604-515-0339 Mayo Clinic Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Phone: 507-284-3827 Email: [email protected] CHIEF TECHNICAL OFFICER Mead Walker John Quinn Mead Walker Consulting; Patricia Van Dyke, RN HL7 International Phone: 610-518-6259 Delta Dental Plans Association Phone: 216-409-1330 Email: [email protected] Phone: 503-243-4492 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] FOUNDATION & TECHNOLOGY TECHNICAL & SUPPORT SERVICES r CO-CHAIRS A B CO-CHAIRS CO-CHAIRS Lorraine Constable George (Woody) Beeler, Jr., PhD Frieda Hall HL7 Canada Beeler Consulting, LLC Quest Diagnostics, Incorporated Phone: +1 780-951-4853 Phone: 507-254-4810 Phone: 610-650-6794 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected]

Ron Parker Anthony Julian Andy Stechishin HL7 Canada Mayo Clinic CANA Software & Services Ltd. Phone: 902-832-0876 Phone: 507-266-0958 Phone: 780-903-0885 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected]

INTERNATIONAL REPRESENTATIVE AD HOC MEMBER Jean Duteau Ken McCaslin Duteau Design Inc. Quest Diagnostics, Incorporated Phone: 780-328-6395 Phone: 610-650-6692 Email: [email protected] Email: kenneth.h.mccaslin @questdiagnostics. com

STEERING DIVISIONS STRUCTURE & SEMANTIC DESIGN DOMAIN EXPERTS FOUNDATION & TECHNOLOGY Arden Syntax Anatomic Pathology Conformance & Guidance for Clinical Decision Support Anesthesiology Implementation/Testing Clinical Statement Attachments Implementable Technology Specifications Electronic Health Record Infrastructure & Messaging Child Health Financial Management Modeling & Methodology Imaging Integration Clinical Genomics RIM Based Application Architecture Clinical Interoperability Council Mobile Health Security Orders & Observations Clinical Quality Information Service Oriented Architecture Patient Administration Community Based Collaborative Care Templates Emergency Care Vocabulary Structured Documents Health Care Devices Patient Care TECHNICAL & SUPPORT SERVICES Pharmacy Education Public Health & Emergency Response Electronic Services Regulated Clinical Research International Mentoring Committee Process Improvement Committee Information Management Project Services Publishing Tooling

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Anatomic Pathology Michael Padula, MD, MBI (Interim) Anita Walden Ioana Singureanu The Children’s Hospital of Duke Translational Medicine Eversolve, LLC Victor Brodsky, MD Philadelphia Institute Phone: 603-870-9739 College of American Pathologists Phone: 215-590-1653 Phone: 919-668-8256 Email: Phone: 646-322-4648 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] [email protected] Email: [email protected] Feliciano Yu, MD Clinical Quality Robert Snelick John David Nolen St. Louis Children’s Hospital Information National Institute of Standards & Cerner Corporation Phone: 314-454-2808 Technology Phone: 816-446-1530 Email: [email protected] Patricia Craig (Interim) Phone: 301-975-5924 Email: [email protected] The Joint Commission Email: [email protected] Clinical Decision Support Phone: 630-792-5546 Email: [email protected] Education Anesthesia Guilherme Del Fiol, MD, PhD University of Utah Health Care Floyd Eisenberg Diego Kaminker Martin Hurrell, PhD Phone: 919-213-4129 iParsimony LLC HL7 Argentina Phone: 44-7711-669-522 Email: [email protected] Phone: 202-643-6350 Phone: 54-11-4781-2898 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Email: diego.kaminker@kern- Robert Jenders, MD it.com.ar John Walsh, MD Phone: 310-761-4700 Crystal Kallem, RHIA Partners Healthcare Email: [email protected] Lantana Consulting Group Patrick Loyd Phone: 617-726-2067 Phone: 515-992-3616 ICode Solutions Email: [email protected] Kensaku Kawamoto, MD, PhD Email: crystal.kallem@lantana- Phone: 415-209-0544 group.com Architectural review Board University of Utah Health Care Email: [email protected] Phone: 801-587-8001 Christopher Millet Email: kensaku.kawamoto@utah. Email: [email protected] Melva Peters Lorraine Constable edu Jenaker Consulting HL7 Canada Walter Suarez, MD, MPH Phone: 604-515-0339 Phone: 780-951-4853 Howard Strasberg Kaiser Permanente Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Wolters Kluwer Health Phone: 301-625-4351 Phone: 858-481-4249 Email: [email protected] Ron Parker Email: howard.strasberg@wolter- Electronic Health Records HL7 Canada skluwer.com Clinical Statement Phone: 902-832-0876 Gary Dickinson Email: rparker@infoway- Clinical Genomics Hans Buitendijk CentriHealth inforoute.ca Siemens Healthcare Phone: 951-536-7010 Yan Heras, PhD Phone: 610-219-2087 Email: gary.dickinson@ehr-stan- John Quinn Lantana Consulting Group Email: [email protected] dards.com Health Level Seven International Phone: 801-663-9209 Phone: 216-409-1330 Email: [email protected] Rik Smithies Mark Janczewski, MD, MPH Email: [email protected] HL7 UK Business Information Technology Joyce Hernandez Phone: 44-7720-290967 Solutions, Inc. Arden Syntax Merck & Co., Inc. Email: [email protected] Phone: 703-822-0970 Phone: 732-594-1815 Email: [email protected] Peter Haug, MD Email: [email protected] Community Based Intermountain Healthcare Collaborative Care Don Mon, PhD Phone: 801-442-6240 Amnon Shabo, PhD RTI International Email: [email protected] IBM Phone: 312-777-5228 Suzanne Gonzales-Webb Email: [email protected] Phone: 972-544-714070 US Department of Veterans Affairs Robert Jenders, MD Email: [email protected] Phone: 619-972-9047 Phone: 301-761-4700 Email: suzanne.gonzales-webb@ John Ritter Email: [email protected] Mollie Ullman-Cullere va.gov Phone: 412-372-5783 Partners HealthCare System, Inc. Email: [email protected] Attachments Phone: 617-582-7249 Richard Thoreson Email: [email protected] SAMHSA Helen Stevens Love Durwin Day Phone: 240-276-2827 Hl7 Canada Phone: 312-653-5948 Email: richard.thoreson@samhsa. Phone: 250-598-0312 Email: [email protected] Clinical Interoperability hhs.gov Email: [email protected] Council Craig Gabron Max Walker Patricia Van Dyke, RN Blue Cross Blue Shield of South W. Edward Hammond, PhD Department of Health Delta Dental Plans Association Carolina Duke Translational Medicine Phone: 61-3-9096-1471 Phone: 503-243-4492 Phone: 803-763-1790 Institute Email: [email protected]. Email: patricia.vandyke@moda- gov.au Email: [email protected] Phone: 919-383-3555 health.com Email: [email protected] Jim McKinley Conformance & Guidance Electronic Services Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Dianne Reeves for Implementation/ National Cancer Institute Alabama Lorraine Constable Phone: 205-220-5960 Phone: 240-276-5130 Testing Email: [email protected] HL7 Canada Email: [email protected] Phone: 780-951-4853 Wendy Huang Child Health Mitra Rocca Canada Health Infoway Inc. Email: [email protected] Food and Drug Administration Phone: 416-595-3449 Email: [email protected] Ken McCaslin Gaye Dolin, MSN (Interim) Phone: 301-796-2175 Email: [email protected] Quest Diagnostics, Incorporated Lantana Consulting Group Frank Oemig Phone: 610-650-6692 Phone: 714-744-4152 HL7 Germany Email: kenneth.h.mccaslin@quest- Email: gaye.dolin Phone: 49-208-781194 diagnostics.com @lantanagroup.com Email: [email protected] SEPTEMBER 2013 23 HL7 Work Group Co-Chairs, continued

Nat Wong Implementable Marketing Council Lorraine Constable HL7 Australia Technology Specifications HL7 Canada Email: [email protected] Rene Spronk Phone: 780-951-4853 Email: [email protected] Emergency Care Paul Knapp HL7 Netherlands Knapp Consulting Inc. Phone: 31-318-553812 Email: [email protected] Robert Hausam, MD Laura Heermann Langford Phone: 604-987-3313 Hausam Consulting Email: [email protected] Intermountain Healthcare Edward Tripp Phone: 801-949-1556 Phone: 801-507-9254 Edward S. Tripp and Associates, Inc. Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Dale Nelson Phone: 224-234-9769 Lantana Consulting Group Email: [email protected] Patrick Loyd Donald Kamens, MD Phone: 916-367-1458 Email: dale.nelson@squaretrends. ICode Solutions XPress Technologies Grant Wood Phone: 415-209-0544 Phone: 904-296-1189 com Intermountain Healthcare Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Phone: 801-408-8153 Andy Stechishin Email: [email protected] James McClay, MD CANA Software & Services Ltd. Ken McCaslin University of Nebraska Medical Phone: 780-903-0885 Mobile Health Quest Diagnostics, Incorporated Center Email: [email protected] Phone: 610-650-6692 Phone: 402-559-3587 Email: kenneth.h.mccaslin@questdi- Gora Datta agnostics.com Email: [email protected] Infrastructure & CAL2CAL Corporation Phone: 949-955-3443 Peter Park Messaging Email: [email protected] Organizational Relations US Department of Defense, Committee Military Health System Anthony Julian Matthew Graham Phone: 202-762-0926 Mayo Clinic Mayo Clinic Email: [email protected] Phone: 507-266-0958 Scott Robertson, PharmD Phone: 507-284-3028 Kaiser Permanente Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Financial Management Phone: 310-200-0231 David Shaver Nadine Manjaro Email: [email protected] Kathleen Connor Corepoint Health Verizon Business Edmond Scientific Company Phone: 214-618-7000 Phone: 913-948-1246 Outreach Committee For Email: [email protected] Email: dave.shaver@corepointhealth. Email: nadine.manjaro@verizonwire- Clinical Research com less.com Beat Heggli Ed Helton, PhD HL7 Switzerland Sandra Stuart Harry Rhodes Phone: 41-44-297-5737 Kaiser Permanente American Health Information National Cancer Institute Email: [email protected] Phone: 925-924-7473 Management Association Phone: 919-465-4473 Email: [email protected] Phone: 312-233-1119 Email: [email protected] Paul Knapp Email: [email protected] Knapp Consulting International Council Patient Adminstration Phone: 604-987-3313 Email: [email protected] W. Edward Hammond, PhD—US Modeling And Alexander deLeon Representative Methodology Kaiser Permanente Health Care Devices Duke Translational Medicine Phone: 626-381-4141 Institute George (Woody) Beeler Jr., PhD Email: [email protected] Todd Cooper Phone: 919-383-3555 Beeler Consulting, LLC 80001 Experts, LLC Email: [email protected] Phone: 507-254-4810 Irma Jongeneel-de Haas Phone: 858-435-0729 Email: [email protected] HL7 The Netherlands Email: [email protected] Philip Scott, PhD—HL7 Phone: +31 681153857 International Liaison Jean Duteau Email: [email protected] John Garguilo HL7 UK Duteau Design Inc. National Institute of Standards Phone: 44-8700-112-866 Phone: 780-328-6395 Line Saele Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Helse Vest IKT Phone: 47-55976494 Allen Hobbs, PhD Grahame Grieve Kaiser Permanente Helen Stevens Love, MBA— Email: [email protected] Secretary Health Intersections Pty Ltd Phone: 510-267-5031 Phone: 61-3-9450-2222 Email: [email protected] HL7 Canada Patient Care Phone: 250-598-0312 Email: grahame@healthintersections. Email: [email protected] com.au Elaine Ayres John Rhoads, PhD NIH/CC Philips Healthcare Michael van Campen—Affiliate Lloyd McKenzie Phone: 301-594-3019 Phone: 978-659-3024 HL7 Canada Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Liaison Gordon Point Informatics Ltd. Email: [email protected] Phone: 250-881-4568 Stephen Chu, MD Imaging Integration AbdulMalik Shakir National eHealth Transition Email: michael.vancampen@gpinfor- Authority (NEHTA) Helmut Koenig, MD matics.com City of Hope National Medical Center Phone: 626-644-4491 Phone: 61-730238448 Siemens Healthcare Email: [email protected] Phone: 49-9131-84-3480 Email: abdulmalik International Mentoring @shakirconsulting.com Email: [email protected] Committee Kevin Coonan, MD Email: [email protected] Harry Solomon Orders/Observations Diego Kaminker Russell Leftwich, MD GE Healthcare HL7 Argentina Phone: 847-277-5096 Hans Buitendijk Office of eHealth Initiatives Phone: 54-11-4781-2898 Email: [email protected] Siemens Healthcare Phone: 615-507-6465 Email: [email protected] Phone: 610-219-2087 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] John Ritter Hugh Leslie, MD Phone: 412-372-5783 Ocean Informatics Email: [email protected] Email: hugh.leslie@oceaninforma- tics.com 24 SEPTEMBER 2013 HL7 Work Group Co-Chairs, continued

Klaus Veil Publishing Committee Mike Davis John Roberts HL7 Australia US Department of Veterans Affairs Tennessee Department of Health Phone: 61-403-116-367 George (Woody) Beeler Jr., PhD-V3 Phone: 760-632-0294 Phone: 615-741-3702 Email: [email protected] Beeler Consulting, LLC Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Phone: 507-254-4810 Pharmacy Email: [email protected] John Moehrke Mark Shafarman GE Healthcare Shafarman Consulting Tom de Jong Jane Curry-V2/V3 Phone: 920-912-8451 Phone: 510-593-3483 HL7 The Netherlands Health Information Strategies Inc. Email: [email protected] Phone: 31-6-3255291 Email: mark.shafarman Phone: 780-459-8560 @earthlink.net Email: [email protected] Email: janecurry@healthinforstra- Patricia Williams tegies.com Edith Cowan University Hugh Glover Phone: 61-863045039 Tooling Committee HL7 UK Jane Daus-V2 Email: [email protected] Phone: 44-07889407113 McKesson Provider Technologies Dennis Cheung Email: hugh_glover@bluewavein- Email: dennis.cheung@ehealthon- formatics.co.uk Phone: 847-495-1289 Services Oriented Email: [email protected] Architecture tario.on.ca Melva Peters Andy Stechishin Brian Pech-V2 Don Jorgenson Jenaker Consulting CANA Software & Services Ltd. Phone: 604-515-0339 Kaiser Permanente Phone: 970-472-1441 Email: [email protected] Phone: 678-245-1762 Email: [email protected] Phone: 780-903-0855 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Scott Robertson, PharmD Stefano Lotti Kaiser Permanent Andrew Stechishin-V3 HL7 Italy Michael Van der Zel Phone: 310-200-0231 CANA Software & Services Ltd. Phone: 39-06-421-60685 HL7 The Netherlands Email: [email protected] Phone: 780-903-0855 Email: [email protected] Phone:+31 503619876 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Process Improvement Vince McCauley Sandra Stuart-V2 Medical Software Industry Vocabulary Committee Kaiser Permanente Association Phone: 925-924-7473 Phone: 61-298-186493 Jim Case, MS, DVM, PhD Rita Scichilone Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] American Health Information National Library of Medicine Management Association Phone: 530-219-4203 Regulated Clinical Ken Rubin Email: [email protected] Phone: 312-233-1502 Hewlett-Packard Enterprises Email: [email protected] Research Information Services Management Phone: 703-845-3277 Heather Grain Sandra Stuart Email: [email protected] Standards Australia, eHealth Kaiser Permanente Ed Helton, PhD Education Phone: 925-924-7473 Structured Documents Phone: 613-956-99443 Email: [email protected] National Cancer Institute Phone: 919-465-4473 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Calvin Beebe Project Services Mayo Clinic Russell Hamm Phone: 507-284-3827 Donald Jaccard, MPA Lantana Consulting Group Rick Haddorff Email: [email protected] Phone: 507-271-0227 Mayo Clinic Food & Drug Administration Phone: 978-296-1462 Phone: 301-796-1996 Email: russ.hamm@lantanagroup. Diana Behling com Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Iatric Systems Phone: 978-805-3159 Robert Hausam, MD Freida Hall Edward Tripp Email: [email protected] Quest Diagnostics, Inc. Edward S. Tripp & Associates, Inc. Hausam Consulting Phone: 610-650-6794 Phone: 224-234-9769 Robert Dolin, MD Phone: 801-949-1556 Email: freida.x.hall@questdiagnos- Email: [email protected] Lantana Consulting Group Email: [email protected] tics.com Phone: 714-532-1130 Email: bob.dolin@lantanagroup. William T. Klein Public Health RIM Based Application com Klein Consulting, Inc. Emergency Response Architecture Phone: 631-924-6922 Austin Kreisler Email: [email protected] Joginder Madra Peter Hendler, MD Science Applications International Gordon Point Informatics Ltd. Kaiser Permanente Corp. (SAIC) Phone: 780-717-4295 Phone: 510-248-3055 Phone: 706-525-1181 Email: joginder.madra@gpinformat- Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] ics.com Rene Spronk Patrick Loyd Ken Pool, MD HL7 The Netherlands ICode Solutions OZ Systems Phone: 33-318-553812 Phone: 415-209-0544 Phone: 214-631-6161 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Andy Stechishin Brett Marquard John Roberts CANA Software & Services Ltd. River Rock Associates LLC Tennessee Department of Health Phone: 780-903-0855 Email: brett@riverrockassociates. Phone: 615-741-3702 Email: [email protected] com Email: [email protected] Security Templates Rob Savage Rob Savage Consulting Bernd Blobel, PhD Kai Heitmann, MD Email: [email protected] HL7 Germany; University of Regensburg Medical Center HL7 Germany Phone: 49-941-944-6767 Phone: 49-172-2660814 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] regensburg.de

SEPTEMBER 2013 25 HL7 FACILITATORS Modeling and Alexander Henket AbdulMalik Shakir Peter Gilbert Methodology Facilitators HL7 Netherlands City of Hope National Medical Covisint Patient Administration Center Structured Documents George (Woody) Beeler, Jr., PhD Email: [email protected] Clinical Interoperability Council; Phone: 313-227-0358 Beeler Consulting LLC Modeling & Methodology Email: [email protected] Facilitator-at-Large William “Ted” Klein Phone: 626-644-4491 Phone: 507-254-4810 Klein Consulting, Inc. Email: Robert Hallowell Email: [email protected] Vocabulary [email protected] Siemens Healthcare Phone: 631-924-6922 Medication; Pharmacy Charlie Bishop Email: [email protected] Ioana Singureanu Phone: 610-219-5612 iSoft Eversolve, LLC Email: CBCC; Health Care Devices Clinical Statement Austin Kreisler [email protected] Phone: 603-870-9739 Phone: 44-7989-705-395 Science Applications International Email: ioana.singureanu@gmail. Email: [email protected] Corporation (SAIC) Alexander Henket Structured Documents com HL7 Netherlands Bernd Blobel, PhD Phone: 706-525-1181 Patient Administration Corey Spears HL7 Germany Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Medicity Security Electronic Health Records Phone: 49-941-944-6767 Patrick Loyd Anthony Julian Phone: 917-426-7397 Email: [email protected] ICode Solutions Mayo Clinic Email: [email protected] regensburg.de Orders & Observations Infrastructure & Messaging Phone: 415-209-0544 Phone: 507-266-0958 Mead Walker Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Kathleen Connor Mead Walker Consulting Edmond Scientific RCRIM Joginder Madra Helmut Koenig, MD Financial Management Phone: 610-518-6259 Gordon Point Informatics Ltd. Siemens Healthcare Email: Email: [email protected] [email protected] Immunization; PHER Imaging Integration Phone: 780-717-4295 Publishing Facilitators Phone: 49-9131-84-3480 Kevin Coonan, MD Email: joginder.madra@gpinfor- Email: matics.com [email protected] Emergency Care Becky Angeles Email: [email protected] ESAC Inc. Dale Nelson Austin Kreisler RCRIM Norman Daoust Lantana Consulting Group Phone: 972-437-5001 Science Applications International Daoust Associates Implementable Technology Email: rebecca.angeles@esacinc. Corporation (SAIC) Anatomic Pathology Specifications com Orders & Observations Phone: 617-491-7424 Phone: 916-367-1458 Phone: 706-525-1181 Email: normand Email: Douglas Baird Email: [email protected] @daoustassociates.com [email protected] Boston Scientific Corporation Templates Margaret (Peggy) Leizear Jean Duteau Lloyd McKenzie Phone: 651-582-3241 Food and Drug Administration Duteau Design Inc. HL7 Canada; Gordon Point Email: RCRIM Patient Care; Pharmacy Informatics [email protected] Phone: 301-827-5203 Phone: 780-328-6395 Facilitator-at-Large Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Mike Davis US Department of Veterans Affairs Mary Kay McDaniel Hugh Glover Craig Parker, MD Security Cognosante, LLC Blue Wave Informatics Intermountain Healthcare Phone: 760-632-0294 Financial Management Medication Clinical Decision Support Email: [email protected] Phone: 602-300-4246 Phone: 44-0-7889-407-113 Phone: 801-859-4480 Email: Email: hugh_glover@bluewavein- Email: [email protected] Jean Duteau [email protected] formatics.co.uk Duteau Design Inc. Amnon Shabo, PhD PHER Dale Nelson Grahame Grieve IBM Phone: 780-328-6395 Lantana Consulting Group Health Intersections Pty Ltd Clinical Genomics Email: [email protected] CMET; Implementable Technology Infrastructure & Messaging Phone: 972-544-714070 Specifications Phone: 61-3-9450-2222 Email: [email protected] Isobel Frean Phone: 916-367-1458 Email: grahame@healthintersec- Bupa Group Email: tions.com.au Clinical Statement [email protected] Phone: 44-207-656-2146 Email: [email protected]

26 SEPTEMBER 2013 HL7 FACILITATORS, continued Frank Oemig, PhD Guilherme Del Fiol, MD, PhD Susan Matney Sandra Stuart HL7 Germany University of Utah Health Care 3M Health Information Systems Kaiser Permanente German Realm Clinical Decision Support Patient Care Infrastructure & Messaging Phone: 49-208-781194 Phone: 919-213-4129 Phone: 801-265-4326 Phone: 925-924-7473 Email: [email protected] Email: Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] [email protected] Craig Parker, MD Robert McClure, MD Pat Van Dyke, RN Intermountain Healthcare Christof Gessner CBCC Delta Dental Plans Association Clinical Decision Support HL7 Germany Phone: 303-926-6771 Electronic Health Records Phone: 801-859-4480 Health Care Devices Email: Phone: 503-243-4992 Email: [email protected] Phone: 49-172-3994033 [email protected] Email: patricia.vandyke@moda- Email: [email protected] health.com John Ritter Sarah Ryan Electronic Health Records W. Edward Hammond, PhD Clinical Interoperability Council Tony Weida Email: [email protected] Phone: 412-372-5783 Templates Apelon Email: [email protected] Phone: 919-383-3555 Security Harold Solbrig Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Apelon, Inc. Ioana Singureanu Modeling & Methodology Eversolve, LLC Monica Harry Phone: 807-993-0269 CBCC HL7 Canada Email: [email protected] Phone: 603-870-9739 PHER Email: Email : monicahl1533@gmail. Harry Solomon [email protected] com GE Healthcare Imaging Integration Margarita Sordo Robert Hausam, MD Phone: 847-277-5096 Partners HealthCare System, Inc. Hausam Consulting Email: Gello Orders & Observations; Structured [email protected] Phone: 781-416-8479 Documents Email: [email protected] Phone: 801-949-1556 Email: [email protected] Anita Walden Duke Translational Medicine Joyce Hernandez Institute Merck & Co. Inc. Clinical Interoperability Council Clinical Genomics Phone: 919-668-8256 Phone: 732-594-1815 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Grant Wood Intermountain Healthcare Wendy Huang Clinical Genomics Canada Health Infoway Inc. Phone: 801-408-8153 Patient Administration Email: [email protected] Phone: 416-595-3449 Email: whuang@infoway-info- Vocabulary Facilitators route.ca

Paul Biondich, MD Julie James IU School of Medicine Blue Wave Informatics Child Health Medication; Pharmacy Phone: 317-278-3466 Email: julie_james Email: [email protected] @bluewaveinformatics.co.uk

Kathleen Connor William “Ted” Klein Edmond Scientific Klein Consulting, Inc. Financial Management Modeling & Methodology Email: kathleen_connor@com- Phone: 631-924-6922 cast.net Email: [email protected]

Kevin Coonan, MD Emergency Care Email: [email protected]

SEPTEMBER 2013 27 Affiliate Contacts

HL7 Argentina HL7 Czech Republic HL7 Korea HL7 Russia Fernando Campos Libor Seidl Byoung-Kee Yi, PhD Tatyana Zarubina, MD, PhD Phone: +54-11-4781-2898 Phone: +420 605740492 Phone: +82 234101944 Phone: +7-495-434-55-82 Email: fernando.campos Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] @hospitalitaliano.org.ar HL7 Finland HL7 Luxembourg HL7 Singapore HL7 Australia Juha Mykkanen, PhD Stefan Benzschawel Adam Chee Richard Dixon Hughes Phone: +358-403552824 Phone: +352-425-991-x2889 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] HL7 Spain HL7 Austria HL7 France HL7 Netherlands Carlos Gallego Perez Stefan Sabutsch Nicolas Canu Robert Stegwee, MSc, PhD Phone: +34-93-693-18-03 Phone: +43-664-3132505 Phone: +33 02-35-60-41-97 Phone: +31-30-689-2730 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] HL7 Sweden HL7 Bosnia and Herzegovina HL7 Germany Gustav Alvfeldt Samir Dedovic Phone: +387 0-33-721-911 Kai Heitmann, MD HL7 New Zealand Phone: +46 08-123-13-117 Email: [email protected] Phone: +49-172-2660814 David Hay Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Phone: +64-9-638-9286 HL7 Brazil Email: [email protected] HL7 Switzerland Marivan Santiago Abrahao, MD HL7 Greece Beat Heggli Phone: +55-11-3045-3045 Alexander Berler HL7 Norway Phone: +41 44-297-5737 Email: [email protected] Phone: +30-2111001691 Terje Halvorsen Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] HL7 Canada HL7 Taiwan Melva Peters HL7 Hong Kong HL7 Pakistan Chih-Chan (Chad) Yen Phone: +604-515-0339 Dr. Chung Ping Ho Maajid Maqbool Phone: +886-2-2552-6990 Email: Phone: +852 34883762 Phone: +92-51-90852159 Email: [email protected] [email protected] Email: [email protected] Email: maajid.maqbool @seecs.edu.pk HL7 Turkey HL7 China HL7 India Ergin Soysal, MD, PhD Prof. Baoluo Li Lavanian Dorairaj, MBBS, MD HL7 Puerto Rico Email: [email protected] Phone: +86-010-65815129 Email: [email protected] Julio Cajigas Email: [email protected] Phone: +1 787-805-0505 x6003 HL7 UK HL7 Italy Email: [email protected] Philip Scott, PhD HL7 Colombia Stefano Lotti Phone: +44 8700-112-866 Fernando Portilla Phone: +39-06-42160685 HL7 Romania Email: [email protected] Phone: +57 2-5552334 x241 Email: [email protected] Florica Moldoveanu, PhD Email: [email protected] Phone: +40-21-4115781 HL7 Uruguay HL7 Japan Email: florica.moldoveanu Selene Indarte HL7 Croatia Michio Kimura, MD, PhD @yahoo.com Phone: +598 5-711-0711 Miroslav Koncar Phone: +385-99-321-2253 Phone: +81-3-3506-8010 Email: [email protected] Email: Email: [email protected] [email protected]

28 SEPTEMBER 2013 2013 HL7 STAFF Chief Executive Chief Technical Executive Associate Executive Officer Officer Director Director

Charles Jaffe, MD, PhD John Quinn Mark McDougall Karen Van Hentenryck +1-858-720-8200 +1-216-409-1330 +1-734-677-7777 +1-734-677-7777 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

Director of Manager Web Development Director of Meetings of Education Coordinator Education

Lillian Bigham Mary Ann Boyle Joshua Carmody Sharon Chaplock, PhD +1-989-736-3703 +1-734-677-7777 +1-734-677-7777 +1-414-443-1327 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Director of Manager of Global Partnerships Director, Project Administrative Director of and Policy Management Office Services Technical Services

Ticia Gerber Dave Hamill Linda Jenkins Michael Kingery +1-202-486-5236 +1-734-677-7777 +1-734-677-7777 +1-919-636-4032 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

Director of Director of TSC Project Technical Director of Membership Manager Publications Communications Services

Diana Stephens Lynn Laakso Donald Lloyd, PhD Andrea Ribick +1-734-677-7777 +1-906-361-5966 +1-734-677-7777 +1-734-677-7777 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] SEPTEMBER 2013 29 2013 HL7 Board of Directors Chair Chair-Elect Treasurer Chair Emeritus Technical Steering & Secretary Committee Chair

Donald Mon, PhD Robert Dolin, MD Calvin Beebe Austin Kreisler RTI International Lantana Consulting Group Mayo Clinic W. Edward Science Applications +1-312-777-5228 +1-714-532-1130 +1-507-284-3827 Hammond, PhD International Corp. (SAIC) [email protected] bob.dolin [email protected] +1-919-383-3555 +1-706-525-1181 @lantanagroup.com [email protected] [email protected] Directors-at-Large

Keith Boone James Ferguson Douglas Fridsma, MD, PhD Stanley Huff, MD GE Healthcare Kaiser Permanente Office of the National Intermountain Healthcare +1-617-519-2076 +1 510-271-5639 Coordinator for Health IT +1-801-442-4885 [email protected] [email protected] +1-202-205-4408 [email protected] [email protected] Affiliate Directors

Rebecca Kush, PhD Edward Tripp Diego Kaminker Patricia Van Dyke Helen Stevens Love, MBA CDISC Edward S Tripp Delta Dental Plans HL7 Argentina HL7 Canada +1-512-791-7612 and Associates, Inc. Association +54-11-4781-2898 +1-250-598-0312 [email protected] +1-224-234-9769 +1-503-243-4492 diego.kaminker [email protected] [email protected] patricia.vandyke @kern-it.com.ar @modahealth.com Ex Officio Members Advisory Council Chair

Charles Jaffe, MD, PhD John Quinn Mark McDougall Richard Dixon Hughes HL7 CEO HL7 CTO HL7 Exective Director HL7 Australia / DH4 Pty Limited +1-858-720-8200 +1-216-409-1330 +1-734-677-7777 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] 30 SEPTEMBER 2013 HL7 Implementation Workshop

Gain real-world HL7 knowledge TODAY that you can apply TOMORROW

What is an Implementation Workshop? An HL7 Implementation Workshop is a three-day hands-ons event focused on HL7-specific topics such as Version 2, Version 3 and Clinical Document Architecture. It includes a combination of exercises and presentations to help attendees learn how to implement HL7 standards. Why Should I Attend? This is an invaluable educational opportunity for the healthcare IT community as it strives for greater interop- erability among healthcare information systems. Our classes offer a wealth of information designed to benefit Upcoming a wide range of HL7 users, from beginner to advanced. Among the benefits of attending the HL7 Implementation Implementation Workshop are: Workshop • Efficiency Concentrated two-day format provides maximum training with minimal time investment • Learn Today, Apply Tomorrow A focused curriculum featuring real-world HL7 knowledge that you can apply immediately • Quality Education High-quality training in a “small classroom” setting promotes more one-on-one learning • Superior Instructors You’ll get HL7 training straight from the source: Our instructors. They are not only HL7 experts; they are the people who help produce the HL7 standards • Certification Testing Become HL7 Certified: HL7 is the sole source for November 5-7, 2013 HL7 certification testing, now offering testing on HL7 & Meaningful Use Version 2.7, Clinical Document Architecture, Get Hands-On with Version 2 or and Version 3 RIM Clinical Document Architecture Embassy Suites, Philadelphia Airport • Economical Philadelphia, PA A more economical alternative for companies who want the benefits of HL7’s on-site training but have fewer employees to train

MAY 2013 31 Upcoming WORKING GROUP MEETINGS

January 12 – 17, 2014 May 4 – 9, 2014 Working Group Meeting Working Group Meeting Hyatt Regency Baltimore Pointe Hilton Squaw Peak Resort Baltimore, MD Phoenix, AZ

September 14 – 19, 2014 January 18 – 23, 2015 28th Annual Plenary Working Group Meeting & Working Group Meeting Hyatt Regency on the Riverwalk Hilton Chicago Hotel, Chicago, IL San Antonio, TX

May 10 – 15, 2015 October 4 – 9, 2015 Working Group Meeting 29th Annual Plenary & Working Hyatt Regency Paris – Charles de Gaulle Group Meeting Hotel, Paris, France Sheraton Atlanta Hotel Atlanta, GA