Update from the CEO by Charles Jaffe, MD, Phd, HL7 CEO HL7’S 22Nd Annual Plenary Meeting

AUGUST 2008

In This Issue... Update from the CEO By Charles Jaffe, MD, PhD, HL7 CEO HL7’s 22nd Annual Plenary Meeting..... 2

Work Group Co-Chair Elections: As the languid days of August almost impercep- Development Organizations What to Expect in Vancouver...... 3 tibly transform into the cool autumn nights of (SDOs). Most importantly, September, some significant milestones emerged Update from Headquarters...... 4-5 it is a living document. The from the HL7 landscape. Roadmap development team ExL Pharma’s 4th Annual EHR and will continue to be com- Charles Jaffe, MD, PhD eClinical Technologies Conference...... 6 The membership of HL7 has its very first posed of a broad constitu- News from the PMO...... 6 Roadmap. A strategic plan for technical and busi- ency with distinct requirements, and with plans to ness development is embodied in this document. It publish Roadmap updates annually. Version 3 Normative Edition 2008 Now Available...... 7 is more than just a promise to our stakeholders; the Roadmap provides the end-user community, gov- As the Roadmap matures, it will reflect the changing Multiple Modes of Delivering ernment agencies, software developers and other Education...... 8 business needs of our organization. More opportuni- standards development organizations clear guide- ties require more creative resource development and Advisory Council News...... 9 lines for our products and services. In addition, the new means of expanding our funding model. Co-Chair Election Results...... 9 Roadmap offers something beyond a commitment to develop a new standard or a new release of a Part of our new funding model emerged with the HL7 Certification Exam balloted one. There are clear milestones, deliver- announcement of the Rockefeller grant to develop Congratulations...... 10 ables and metrics for success. a strategy for defining interoperability for healthcare HIMSS 2009...... 11 IT in critical developing countries. The World Health The Roadmap enunciates definitive statements of Upcoming Co-Chair Elections...... 12 Organization (WHO) has contended that millions of where we plan to devote resources to emerging dollars have been poured into those regions, referred HL7 Benefactors...... 12 technologies and in specific domains of expertise. to by the Rockefeller Foundation as the Global Upcoming Working Group As the Clinical Document Architecture (CDA) South, without achieving much of the potential of Meetings...... 13 becomes more mature and more broadly adopted, that investment. The leadership envisioned a confer- we have found greater demand for its inherent flex- ence of thought leaders and stakeholders as the start- Educational Summits...... 14 ibility, including the delivery of discharge summa- ing point for a successful program. AFFILIATE NEWS...... 15-20 ries and the implementation of decision support.

Use of HL7 Standards in the JARA During a four week period in July and August, eight Project...... 15-16 Strategies are also emerging in the realms of sessions were held, including tracks on public health, Service Oriented Architecture and clinical research HL7 Welcomes Newest Affiliate- electronic health records, mobility solutions and Singapore...... 16 integration. Plans for the BRIDG (Biomedical capacity building. Interoperability was designed to Research Integrated Domain Group) model serve as the keystone for the conference. Invitation to the 9th International are defined in the Roadmap, developed in close continued on page 7 Interoperability Conference...... 17-18 cooperation with CDISC, the FDA, and the NIH Show Me Your CDA! Interoperability (National Cancer Institute). Forum...... 18

Affiliate Contacts...... 19 The Roadmap also envisions improved collaboration with other partners and other Standards Upcoming International Events...... 20

Organizational Members...... 21-23

2008 Technical Steering Committee Members ...... 24

HL7 Work Group Co-Chairs...... 25-27

HL7 Facilitators...... 28-29

HL7 Staff Members...... 30

2008 Board of Directors...... 31

22nd Annual Plenary and Working Bellagio, Italy, where the Rockefeller Foundation conference took place this summer. Group Meeting...... 32

® Health Level Seven and HL7 are registered trademarks of Health Level Seven, Inc., registered in the U.S. Trademark Office HL7‘s 22nd Annual Plenary Meeting*

Theme: The Role of IT in Healthcare Policy

Monday, September 15, 2008 Sheraton Wall Centre Hotel, Vancouver, BC, Canada

Scheduled Agenda Is Subject to Change*

8:00 – 8:10 a.m. Opening Remarks Charles Jaffe, MD, PhD, CEO, Health Level Seven 8:10 – 8:20 a.m. Welcoming Comments Michael van Campen, Chair, HL7 Canada 8:20 – 8:50 a.m. Plenary Session 1: Canada’s Vision for Healthcare IT Richard Alvarez, President and CEO, Canada Health Infoway 8:50 – 9:20 a.m. Plenary Session 2: The Status of Healthcare IT in British Columbia Elaine McKnight, Assistant Deputy Minister, Health Sector IM/IT Division, Ministry of Health, Province of British Columbia

9:20 – 9:50 am Plenary Session 3: U.S. Presidential Candidate John McCain’s Vision for Healthcare IT Stephen T. Parente, McCain health policy adviser and Associate Professor, Department of Finance, Director, Medical Industry Leadership Institute, Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota 9:50 – 10:20 am Plenary Session 4: U.S. Presidential Candidate Barack Obama’s Vision for Healthcare IT Blackford Middleton, MD, MPH, MSc, Chairman, Center for IT Leadership, Director, Clinical Informatics R&D, Partners HealthCare System, and Harvard Medical School 10:20 – 10:50 a.m. Break 10:50 – 11:20 am Plenary Session 5: European Union eHealth Strategy in Support of Member State Health Policy Priorities Dr. Veli N. Stroetmann and Dr. Karl A. Stroetmann, European eHealth Research and Innovation Study, Senior Research Fellows, empirica Technology Research 11:20 – 11:50 am Plenary Session 6: The Role of Interoperability Standards in Emerging Countries Beatriz de Faria Leão, MD, PhD, Health Standards Architect, ZILICS Health Information Systems, São Paulo, Brazil 11:50 – 12:20 pm Plenary Session 7: Health Policy in Asia Goh Aik Guan, Managing Director, Ministry of Health Holdings, Singapore (invited)

*Schedule and speakers are subject to change. A final agenda will be posted to the HL7 website and will printed in the HL7 On-Site Meeting Schedule & Hotel Guide in August.

2 AUGUST 2008 HEALTH LEVEL SEVEN, INC. Governance and Operations Column: WORK GROUP CO-CHAIR ELECTIONS: What to expect in Vancouver By Chuck Meyer; HL7 Vice Chair

Chuck Meyer

How often have you had to skip a quarter of your work group primary list server subscription list) can visit the polling station meeting in order to participate in the co-chair election of another to request and complete a work group co-chair ballot. There work group you had an interest in? How long did it take your will be numerous opportunities to cast your ballot: in route to work group to get back on track after those folks who filled the your work group or tutorial following the general session; during room for a co-chair election ambled off? Even if you haven’t had breaks; before or after lunch; and for up to the half an hour to deal with these situations I can almost guarantee that you’ve following Q4. heard about them. There’s no question that the Governance and Operations Committee (GOC) has heard about them. The ballot format is virtually unchanged and will allow for write- in candidates. Any write-in candidates will be subject to valida- On a typical Monday or Tuesday at a Working Group Meeting tion and may decline to serve. As in the past, there are allowanc- there are a number of HL7 members wandering from work es for absentee ballots. However, absentee ballots are restricted group to work group solely to participate in co-chair elections. to those current individual members or voting representatives of While this proved workable in the past, as HL7 grew, it became current organizational or Affiliate members who are not able to more problematic. HL7 leadership has been challenged by the attend the Working Group Meeting. Absentee voters must also membership, or at least a fairly vocal contingent of the member- be registered as subscribers to the work group’s primary list serv- ship, to address these issues and improve the work group co- er. Curtailing absentee ballots to ‘voting’ members is necessary; chair election process at our Working Group Meetings. otherwise any employee of a current organizational member or Affiliate could conceivably submit an absentee ballot. As a result, the GOC evaluated several proposals derived from a review of various election processes, keeping in mind the demand The GOC is hopeful that this new process for work group co- for openness while engaging the rather nebulous concept of work chair elections will lessen the hassle factor and improve the effec- group membership or, perhaps more appropriately, participation. tiveness of our Working Group Meetings. So let’s all give it a Given that HL7 has neither the capability to manage membership chance and put forth the effort to make it work. Thank you. at the work group level nor the desire to restrict participation to a single or even several work groups, it has always been the policy that anyone “in the room and identified as an HL7 member” can vote during a work group co-chair election.

The process endorsed by the GOC and adopted by the Chuck Meyer Executive Committee is defined in §05.02 of the Governance Vice Chair, HL7 and Operations Manual. HL7 will continue to identify members by the red MEMBER band across the bottom of the Working Group Meeting badge holder which is issued to current individual members and the representatives of current organizational members (normally your employer) and HL7 is the official publication of: Affiliates. However, beginning with the September Working Group Meeting HL7 will no longer hold co-chair elections in the Health Level Seven, Inc. work group meeting rooms. Instead, there will be a polling sta- 3300 Washtenaw Avenue, Suite 227 tion at or near the HL7 registration desk. On the first day of the Ann Arbor, MI 48104-4261 USA Working Group Meeting that a work group officially convenes, Phone: +1 (734) 677-7777 that work group’s co-chair ballots will be available at the polling Fax: +1 (734) 677-6622 station throughout the day to ‘registered’ voters (admittedly a www.HL7.org relative term). Registered voters will posses a member’s badge and will have ‘registered’ an interest in a given work group by Mark D. McDougall subscribing to that work group’s primary list server on or before Publisher the Wednesday preceding the Working Group Meeting. Andrea Ribick Managing Editor Those work groups holding co-chair elections will be announced during each morning’s General Session. Co-chairs are also Karen Van Hentenryck encouraged to mention elections during their opening com- Technical Editor ments to the work group. Throughout the course of the day a registered voter (one whose name appears on the work group’s

HEALTH LEVEL SEVEN, INC. AUGUST 2008 3 Phoenix to Göteborg to Vancouver Update from Headquarters By Mark McDougall, HL7 Executive Director

schedule is provided on page 2.

Mark McDougall A highlight of this year’s plenary meeting is that the Meetings around the Globe Wednesday night network- HL7 has continued its global march that ing reception will be held at was started many years ago. Last year, the Vancouver Aquarium. HL7 convened its May 2007 Working For a nominal charge, HL7’s Group Meeting in Cologne, Germany. attendees will have private HL7 was also an active participant and use of Canada’s largest exhibitor in Medinfo 2007 that convened aquarium, where food and in Brisbane, Australia. Immediately fol- drinks will also be served. lowing Medinfo 2007, HL7’s IHIC 2007 HL7 attendees will have pri- program was held in Auckland, vate access to these areas: New Zealand. Underwater galleries: HL7 MIE 2008 – Sweden guests have the exclusive This year HL7 actively participated and opportunity to discover exhibited at MIE 2008, which convened areas of the Aquarium during late May in Göteborg, Sweden. after dark, including the While the acronym is much shorter, underwater habitat of the MIE 2008 actually refers to the 21st four Pacific White Sided International Congress of the European Dolphins. Federation for Medical Informatics. The theme for this event was “eHealth beyond Top floor galleries: The the horizon – get I.T. there,” which attract- Pacific Canada Pavilion ed more than 1000 participants. includes the Georgia Straight Exhibit, highlight- 22nd Plenary – Canada ing the marine life from the HL7’s 22nd Annual Plenary and Working British Columbia coastline. Exhibit at the Vancouver Aquarium Group Meeting will convene September Tropic Zone has a large dis- 14 – 19, 2008 at the Sheraton Wall Centre play of tropical fish, includ- Hotel in spectacular Vancouver, BC, ing sharks. The Exploration that provides an opportunity for all mem- Canada. Situated along British Columbia’s Gallery has over 5000 square feet of new bers of the HL7 community to show off coastline, majestic mountains, sparkling animals to explore, such as jellies, bar- their accomplishments and even win an ocean, rainforests and beautiful foliage all nacles and cuttlefish. award for what they have done. For more four seasons make Vancouver one of the information on this year’s IHIC program most beautiful cities in the world. IHIC 2009 – Greece please see the article on page 17. The 9th Annual International HL7 This year’s plenary theme is “The Role of Interoperability Conference (IHIC) will May WGM – Phoenix I.T. in Healthcare Policy.” The program convene October 8 – 11, 2008 on Greece’s Our May Working Group Meeting, held in will feature high ranking speakers from largest island, Crete. One of the key Phoenix, Arizona from May 4 – 9, 2008, Asia, Europe, South America and North objectives of the IHIC is sharing HL7 was another big success. More than 40 HL7 work groups met in Phoenix and America. Given the current presidential Version 3 (V3) implementation experi- election year in the United States, the attendees took advantage of 30 tutorials ence from around the world and the HL7 during that week. The common theme plenary program will also feature pre- Clinical Document Architecture (CDA) that week was that the meetings were very sentations by healthcare policy speakers is a foundational component of many of productive, albeit tiring. Fortunately, we from the campaigns of John McCain those V3 exchanges. This year’s event also also enjoyed excellent warm weather and and Barack Obama. A complete program features a “Show Me Your CDA!” project celebrated Cinco de Mayo with the locals.

4 AUGUST 2008 HEALTH LEVEL SEVEN, INC. Meeting Sponsors I am pleased to recognize the following organizations that spon- sored key components of our May Working Group meeting in Phoenix, Arizona: • LINKMED – Afternoon Snack Break • Thomson Reuters– Morning Coffee Break • iNTERFACEWARE – Lanyards • Gordon Point Informatics – Tuesday’s Continental Breakfast • Orion Health – Monday’s Continental Breakfast

The additional sponsorship support provided by these organizations contributes heavily to HL7’s meeting budget and is much appreciated.

Recognition Awards Benefactors and Supporters We are thrilled to have attracted the all time highest number of May Working Group Meeting Sponsors Marc Koehn of Gordon Point HL7 benefactors and supporters, who are listed on page 12. Informatics and Alan McFarlane of Interfaceware accept their recognition plaques at the Wednesday morning general session in Phoenix. Their support of HL7 is very much needed and sincerely appreciated. Representatives from these organizations are pictured below. A special thank you is extended to the firms that repre- Organizational Member Firms sent our 2008 HL7 benefactors and supporters. As listed on pages 21-23, HL7 is very proud to report that the number of HL7 organizational member companies includes approximately 465 companies. We sincerely appreciate their ongoing support of HL7 via their organizational membership dues.

In Closing As I write this column, those of us in the Northern hemisphere are in the midst of our warm summer season. Many of us are spending more time with family due to school breaks and/or family vacations. We are also aware that many others are facing extremely difficult challenges (e.g., natural disasters occurring around the globe). Therefore, I invite us all to consider praying for and/or doing what you can do to help those in desperate need.

Best wishes to you and your loved ones for good health and much laughter.

Representatives from HL7’s 2008 Supporters accept their recognition plaques at the Wednesday morning general session in Phoenix.

Representatives from HL7’s 2008 Benefactors accept their recognition plaques at the Wednesday morning general session in Phoenix.

HEALTH LEVEL SEVEN, INC. AUGUST 2008 5 ExL Pharma’s 4th Annual Electronic Health Records and eClinical Technologies Conference September 15-16, 2008 Marriott Waterfront, Baltimore, MD

In 2005 ExL Pharma produced a concentration on defining the value sequent increases in drug safety and conference on Merging EHR & EDC, proposition, driving user adoption, clinical procedural efficiency. the first ever event on this visionary data standardization and regulatory topic, proudly pioneering the land- compliance, and the introduction of Join the leading pharmaceutical com- scape and successfully gathering the recruitment and safety benefits as well panies, medical centers, industry-led most influential leaders in this space to as a focus on implementation at the initiative groups, academic organiza- brainstorm on the potential value of site-level. tions and regulatory authorities as co-joining healthcare informatics and we gather in Baltimore and advance clinical trial research systems. With In 2008, we will examine the topic towards interoperability. over half of the first year participants through actual case study examples of returning in 2006 and the conference real world applications. Led by vary- HL7 members are entitled to a 15% growing over 60% in size, the event ing industry initiatives to standardize discount on the registration fee. To once again successfully articulated the the data collection, aggregation and take advantage of this discount, please potential value of integrating clinical retrieval, the industry is finally real- use Priority and Discount Code: research and clinical care. Reflect- izing the benefit of successful cases of P424HL7. For more information, to ing the topic’s evolution, the 2007 convergence. This year’s event focuses download the conference brochure conference title expanded to Merg- on demonstrating case study examples and to register, please go to: ing Electronic Health Records and of the capture of appropriate EHR www.exlpharma.com. eClinical Technologies, with continued data for clinical research and the sub-

News from the PMO By Dave Hamill, Director, HL7 Project Management Office

HL7 Project List are planned for Q4 Sunday and Q3 Thursday. This training will help project facilitators assist their work groups in project The HL7 Project List is alive and well, development and facilitation by utilizing an online tool. Look and indicates that 150 plus projects are for more details under the ‘Tutorials’ section in the WGM Bro- Dave Hamill being worked on by the membership. I chure and in the On-Site Meeting Schedule and Hotel Guide. would like to thank the co-chairs and project facilitators that helped validate the accuracy of the As HL7’s primary project repository, Project Insight functions list. This list originates from HL7’s primary project repository, as the foundation for project data and reporting, and assists the Project Insight, and contains projects submitted to the PMO PMO, steering divisions and TSC in the execution of HL7’s since 2005. You can view the list on GForge, via the TSC’s project methodology and processes. It is a 100% web-based File page at http://hl7projects.hl7.nscee.edu/frs/?group_id=52. project management software application with tools that offer many strategic benefits to HL7, such as:

Project Insight Presentations Will Continue at the • Intelligent project scheduling, including cross project September Plenary & Working Group Meeting in dependency capability Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada • Flexible reporting The PMO will again demonstrate Project Insight and pro- • Project templates and project methodologies vide free tutorials to all interested parties at the Vancouver • Microsoft Outlook and Office integration Plenary & Working Group Meeting in September. Sessions • Options for customization

6 AUGUST 2008 HEALTH LEVEL SEVEN, INC. Version 3 Normative Edition 2008 Now Available

The Version 3 Normative Edition 2008 (NE 2008) is now avail- Services (Services Oriented Architecture) able and is a comprehensive assembly of the HL7 Version 3 Specifications specifications that have reached normative status — as either a • Informative Document on Use of SOA in HL7 Normative Standard or a Draft Standard for Trial Use (DSTU) • Three RIM-based services specifications developed jointly — since 2004. This release includes an improved suite of tools, with OMG and XML representations of the standard (in the HL7 Model • Resource Location and Update Service Interchange Format - MIF) that allow more thorough process- • Entity Identification Service ing of these standards with tools developed by HL7 and by HL7 • Decision Support Service implementers. New tools just being released support design browsing and editing, and auto-generation of message instance Domain Specifications examples. Additionally, a significant effort went into improv- • Accounting and Billing Release 2 ing the quality review of the content and reporting any issues • Care Provision — A Suite of seven new DSTUs for found in the “Known Issue” page of the Edition. The enhanced Patient Care emphasis on the DSTU in this edition allows implementers an • Clinical Genomics advanced “pedigree” topic from DSTU opportunity to test these specifications in real-life settings and to Standard • Claims and Reimbursements Release 4 then provide their feedback to be incorporated into the final • Clinical Statement — a new DSTU to define a common standard prior to it becoming a normative specification. Another pattern for use in All RIM-based specifications feature of the NE 2008 is that it is based on a better documented • Medical Records Communication advanced prior work from and managed representation of the vocabulary content. DSTU to Standard and added DSTU on Document Queries • Patient Administration released the second release of NE 2008 covers about 50% more topics of interest than the their DSTU previous edition and also includes the following standards: • Public Health — Safety Report Management — DSTU 2 • Public Health Generic Incident Notification — DSTU Release 1 Foundation Technologies • Regulated Products — Structured Product Labeling — Release 3 • Security Role Based Access Control – Definitions, • Regulated Products — Regulated Product Submission — terminologies, frame-works to support RBAC Standard Release 1 • DSTU – Templates to constrain and refine standard HL7 • Regulated Studies — Reporting of Clinical Trials Lab Data Clinical Documents and Messages — Standard Release 2 (was Release 1) • DSTU – Implementation Guide for using SNOMED-CT • Specimen — Informative Document of a pattern for (the premier clinical terminology used worldwide) in the modeling clinical specimens in HL7 V3 • Therapeutic Devices — New standard on follow-up reports context of HL7 Version 3 communications on cardiac implantable devices

Infrastructure Specifications and Implementation Version 3 NE 2008 is available for purchase in the “Bookstore” Technology Specifications area under the Resources section of the HL7 website. Members • No change logged in to the HL7 website may also download Version 3 standards from the Members Only section of the website.

Continued from page 1

Ed Hammond, the HL7 Chair, provided the closing keynote tries of health from around the globe. In anticipation of the US address for the conference. Presidential elections, we have confirmed presentations from the healthcare advisors of both of the major candidates, who will In addition to a substantial handbook on Interoperability, HL7 address the policy platforms of their leadership. is slated to complete a demonstration project for lab interoperability and participate in the distance e-learning project on health- We look forward to an exciting autumn and a challenging year. care informatics designed by the American Medical Informatics As the calendar pages turn quickly by, engaging our members and Association (AMIA). This training program will depend signifi- stakeholders has never been more critical to our success. cantly on the experience that HL7 has gained during the inaugural year of its own highly successful e-learning project. Sincerely,

Much of the HL7 family is awaiting this year’s plenary meeting to be held in Vancouver from September 14 through 19. In addition to an exciting off-site program, developed in conjunction with HL7 Canada, we have confirmed presentations from healthcare IT thought leaders from academia and industry as well as minis- Charles Jaffe, MD, PhD

HEALTH LEVEL SEVEN, INC. AUGUST 2008 7 Multiple Modes Of Delivering Education By Abdul-Malik Shakir, Co-Chair, HL7 Education Work Group

The Education Educational Summits provide an opportu- while the host provides the facilities, audio- Work Group is nity to deliver education in cities not typi- visual equipment, and the audience. On- the primary work cally utilized for working group meetings. site tutorials are typically customized to group respon- meet the particular learning objectives of sible for organiz- Compact Disks the host. This type of educational offering ing, monitoring, Educational CDs are self-directed educa- gives the host organization the opportunity and overseeing tional offerings combining PowerPoint- to provide education to a large group with- educational offer- like presentation material, audio, and text out the inconvenience of travel. ings provided on a topic related to HL7. The courses Abdul-Malik Shakir by Health Level are burned onto CDs for distribution and Distance Learning Program Seven (HL7). In recent years, the can be downloaded from the HL7 website (eLearning) Education Work Group has expanded or ordered from the bookstore. These The HL7 distance learning program, also the modes in which it provides education. are single topic tutorials intended for an referred to as eLearning, is a series of pre- The purpose of this article is to enumer- audience interested in self-directed study. recorded webinars combined with instruc- ate and describe the existing and emerg- Compact disks provide users with the tional material designed to be taken as a ing modes of delivering education used opportunity to experience an educational collective. Distance learning programs are by the Education Work Group. offering at their own pace during times multi-topic educational offerings designed most convenient to them. Educational to accomplish very broad learning objec- Working Group Meeting CDs can be distributed by HL7 in a vari- tives. They also provide participants with Tutorials ety of forums such as HIMSS, TEPRA, an opportunity to explore educational top- Working Group Meeting tutorials are and other events. ics in more depth than is covered in our instructor-led educational sessions provid- other modes of education. ed at HL7 working group meetings. These Webinars and Audio Casts tutorials provide attendees the opportuni- Webinars and audio casts are instruc- Distance learning programs include exer- ty to combine participation in educational tor-led courses presented as lectures and cises, activities, and tests. Instructors are offerings with participation in work group interactive sessions via the web or tele- available through online blogs and email projects and activities. They include lec- conference. They provide participants to provide coaching, review the results of tures regarding the various HL7 products with an opportunity to participate in an exercises, and to answer questions. The such as messages, documents, services, educational offering without the need for distance learning program can be accessed and functional models. Tutorials are also travel or allocating a significant portion 24/7 from anywhere in the world. . provided on other standards, informa- of their time. tion technologies, and regulatory activities The Education Work Group is commit- related to HL7 products. Participants can register in advance of the ted to continuing to offer educational session and participate from anywhere services in a variety of modalities to suit Educational Summits in the world, provided they have the the needs of the members of HL7 and Educational Summits are interim educa- necessary Internet or telephone access. the users of HL7 products and services. tion-only meetings held by the Education Webinars and audio casts are typically Other ideas being considered include the Work Group between working group short in length (one to two hours) and use of online forums, blogs, and pod- meetings. They provide attendees the focus on a single topic. The sessions may casts. Please share your thoughts with opportunity to participate in educational be offered as part of a series of sessions us and your expertise regarding any of offerings without the distraction of other over time. the modes of education presented in this work group activities and also allow HL7 article. As a work group we are continu- to reach an audience that does not tradi- On-Site Tutorials ally seeking new volunteers to assist us tionally attend working group meetings. On-site tutorials are instructor-led training with planning and delivering educational The summits are also instructor-led edu- provided by HL7 and hosted on-site by a services. Please join our list server to cational sessions consisting of lectures coordinating organization. HL7 provides learn how you too can get involved. devoted to HL7 products and services. the instructor and educational materials

8 AUGUST 2008 HEALTH LEVEL SEVEN, INC. Advisory Council News

The HL7 Board of Directors has named seven new members to ration; Ian Ferrier, founder and chair of Bogart Delafield Ferrier, serve on its Advisory Council: Michael Fitzmaurice, PhD, senior LLC; Mark Frisse, director of regional informatics programs at the science advisor for information technology, Agency for Healthcare Vanderbilt Center for Better Health, and professor in the Vander- Research and Quality; Harry L. Reynolds, vice president, HIPAA bilt department of Biomedical Informatics; Mitch Hansen, vice & Information Compliance Office, Blue Cross and Blue Shield president for enterprise systems and services, Quest Diagnostics; of North Carolina; Helga Rippen, MD; Nina M. Schwenk, MD, C. Martin Harris, chief information officer and chairman, Infor- vice president, Mayo Clinic, chair, Information Technology Com- mation Technology Division of the Cleveland Clinic Foundation; mittee and consultant, General Internal Medicine; Jeremy Thorp, Dr. Tim Jones, clinical and technical design owner, National NHS director of business requirements, NHS Connecting for Health; Care Record, National Programme for IT; Penelope J. Lie, senior John Tooker, MD, MBA, FACP, executive vice president and chief director in healthcare development at Oracle Corporation; Janet executive officer, American College of Physicians; and Charlene Marchibroda, chief executive director, Foundation for eHealth Ini- S. Underwood, MBA, director, Government and Industry Affairs, tiative; and Andrew Updegrove, co-founder and partner, Gesmer Siemens Medical Solutions. Updegrove LLP.

The Board would also like to thank the following individuals who For more information on the members of the HL7 Advisory recently completed their terms on the Advisory Council for their Council, please visit the HL7 Advisory Council webpage at: service: Carl Dvorak, chief operating officer, Epic Systems Corpo- http://www.hl7.org/special/committees/Advisory/index.cfm.

Co-Chair Election Results from the May Working Group Meeting

Congratulations to the following individuals elected as co-chairs at the May Working Group Meeting in Phoenix, AZ:

• Clinical Genomics – Amnon Shabo • Clinical Interoperability Council – Meredith Nahm • Community Based Collaborative Care – Richard Thoreson • Financial Management – Kathleen Connor, Susan Lepping, and Beat Heggli • Implementation/Conformance – Jason Rock and Jenni Puyenbroek • Laboratory – Austin Kreisler • Modeling & Methodology – Dale Nelson • Patient Administration – Jean Ferraro • Patient Care – Kevin Coonan • RIM Based Application Architecture (formerly JAVA) – Peter Hendler • Security – Bernd Blobel • Services Oriented Architecture – John Koisch and Galen Mulrooney • Templates – Mark Shafarman

HEALTH LEVEL SEVEN, INC. AUGUST 2008 9 Congratulations to the following people who passed the HL7 Certification Exam Certified HL7 V2.5 April 10, 2008 Nagarajan Ramasamy Ritesh C Bhinde Chapter 2 Control Alvaro Lemos Purvi M Dedhia Specialist Susan L. Slater June 21, 2008 Merwin D'Mello Neeraj Bharati Sandeep R Jadhav March 5, 2008 May 12, 2008 Krishan K Bhardwaj Indu Kumari Angela M. Clark Grace Woo Rina Katiyar Rajesh N Melwani Ronald L. Cowan Priyambada Swain Naveen Nagaraj Douglas T. Fisher May 16, 2008 Virupaksh Nagathan Karen L. Furman Elliot Cunningham HL7 Spain Sandeshkumar Singh Linda J. Howell Kristofer Hiebert Deepan S Vashi Sunil Mainali Edward Hodgson March 27, 2008 Dajiba R. Patil Brian Katchnoski Javier Barredo Agrax HL7 Korea Zane E. Schott Nick Mages Javier Carracedo Municio Terry L. Sirdevan Brad Woodfield Elías Castro González April 28, 2008 Ted J. Walker Pablo Costas Álvarez Joon Young Kang HL7 India Ana Belén Devesa Canal Dong-Woo Oh March 26, 2008 Andrés Gil Rodríguez Kevin J. Kalp February 23, 2008 Alejandro López González Certified HL7 Joel Kerranen Smitha G.K. Urbano Rey Rey Version 3 RIM Lynn R. Laakso Sivakumar K.M. Elvira Sacristán Gil Specialist Joe Purrenhage Karthikkannan Alberto Sáenz Heras May 8, 2008 Edwin D. Ylitalo Maruthamuthu Javier Trillo Enríquez Pablo Francisco Viñas Benjamin A. Levy Jingdong Li May 8, 2008 April 5, 2008 Noseda Rita A. Altamore Rukmoni CK HL7 Canada Varun Bathla Anjana Devi Kaleeswaran Certified HL7 Subrata Behera Brijesh Mishra CDA Specialist April 10, 2008 Tina A. Gautreau Logeswari Palani Sam S. Forouzi David R. Nelsen Komathi Radhakrishnan May 8, 2008 Ross Fraser Michael A. Yackanich Sridhar Rajagopalan Paul Avillach Sarath Kumar Reddy Ugur Bilge Kais Hefaiedh Jane Ann Hendricks HL7 Argentina Madhanagopal Sadasivam Igor Gejdos Renuka Thangavel Brett A. Marquard Tony CK Lau Colin Lee April 4, 2008 Douglas C. Pratt Teodora Salau Alfredo Hernán Cancio June 14, 2008 Charles Rica Michel Boivin Fernando Andrés Campos Manoj Kumar Chinnaraj Rich M. Rogers Flora Esther Jacob Ergin Soysal Igor Sirkovich HL7 Canada Harini N Krishnaswamy Srinivasan Krishnamoorthy HL7 India May 20, 2008 Marouan Ouri March 27, 2008 Nandakumar M Lotlekar Joshua G. McColeman Sathish Kumar Natarajan April 26, 2008 Thirunavukkarasu Sufia Ahmed Ramachandran Viral B Bhatt

10 AUGUST 2008 HEALTH LEVEL SEVEN, INC. Join us in the HL7 Booth (#2427) at the HIMSS 2009 Exhibit

HL7 will once again offer education sessions at our booth during HIMSS. Join us to learn more about how HL7 standards are changing the face of healthcare IT. Save the Date for HIMSS 2009!

April 4-8, 2009 in Chicago, IL

HEALTH LEVEL SEVEN, INC. AUGUST 2008 11 Upcoming Co-Chair Elections

The following HL7 work groups will conduct co-chair elections at the September Plenary & Working Group Meeting in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada: • Anatomic Pathology—electing one co-chair • Attachments—electing one co-chair • Clinical Decision Support—electing one co-chair • Clinical Interoperability Council—electing one co-chair • Education—electing two co-chairs • Financial Management—electing one co-chair • Implementation/Conformance—electing one co-chair • Infrastructure & Messaging—electing two co-chairs • Modeling & Methodology—electing one co-chair • Orders & Obersvations—electing one co-chair • Patient Safety—electing one co-chair • Public Health & Emergency Response—electing two co-chairs • Services Oriented Architecture—electing one co-chair

HL7 Benefactors

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

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12 AUGUST 2008 HEALTH LEVEL SEVEN, INC. UPCOMING WORKING GROUP MEETINGS

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HEALTH LEVEL SEVEN, INC. AUGUST 2008 13 HL7 EDUCATIONAL SUMMITS

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What is an Educational Summit? The HL7 Educational Summit is a a three-day schedule of tutorials focused on HL7-specific topics such as Version 2, Version 3 and Clinical Document Architecture. Educational sessions also cover gen- Why Should I Attend? eral interest industry topics such as HIPAA Claims Attachments. This is an invaluable educational opportunity for the healthcare IT community as it strives for greater interoperability among healthcare information systems. Our classes offer a wealth of information designed to benefit a wide range of HL7 users, UPCOMING EDUCATIONAL from beginner to advanced. SUMMIT Among the benefits of attending the HL7 Educational Summit are: • Efficiency Concentrated three-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 HL7 certification testing, now offering testing on Version 2.5 and November 4–6, 2008 Clinical Document Architecture, and Version 3 RIM Embassy Suites Hotel Salt Lake City, UT • Economical A more economical alternative for companies who want the benefits of HL7’s on-site training but have fewer employees to train

14 AUGUST 2008 HEALTH LEVEL SEVEN, INC. Use of HL7 Standards in the JARA Project (Corporate Healthcare Information Systems Transformation) and its Relationship with Other Systems

Submitted by HL7 Spain

Servicio Extremeño de Salud (SES) is the public healthcare pro- • Any merger in two or more patient registries will generate an vider organization in the Extremadura Region of Spain that is ADTÂ40 message responsible for managing people, resources and centers. It provides healthcare services to more then one million inhabitants, The JARA Clinical Information System can register a new within an integrated functional framework based on the integral patient or an unknown patient (in this case, the systems will gen- concept of health. erate a temporary identification to assign it tests or orders) and communicate this event to CIVITAS, with an ADTÂ28 mes- The SES organization includes sage. In the case of a new patient registry in CIVITAS, this will eight health areas, and is the send another ADTÂ28 message to JARA, including an internal basic system structure that identification in JARA and the new CIP assigned in CIVITAS. manages resources and funding If the patient is already registered in JARA, CIVITAS will then around the developed activities, send an ADTÂ31 message. integrating the different levels of assistance around the clinical SES has collaborated along with other public healthcare provid- process: primary care, acute care ers as well as private software and services companies in the and social assistance. The goal health industry, to develop an implementation guide, adapted is to effectively manage and coordinate the resources close to the to the specific characteristics of the Spanish National Health citizens; facilitate accessibility; ensure the required levels of quality; System, for Patient Identification Data, mainly in the PID seg- and look for efficiency to address an infinite demand. ment. This guide has been used by the JARA Project as a way to guarantee interoperability among different providers. The JARA Project scope includes new and integrated information systems based on state of the art information technology, The technology used in the interoperability infrastructure is IBM as a driver for a change in the model and processes that provides WebSphere Business Integration, which manages the data inter- new tools to the participants in health management: citizens, change between JARA and other information systems. professionals and managers. Case II: Lab Tests Results Repository (Cornalvo As an organization, SES manages 14 public hospitals, 110 prima- Project) ry care centers and more than 300 offices in medium and small villages in the region, with more than 14,000 employees. The goal of the Cornalvo Project is the integration of the Electronic Health Record implemented by the JARA Project, all Case I: Integration of patient demographic infor- the results of analytics made to a patient, in any lab in any center mation in any health area. It graphically represents all of the observations in the follow up time period. The goal of this integration is to unify the patient demographic data among different information systems, based on a unique The project definition adhered to the IHE framework, defined code (CIP = Patient Identification Code). in the “Laboratory Schedule Workflow (LSWF),” that establishes the continuity and integrity of the clinical laboratory testing and SES implemented a citizens database (and the healthcare observation data throughout the healthcare enterprise, following resources associated with it) called CIVITAS, that interoperates the document ‘IHE Laboratory Technical Framework vol. 1’ with the JARA Electronic Health Record , based on SAP for regarding this profile. Healthcare, using the profiles specified in the IHE Framework, and using HL7 messages as the following:: Thus far, the LAB-3 ‘Order result management’ transaction has been developed and implemented, which allows the system • Any new patient registry in the CIVITAS database will to “aggregate results, grouped by patient, no matter the incom- generate an ADTÂ28 message to JARA ing center.” SES is now developing LAB-1’ Placer order man- • Any update in patient demographic data will generate an agement’ and LAB-2 ‘Filler order management’ transactions- ADTÂ31 message, between CIVITAS and JARA -in other words, order management.

HEALTH LEVEL SEVEN, INC. AUGUST 2008 15 Use of HL7 Standards in the JARA Project, continued

The LAB-3 transaction uses OUL^R22 and OUL^R24 mes- • OrderData (Urgent Order Clinics, requests without sages that go from the Order Filler to Order result tracker, as planning)—Transaction 2 and 3 of IHE Technical specified in the ‘IHE Laboratory technical framework vol. 2’. Framework: An implementation guide based on the HL7 Version 2.5 mes- • ORM^O01: General order message. saging specification and mandatory fields was developed by HL7 Spain to facilitate message definitions between different • ReportData: laboratory information systems providers. • ORU^R01: Results of a request made, namely data in In parallel, lab staff is now working to translate and normalize the report validated radiological. LOINC codes and test groups, based on CUMUL (a multilin- gual directory based on LOINC).

Case III: Medical Image integration (Zurbarán Project) HL7 Welcomes Newest Affiliate— The goal of the Zurbarán Project is to HL7 Singapore integrate radiology images and reports with the Electronic Health Record HL7 Singapore was officially launched at a half-day networking and informa- implemented by the JARA Project. tion exchange event on June 27, 2008. The launch of this HL7 affiliate affirms Singapore’s commitment to promote and adopt leading specifications for health- In order to achieve this goal, it was care data exchange. necessary to integrate the centralized Hospitals and various healthcare organizations in Singapore are increasingly imple- radiology information system and menting new technologies in their operations. “There is a need to ensure these the PACS (Centricity from General different IT systems work synergistically to optimize workflow, minimize ambigu- Electric) with SAP for Healthcare, ity and reduce redundancy in processes, thus achieving process, semantic and tech- according to the IHE Scheduled nical interoperability,” said HL7 Singapore Chair Fong Choon Khin. “Through Workflow Integration Profile HL7 Singapore, we hope to actively engage local healthcare users, providers and specifications and definitions based product suppliers in adopting a common set of standards for healthcare systems on HL7 messages. that will bring about seamless exchange of information such as administrative and clinical data, which goes a long way in enhancing patient care delivery across the This integration was particularly chal- care continuum.” lenging, because it was necessary to use two different versions of HL7 mes- HL7 Singapore has a three-fold mission for the Singapore healthcare industry: sages. The JARA Project interoperabil- • To support the development, promotion and implementation of HL7 ity is based on HL7 Version 2.5, but standards in ways which meet the needs of healthcare organizations, healthcare Centricity RIS currently only supports professionals and healthcare IT practitioners in Singapore; HL7 Version 2.3.1. • To match Singapore’s national requirement with HL7 standards, and if necessary, develop Singapore-specific messages, profiles and implementation Messages that have been implemented guides; and are the following: • To educate the Singapore community and healthcare IT practitioners about • SIU (Schedule Information HL7 standards, as well as to promote effective and consistent implementation of HL7 standards. Unsolicited)—Transaction 48 of the IHE Technical Framework: The HL7 Singapore Committee consists of: • SIU^S12: Unsolicited Notification Chair: Fong Choon Khin, CTO, Singapore Health Services (SingHealth) of Scheduled Appointment. • SIU^S13: Unsolicited Notification Vice Chairman: Ho Khai Leng, Director, National Health Group of Rescheduled Appointment. Treasurer: Chan Hock Yan, Manager, Infotech Dept, Singapore Health Services • SIU^S16: Notification of (SingHealth) Appointment Discontinuation. Secretary: Steven Yeo, VP and Executive Director, HIMSS Asia Pacific • SIU^S17: Notification of Appointment Deletion. Committee Members: Quek Hui Nar, Senior Consultant, Ministry of Health • ORR^O02: Responding to a Holding (Singapore); Tan Yung Ming, Health Solutions International; Chan request has been made or Kah Choon, GM, National Computer Systems (NCS); George Lamaris, Oracle cancelled. Digital imaging would Corporation; Werner Van Huffel, Healthcare Technology Strategist, Microsoft be available from receiving Singapore this message.

16 AUGUST 2008 HEALTH LEVEL SEVEN, INC. Invitation to the 9th International HL7 Interoperability Conference By the IHIC 2008 Organizing Committee

HL7 Hellas is pleased to CDA case studies will be accepted invite you to Hersonissos, until September 9, 2008 for the Crete for the 9th Interna- Show Me Your CDA! Interoper- tional HL7 Interoperability ability Forum. Submit one today Conference, which will be for the chance to win an award. held October 8-11, 2008. For more information please visit: www.showmeyourcda.net. Greece has many unparal- leled advantages, such as: We are looking forward to an excellent Mediterranean welcoming you to Greece, Crete climate; geographical loca- in particular, and to organizing tion (a meeting point of unforgettable events for you and three continents); and rich the HL7 Community. We intend history and culture. All to spoil and surprise you with all these in addition to top we have to offer and share the un- notch conference facilities surpassed Greek hospitality with and unique local fare will you. We truly hope you will join add to the pleasure of the us in enjoying Greece’s beautiful, attendees’ experience. IHIC can navigate the fundamentals of HL7 unique and safe atmosphere, while 2008 will give attendees the opportunity standards and methodology by attending building collaborations that will last for to exchange views and experience with selected advanced tutorials. years to come. eHealth standards and HL7. While Keynote speeches the program committee is evaluating will be delivered by IHIC Important Dates the many excellent submissions to the Liora Alschuler (HL7 Board of Direc- July 1, 2008-September 9, 2008: Show conference, the organizing committee tors), Ed Hammond (HL7 Chair). Hlias Me Your CDA! is open for submissions is working to ensure an unforgettable Iakovides (EU, ICT for Health), and social program. Yun Sik Kwak (ISO TC215) covering October 8-11, 2008 IHIC 2008 & 3rd diverse uses of the HL7 Clinical Docu- HL7 Hellas Conference Following the success of previous IHIC ment Architecture (CDA), Electronic Show Me Your CDA! Interoperability venues in New Zealand (2007), Cologne Health Records (EHRs), large scale Forum: www.showmeyourcda.net (2006), Taiwan (2005), and Acapulco eHealth deployment, and collaboration (2004), IHIC 2008 aims to serve as a among SDOs for interoperable EHRs. IHIC 2008 Conference site: meeting place for the HL7 affiliates, to www.ihic2008.org share HL7 implementation experiences IHIC 2008 is also proud to present the “Show Me Your CDA!” Interoper- and strengthen our shared vision for a first For more information contact: ability Forum. future of integrated high quality and It aims to promote best [email protected] trusted eHealth services. practices in the implementation of the CDA from around the In the IHE Orientation Workshop, world, and will share tips Charles Parisot and Eric Poiseau will and tricks in a hands-on guide us in the use of HL7 standards in session. Show Me Your IHE profiles, including a hands-on ses- CDA! will set the scene sion of testing tools used in the prepara- for the third release of the tion for Connectathons. So don’t forget CDA standard, based on your laptops! novel and diverse uses of CDA. Awards will also be Jill Kaufman, chair of the Marketing presented to recognize out- Council and HL7 Ambassadors will standing accomplishments give presentations on working eHealth in the implementation of standards built by HL7. Those interested HL7 CDA.

HEALTH LEVEL SEVEN, INC. AUGUST 2008 17 A New Initiative: Show Me Your CDA! Interoperability Forum By Catherine Chronaki, HL7 Hellas Board of Directors International Liaison and Liora Alschuler, Editor, CDA and HL7 Board of Directors

The “Show Me Your CDA!” Prizes will be awarded at IHIC 2008 for “Show Me Your CDA!” Interoperability Forum (www.showmey- submissions reflecting outstanding accomplishments. ourcda.net) is a new initiative that will Catherine Chronaki be launched in conjunction with the Why participate in Show Me 9th International HL7 Interoperability Your CDA!? Conference (IHIC 2008). Its objective • Learn from a world of CDA experience is to promote interoperability by sharing • Be an active part of the worldwide CDA community HL7 Clinical Document Architecture • Show off your accomplishments to win recognition for (CDA) implementation experience. your achievements Specifically, it aims to: collect, analyze, • Participate in the evolution of CDA, a live working HL7 and report on CDA implementations Version 3 standard from around the world; share expertise, tips, and tricks on the current and future To submit information on your experience with CDA — through uses of CDA; benchmark the adoption the questionnaire or as a case study or both -— and for inclusion Liora Alschuler of CDA worldwide; and recognize best in the Interoperability Forum, please register at the “Show Me practices in CDA tools and implementa- Your CDA!” website: www.showmeyourcda.net. tions. A questionnaire was created to collect information on CDA implementations worldwide. Please visit www.showmeyourcda.net Submit your CDA case study to be considered to report your experience with CDA. for an award and international recognition!

Data collected from the “Show Me Your CDA!” website could IHIC 2008 AWARDS COMMITTEE provide input to the CDA Product & Services Guide, a project of the HL7 Marketing Council and the HIMSS EHR Vendors Liora Alschuler, US Association. We expect that the Show me Your CDA! website Catherine Chronaki, GR will gradually be enriched with information from the question- Kai Heitmann, DE naire, case studies, samples and web resources. We also expect it Rene Spronk, NL to become a vital HL7 CDA community resource. Grahame Grieve, AUS

IHIC 2008 will be held October 8-11 in Crete, Greece, in conjunction with the 3rd HL7-Hellas Conference. One of the key objectives of the IHIC conference is to share HL7 Version 3 implementation experiences from around the world, and CDA is at the foundation of those exchanges.

The “Show Me Your CDA” Interoperability Forum is an opportunity for all members of the HL7 community to showcase their accomplishments and be recognized for their efforts. Individuals and organizations are encouraged to register, fill out the questionnaire, post sample CDA documents, style sheets, and sup- porting information, and write short case studies about their Note: Picture courtecy of Kai Heitmann from the CDA projects for the “Show Me Your CDA!” website. The forum will conference held in Berlin October 7-9, 2002. be presented first at IHIC 2008 and will persist as an ongoing web resource.

18 AUGUST 2008 HEALTH LEVEL SEVEN, INC. Affiliate Contacts

HL7 Argentina HL7 Croatia HL7 Italy HL7 Sweden Diego Kaminker Stanko Tonkovic, PhD Massimo Mangia Fredrik Strom, MSc Phone: 5411-4959-0507 Phone: 385-1-6129-932 Phone: 39-091-2192-457 Phone: 46-8-527-400-00 Email: Email: [email protected] Email: Email: fredrik.strom@ [email protected] [email protected] brainpool.se HL7 Czech Republic HL7 Australia Libor Seidl HL7 Japan HL7 Switzerland Klaus Veil Email: [email protected] Michio Kimura, MD, MS Beat Heggli Phone: 61-412-746-457 Phone: 81-53-435-2770 Phone: 41-1-806-1164 Email: [email protected] HL7 Denmark Email: Email: Marie Gradert [email protected] [email protected] HL7 Austria Phone: 46-39-96-61-89 Stefan Sabutsch Email: [email protected] HL7 Korea HL7 Taiwan Phone: 43-664-3132505 Yun Sik Kwak, MD, PhD Jin-Shin Lai, MD Email: HL7 Finland Phone: 82-53-420-6050 Phone: 886-2-25233900 [email protected] Niilo Saranummi Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Phone: 358-20-722-3300 HL7 Brazil Email: [email protected] HL7 Mexico HL7 The Netherlands Marivan Santiago Abrahao Mauricio Derbez del Pino Robert Stegwee Phone: 55-11-3045-3045 HL7 France Phone: 52-999-913-8351 Phone: 31-30-689-2730 Email: [email protected] Nicolas Canu Email: Email: Phone: 33-02-35-60-41-97 Email: mauricio.derbez@gmail. [email protected] HL7 Canada Email: [email protected] com Michael van Campen HL7 Turkey Phone: 250-812-7858 HL7 Germany HL7 New Zealand Bulent Kunac Email: Michael.vanCampen@ Thomas Norgall Martin Entwistle Phone: 90-312-291-91-00 GPinformatics.com Phone: 49-9131-776-5113 Email: [email protected] Email: bkunac@tepeteknoloji. Email: [email protected] com.tr HL7 Chile HL7 Romania Rodrigo Caravantes Fuentes HL7 Greece Florica Moldoveanu HL7 UK Phone: 56-2-5740773 Dimitris Koutsouris Phone: 40-21-4115781 Rik Smithies Email: [email protected] Phone: 30-210-7723926 Email: Phone: 44-8700-112-866 Email: [email protected] [email protected] Email: [email protected] HL7 China Caiyou Wang HL7 India HL7 Singapore HL7 Uruguay Phone: 86-010-82801546 Saji Salam, MD Choon Khin Fong Julio Carrau Email: [email protected] Phone: 044-254-0555 Email: fong.choon.khin@sing- Phone: 592-487-11-40 Email: [email protected] health.com.sg Email: [email protected] HL7 Colombia Fernando A. Portilla HL7 Ireland HL7 Spain Phone: 572-6205028 Peter Lennon Carlos Gallego Perez Email: [email protected] Phone: 01-635-3011/13 Phone: 34-93-565-39-00 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected]

HEALTH LEVEL SEVEN, INC. AUGUST 2008 19 Upcoming International Events

22nd Annual Plenary & Working Group Meeting Vancouver, B.C., Canada September 14 – 19, 2008

9th International HL7 Interoperability Conference Crete, Greece October 8 – 11, 2008 www.hl7.org.gr/ihic2008/9o_con- gress/home.html

HL7 UK 2008 Conference London, England October 22 – 23, 2008 For more information, please visit www.hl7.org.uk/hl7ukconferencesite /2008.asp

1st Medical Informatics Argentinian Congress Buenos Aires, Argentina October 29 – 31, 2008

20 AUGUST 2008 HEALTH LEVEL SEVEN, INC. HL7 ORGANIZATIONAL MEMBERS Benefactors eWave Medical Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Accenture Forward Advantage, Inc. Centre for Development of Advance Computing Booz Allen Hamilton Gartner Clemson University Duke Clinical Research Institute Gordon Point Informatics ,Ltd. College of Healthcare Information Mgmt. Executives Eclipsys Corporation GTNet, Inc. Colorado Health Information Exchange Eli Lilly and Company HLN Consulting, LLC Contra Costa County Health Services Epic Systems Corporation Hooper Holmes Health and Wellness Delta Dental Plans Association European Medicines Agency Hubbert Systems Consulting Delta Health Alliance Food and Drug Administration iConnect Consulting Department of Health & Hospitals (MMIS) GE Healthcare Integrated IT Solutions Information Technology Architects, Inc. Department of Human Services GlaxoSmithKline iNTERFACEWARE, Inc. Div. of Medical Assistance, State of NJ IBM International Medical Software Co., Ltd. Duke Clinical Research Institute Intel Corporation, Digital Health Corporation Jiva Medical, Inc. ECRI Institute InterSystems Jubilife, Inc. Ente Ospedaliero Cantonale Johnson & Johnson Matricis Informatique, Inc. Estonian eHealth Foundation Kaiser Permanente Meddius European Medicines Agency McKesson Provider Technologies MedQuist, Inc. Florida Department of Health Microsoft Corporation Medtronic Food and Drug Administration NHS Connecting for Health Multimodal Technologies, Inc. Georgia Medical Care Foundation NICTIZ Nat.ICT.Inst.Healthc.Netherlands Northrop Grumman Greater Rochester RHIO Novartis Ockham Information Services, LLC HIMSS Oracle Corporation - Healthcare Onco, Inc. Hospital Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Partners HealthCare System, Inc. OTech, Inc. ICCBBA, Inc. Pfizer, Inc. ProductLife Illinois Department of Public Health Philips Healthcare QinetiQ Illinois Healthcare and Family Services QuadraMed Corporation River North Solutions, Inc. Indian Health Service Quest Diagnostics, Incorporated RMC NV Iowa Foundation for Medical Care SAIC - Science Applications International Corp. Seven Hills Solutions, Inc. Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Or Siemens Healthcare Silicon & Software Systems Polska Sp. z o.o Kansas Health Policy Authority St. Jude Medical The Rehab Documentation Company, Inc. Michigan Public Health Institute Sunquest Information Systems TPJ Systems, Inc. Ministry of Health (Singapore) Thomson Reuters VitalHealth Software Minnesota Department of Health U.S. Department of Defense, Military Health System Minnesota Dept. of Human Services U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs General Interest N.A.A.C.C.R. Wyeth Pharmaceuticals Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality NANDA International Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium/AFHCAN National Association of Dental Plans Supporters Alliance for Pediatric Quality National Center for Health Statistics/CDC iNTERFACEWARE, Inc. American Assoc. of Veterinary Lab Diagnosticians National Comprehensive Cancer Network LINK Medical Computing, Inc. American College of Physicians (ACP) National Institute of Standards and Technology NEOTOOL American College of Radiology National Library of Medicine Sentillion, Inc. American Health Information Management New York State Department of Health, Association Wadsworth Ctr. Consultants American Immunization Registry Association (AIRA) NICTIZ Nat.ICT.Inst.Healthc.Netherlands Accenture America’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP) NIH/Department of Clinical Research Informatics Alschuler Associates, LLC APHL Northwestern University Beeler Consulting, LLC Arge ELGA OA-ITSD - Department of Mental Health Booz Allen Hamilton Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System Oakland County CMHA CAL2CAL Corporation Arizona Health-e Connection Ochsner Medical Foundation CentriHealth Blue Cross Blue Shield Association Pennsylvania Dept of Health-Bureau of Information College of American Pathologists California Department of Health Services-Rancho Co Pharmaceuticals & Medical Devices Agency ComFrame Software Corporation California Department of Public Health-Berkeley Riverside County Community Health Agency Computer Frontiers, Inc. California HealthCare Foundation SAMHSA Courion Corporation California Mental Health Directors Association Santa Cruz County Health Services Agency Cyrus-XP, LLC Cancer Care Ontario Social Security Administration Dapasoft, Inc. CAQH Software and Technology Vendors’ Association ECM Solutions CDISC Southwest Research Institute Edifecs, Inc. CEI Community Mental Health Authority State of CA / Mental Health

HEALTH LEVEL SEVEN, INC. AUGUST 2008 21 HL7 ORGANIZATIONAL MEMBERS Sultanate of Oman, Ministry of Health Children’s Hospital Medical Center of Akron Rockford Health System Tennessee Department of Health Children’s Hospitals and Clinics Rockingham Memorial Hospital Texas Health and Human Services Commission Cincinnati Children’s Hospital SA Tartu University Clinics U.S. Department of Health & Human Services City of Hope National Medical Center Sharp HealthCare Information Systems Univ of Texas HSC San Antonio School of Nursing Cleveland Clinic Health System Sheridan Healthcare University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston Community Reach Center Sisters of Mercy Health System US Army Institute of Surgical Research CVGPN South Bend Medical Foundation, Inc. Utah Department of Health Doctations, Inc. Sparrow Health System Utah Health Information Network Emergency Physicians Medical Group Spectrum Health Washington State Department of Health Emory Healthcare St. Luke’s Regional Medical Center WorldVistA Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center Stanford Hospital & Clinics WVDHHR Bureau for Medical Services Genova Diagnostics Summa Health System Gentiva HealthCare Services Sykes Assistance Services Payers Girling Health Care, Inc. Team Health Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield Group Health Cooperative Texas Children’s Hospital Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama Health First, Inc. The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida Health Network Laboratories The Jorgenson Group of Companies Blue Cross Blue Shield of South Carolina HealthBridge The North Carolina Baptist Hospitals, Inc. BMS Reimbursement Management Hill Physicians Medical Group Treatment Online, Inc. Health Care Service Corporation Holzer Clinic Trinity Health HealthBridge South Africa Hospital Authority of Hong Kong Tuomey Healthcare System TriWest Healthcare Alliance Humility of Mary Information Systems U.S. Department of Defense, Military Health System Wellpoint, Inc. Infinity HealthCare, Inc. U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Wisconsin Physicians Service Ins. Corp. Inova Health System University Hospital (Augusta) Johns Hopkins Hospital University of Chicago Hospitals Medical Center Pharmacy Kaiser Permanente University of Illinois at Chicago Medical Center Bristol-Myers Squibb L.A. County Department of Health Services University of Kentucky Chandler Medical Center Eli Lilly and Company Lahey Clinic University of Missouri Health Care GlaxoSmithKline Lakeland Regional Medical Center University of Nebraska Medical Center Johnson & Johnson Lee Memorial Health System University of Pittsburgh Merck & Co., Inc. Lexington Medical Center University of Utah Health Care Novartis Loyola University Health System University Physicians, Inc. Pfizer, Inc. Lucile Packard Children's Hospital UW Medicine, IT Services Wyeth Pharmaceuticals Marquette General Health System Vanderbilt University Medical Center Mayo Clinic/Foundation VUMC Providers MedStar Health Information Systems Washington National Eye Center ACTS Retirement - Life Communities, Inc. Mercy Health Partners Weill Medical College of Cornell Advanced Biological Laboratories (ABL) SA Meridian Health Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare Advanced Healthcare, S.C. Meriter Health Services Aionex Milton S. Hershey Medical Center Vendors Akron General Medical Center MultiCare Health System 3M Health Information Systems Alamance Regional Medical Center National Cancer Institute Center for Bioinformatic 6N Systems, Inc. Albany Medical Center NCH Healthcare System ABELSoft Corporation ARUP Laboratories, Inc. New York-Presbyterian Hospital Accenx Technologies, Inc. Aspirus - Wausau Hospital NHS Connecting for Health ACS Athens Regional Health Services, Inc. Northwestern Memorial Hospital Agfa Healthcare / CTO Baylor Health Care System Parkview Health Agilex Technologies BJC HealthCare Partners HealthCare System, Inc. AIG Hawaii Insurance Company, Inc. Blessing Hospital Pathology Associates Medical Laboratories Alert Life Sciences Computing, Inc. Boynton Health Center Presbyterian Healthcare Services Altova GmbH BreastScreen Victoria Providence Health & Services American Data Brookdale University Hospital & Medical Center Queensland Health American HealthTech, Inc. CareAlliance Health Services Quest Diagnostics, Incorporated Amtelco Cascade Healthcare Community Rady Children’s Hospital and Health Center Antek HealthWare, LLC Catholic Healthcare West IT Regenstrief Institute, Inc. Apelon, Inc. Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Resurrection Health Care Aspyra, Inc. Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta Riverside Methodist Hospitals Avanttec Medical Systems (P), Ltd

22 AUGUST 2008 HEALTH LEVEL SEVEN, INC. HL7 ORGANIZATIONAL MEMBERS Axolotl Corporation Homecare Homebase Orion Health BridgeGate International Huron Systems, Inc. Patient Care Technology Systems Cardinal Health, Inc. Hyland Software, Inc. Performance Pharmacy Systems, Inc. Care Data Systems IBM Pharmacy OneSource, Inc. CareFacts Information Systems, Inc. ICPA, Inc. Philips Healthcare Carefx Corporation Image Solutions, Inc. POLYMEDIS SA Carestream Health, Inc. Info World PolyRemedy, Inc. Cerner Corporation integration.AG Practice Partner Certify Data Systems Intel Corporation, Ditigal Health Corporation Programmy i Kompleksy CGI Interfix, LLC QuadraMed Corporation Claredi, an Ingenix Division InterSystems Red Hat, Inc. Clinical Computing, Inc. IntraNexus, Inc. Reed Technology and Information Services Inc. CliniComp, Intl. IQMax, Inc. Rosch Visionary Systems CMR iSOFT Nederland b.v. Rx.com CNSI iWay Software RxHub, LLC Cogon Systems, Inc. J.D. Dolson Sage Software Computrition, Inc. Justsystems Corporation SAIC - Science Applications International Corp CPCHS Kalos SEARHC CSAM International AS Kestral Computing Pty, Ltd Sentillion, Inc. CSC Scandihealth A/S KIM-2000, Ltd. ServiceSPAN Custom Software Systems, Inc. KliniTek, Inc. Siemens Healthcare Cybernetica AS Kryptiq Corporation Simplified Healthcare Informatics Dairyland Healthcare Solutions Labware, Inc Sobha Renaissance Information Technology PVT, LTD Data Innovations, Inc. Lewis Computer Services, Inc. Softek Solutions, Inc. Data Processing SPA LINK Medical Computing, Inc. St. Jude Medical DataSel Information Tech. Liquent, Inc. STI Computer Services Dawning Technologies, Inc. LOGICARE Corporation Stockell Healthcare Systems, Inc. DC Computers LORENZ Life Sciences Group Sun Microsystems, Inc. DeJarnette Research Systems, Inc. LSS Data Systems Sunquest Information Systems digiChart, Inc. Magpie Telecom Insiders, Inc. SureScripts Digital Infuzion, Inc. Mammography Reporting System, Inc. Swearingen Software, Inc. DIPS ASA McKesson Provider Technologies Syncro-Med s.r.l Document Storage Systems, Inc. MEDai, Inc. Sysmex New Zealand Limited Dolbey & Company MedEvolve, Inc. Systex, Inc. Doral Dental MEDHOST, Inc. TC Software, Inc. Eclipsys Corporation Medicity, Inc. Texas Instruments EDS Corporation MediMobile, Inc. The CBORD Group Inc. e-Health Data Solutions MediNotes Corporation The SSI Group, Inc. Electronic Patient Records (Pty), Ltd MediServe Information Systems, Inc. The Stellar Corporation e-MDs MEDIWARE Information Systems TheraDoc, Inc. eMeddy Inc. MELE Health Information Systems Thomson Reuters Emergisoft Corporation Merge Healthcare Thrasys Emissary Professional Group, LLC Microsoft Corporation T-System Technologies, Ltd. Epic Systems Corporation MITEM Corporation Up To Data Professional Services Gmb eServices Group, Inc. Mitochon Systems, Inc. Vecna Excelleris Technologies, Inc. NEC Unified Solutions, Inc. Vestara Expert Sistemas Computacionales S.A. DE C.V. NEOTOOL Virtify Fox Systems Inc. Netsmart Public Health, Inc. Vocollect Healthcare Systems, Inc. Futura International, Inc. NextGen Healthcare Information Systems, Inc. Wellsoft Corporation gloStream, Inc. Niceware International, LLC Wolters Kluwer Health Goldblatt Systems, LLC Noridian Administrative Services Workflow.com, LLC Greenway Medical Technologies, Inc. Noteworthy Medical Systems, Inc. Wyndgate Technologies Harris Corporation Occupational Health Research Xelex Digital, LLC Health Care Software, Inc. Omnicom srl XIFIN, Inc. Healthcare Management Systems, Inc. Opus Healthcare Solutions, Inc. XPress Technologies HealthPort Oracle Corporation - Healthcare Zynx Health HealthTrio, LLC Orchard Software

HEALTH LEVEL SEVEN, INC. AUGUST 2008 23 2008 TECHNICAL STEERING COMMITTEE MEMBERS

CHAIR DOMAIN EXPERTS STRUCTURE & SEMANTIC DESIGN Charlie McCay REPRESENTATIVE REPRESENTATIVE HL7 UK Jim Case Calvin Beebe Ramsey Systems Ltd. American Assoc. of Veterinary Lab Mayo Clinic/Foundation Phone: 44-01743-232278 Diagnosticians Phone: 507-284-3827 Email: [email protected] Phone: 530-754-9719 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] CHIEF TECHNICAL OFFICER STRUCTURE & SEMANTIC DESIGN John Quinn DOMAIN EXPERTS ALTERNATE ALTERNATE HL7 Austin Kreisler Gregg Seppala Phone: 216-409-1330 SAIC – Science Applications International Corp. U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Email: [email protected] Phone: 404-498-6596 Phone: 301-526-2703 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] INTERNATIONAL REPRESENTATIVE FOUNDATION & TECHNOLOGY TECHNICAL & SUPPORT SERVICES Charlie McCay REPRESENTATIVE REPRESENTATIVE HL7 UK Ioana Singureanu Ken McCaslin Ramsey Systems Ltd. Eversolve, LLC Quest Diagnostics, Incorporate Phone: 44-01743-232278 Phone: 603-870-9739 Phone: 610-650-6692 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION & TECHNOLOGY REPRESENTATIVE ALTERNATE TECHNICAL & SUPPORT SERVICES Frank Oemig George (Woody) Beeler ALTERNATE HL7 Germany Beeler Consulting, LLC Helen Stevens Love Agfa Healthcare/CTO Phone: 507-254-4810 Canada Health InfoWay Phone: 49-208-781194 Email: [email protected] Phone: 250-598-0312 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected]

STEERING DIVISIONS

DOMAIN EXPERTS FOUNDATION & TECHNOLOGY STRUCTURE & SEMANTIC DESIGN Anatomic Pathology Implementable Technology Specifications Arden Syntax Anesthesiology Implementation/Conformance Clinical Context Object Workgroup Attachments Infrastructure & Messaging Clinical Decision Support Clinical Interoperability Council* Modeling & Methodology Clinical Genomics Community Based Collaborative Care RIM Based Application Architecture Electronic Health Record Emergency Care Security Financial Management Government Projects Service Oriented Architecture Orders & Observations Health Care Devices Templates Patient Administration Imaging Integration Vocabulary Scheduling & Logistics Laboratory Structured Documents Patient Care TECHNICAL & SUPPORT SERVICES Patient Safety Education Pediatric Data Standards Electronic Services Pharmacy International Mentoring Committee* Public Health Emergency Response Process Improvement Committee* *Voice only; no vote Regulated Clinical Research Project Services Information Management Publishing Tooling

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Affiliates Council Clinical Context Object Clinical Interoperability Electronic Services Workgroup (CCOW) Council Jane Howarth—Secretary Bill Braithwaite, MD, PhD Jane Howarth Associates Barry Royer W. Edward Hammond, PhD Phone: 202-669-9444 Phone: 905-717-3717 Siemens Healthcare Phone: 919-383-3555 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Phone: 610-219-4779 Ken McCaslin Email: [email protected] Miroslav Koncar—Technical Crystal Kallem, RHIT Quest Diagnostics, Incorporated Ericsson Nikola Tesla, d.d. American Health Information Phone: 610-650-6692 Michael Russell, MD Email: kenneth.h.mccaslin@questdiag- Phone: 38-5136-53479 Management Association Duke Clinical Research Institute nostics.com Email: [email protected] Phone: 919-684-2513 Phone: 312-233-1537 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Patrick Loyd Klaus Veil—Affiliate Liaison Gordon Point Informatics, Ltd. Meredith Nahm HL7 Australia Robert Seliger Phone: 415-209-0544 Duke Clinical Research Institute Phone: 61-412-746-457 Sentillion, Inc. Email: [email protected] Phone: 919-668-8339 Email: [email protected] Phone: 978-749-0022 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Emergency Care Anatomic Pathology David Staggs U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Community Based Kevin Coonan John Gilbertson Phone: 858-826-5629 Health Data Security, Inc. Case Western Reserve University Collaborative Care Email: [email protected] Phone: 801-938-6811 Phone: 412-657-5853 Suzanne Gonzales-Webb Email: kevin.coonan Email: [email protected] U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs @healthdatasecurity.com

Clinical Decision Support Phone: 858-826-6621 Laura Hermann Langford John Madden, MD, PhD Email: Intermountain Healthcare College of American Pathologists Robert Greenes, MD, PhD [email protected] Phone: 919-681-6671 Phone: 801-442-6674 Arizona State University Email: laura.hermann Email: [email protected] Richard Thoreson Phone: 602-827-2548 @intermountainmail.org Email: [email protected] SAMHSA Phone: 240-276-2827 James McClay, MD Architectural review Robert Jenders, MD Email: University of Nebraska Medical Center Board Cedars-Sinai Medical Center/UCLA [email protected] Phone: 402-559-3587 Phone: 310-423-2105 Email: [email protected] Charlie Mead, MD, MSc Email: [email protected] Max Walker Booz Allen Hamilton Department of Human Services Daniel Pollock, MD Phone: 310-998-6926 Craig Parker, MD Phone: 61-3-9096-1471 Centers for Disease Control and Email: [email protected] Arizona State University. Email: [email protected] Prevention Phone: 801-859-4480 Phone: 404-639-4237 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Arden Syntax Education R. Matthew Sailors Tim Benson Robert Jenders, MD The Methodist Hospital Financial Management Cedars-Sinai Medical Center/UCLA Abies Ltd Phone: 713-441-6218 Phone: 020-8906-3121 Phone: 310-423-2105 Kathleen Connor Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Microsoft Corporation Phone: 360-480-7599 Abdul-Malik Shakir R. Matthew Sailors Email: Clinical Genomics Shakir Consulting [email protected] The Methodist Hospital Phone: 909-596-6790 Phone: 713-441-6218 Kevin Hughes, MD Email: Beat Heggli Email: [email protected] Partners HealthCare System, Inc. [email protected] HL7 Switzerland Phone: 617-724-0048 Phone: 41-1-806-1164 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Attachments Electronic Health Records Philip Pochon Susan Lepping Durwin Day CDISC Don Mon Siemens Healthcare Health Care Service Corporation Phone: 317-273-4887 American Health Information Phone:41-1-806-1164 Phone: 312-653-5948 Email: [email protected] Management Association Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Phone: 312-233-1135 Amnon Shabo Email: [email protected] Mary Kay McDaniel (Interim) Jim Mckinley IBM Markam, Inc. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Phone: 972-544-714070 John Ritter Phone: 602-266-2516 Alabama Email: [email protected] Phone: 412-372-5783 Email: [email protected] Phone: 205-220-5960 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Mollie Ullman-Cullere Generation of Anesthesia Partners HealthCare System, Inc. Corey Spears Robert Root, MBA, PMP Phone: 617-909-4309 Practice Partner Standards Blue Cross Blue Shield of South Email: [email protected] Phone: 206-269-1211 Carolina Email: [email protected] Martin Hurrell, PhD Phone: 843-736-7612 Informatics CIS Email: [email protected] Patricia Van Dyke Phone: 44-7711-522 Delta Dental Plans Association Email: Phone: 503-243-4492 [email protected] Email: [email protected]

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Terri Monk, MD Jason Rock Laboratory Outreach Committee for Duke Clinical Research Institute GlobalSubmit Clinical Research Phone: 919-286-6938 Phone: 856-854-4455 Robert Hausam, MD Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] TheraDoc, Inc. Ed Helton, PhD Phone: 801-415-4412 Email: [email protected] SAS Institute Phone: 919-531-4062 Government Projects Implementation Austin Kreisler Email: [email protected] Randy Levin, MD Technology Specification SAIC - Science Applications International Corp Food and Drug Administration Paul Knapp Phone: 404-498-6596 Patient Administration Phone: 301-827-7784 Email: [email protected] Continovation Services, Inc. Email: [email protected] Jean Ferraro Phone: 604-987-3313 Craig Robinson McKesson Provider Technologies Jim McCain Email: [email protected] Siemens Medical Solutions Health Phone: 631-968-4057 U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Services Email: [email protected] Phone: 520-232-2233 Dale Nelson Phone: 610-219-1567 Email: [email protected] Phone: 916-365-6344 Email: [email protected] Gregg Seppala Email: [email protected] U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Nancy Orvis Phone: 301-526-2703 U.S. Department of Defense, Military Marketing Council Email: [email protected] Health System Infrastructure & Messaging Jill Kaufman Phone: 703-681-5611 IBM Email: [email protected] Grahame Grieve Phone: 919-415-2088 Patient Care Kestral Computing Pty Ltd. Email: [email protected] Phone: 61-3-9450-2222 Kevin Coonan Health Care Devices Email: [email protected] Health Data Security, Inc. Modeling and Phone: 801-938-6811 Todd Cooper Anthony Julian Email: (IEEE) Breakthrough Solutions Mayo Clinic/Foundation Methodology [email protected] Foundry, Inc. Phone: 507-266-0958 George (Woody) Beeler Jr., PhD William Goossen Phone: 858-442-9200 Email: [email protected] Beeler Consulting, LLC HL7 The Netherlands Email: [email protected] Phone: 507-254-4810 Jingdong Li Email: [email protected] Phone: 31-318-540069 Jack Harrington Science Applications International Email: [email protected] Philips Healthcare Corp. (SAIC) Lloyd McKenzie Phone: 978-659-3517 Phone: 801-588-5703 HL7 Canada Larry McKnight Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] LM&A Consulting, Ltd . Siemens Healthcare Phone: 780-993-9501 Phone: 610-219-2980 Melvin Reynolds Scott Robertson Email: [email protected] Email: Phone: 44-1989-763120 Kaiser Permanente [email protected] Email: [email protected] Phone: 626-381-6624 Dale Nelson Email: [email protected] Phone: 916-365-6344 Email: [email protected] Patient Safety Imaging Integration Dave Shaver (Interim) NEOTOOL Craig Parker, MD Clive Flashman Fred Behlen, PhD Phone: 469-229-5000 Arizona State University National Patient Safety Agency American College of Radiology Email: [email protected] Phone: 801-859-4480 Phone: 44-7968288314 Phone: 708-960-4164 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Ioana Singureanu Lise Stevens International Mentoring Eversolve, LLC Helmut Koenig, MD Food and Drug Administration Committee Phone: 603-870-9739 Siemens Healthcare Email: [email protected] Phone: 301-827-6085 Phone: 49-9131-84-3480 Email: Lise.Stevens-Hawkins@fda. James Leach Email: [email protected] Computer Frontiers Inc. hhs.gov Phone: 703-893-2721 Orders and Observations Email: [email protected] Implementation/ Hans Buitendijk Pediatric Data Standards Conformance John Ritter Siemens Healthcare Phone: 412-372-5783 Phone: 610-219-2087 David Classen, MD, MS Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Alliance for Pediatric Quality Frank Oemig Phone: 801-532-3633 HL7 Germany Cheryl Warner Patrick Loyd Agfa Healthcare/CTO Computer Frontiers Inc. Gordon Point Informatics, Ltd. Joy Kuhl Phone: 49-208-781194 Phone: 301-601-0624 Phone: 415-209-0544 Alliance for Pediatric Quality Email: [email protected] Email: Email: [email protected] Phone: 913-262-1436 [email protected] Email: [email protected] Jennifer Puyenbroek Gunther Schadow, MD Science Applications International Regenstrief Institute, Inc. Andy Spooner, MD, FAAP Phone: 317-423-5521 Corp. (SAIC) Cincinnati Children’s Medical Center Email: [email protected] Phone: 678-261-2099 Phone: 513-803-0121 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected]

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Feliciano Yu Publishing Committee Jane Foard Robert Dolin, MD Children’s Hospital of Alabama McKesson Provider Technologies Semantically Yours, LLC Phone: 205-212-7863 George (Woody) Beeler Jr., PhD-V3 Phone: 847-495-1289 Phone: 949-466-4035 Email: [email protected] Beeler Consulting, LLC Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Phone: 507-254-4810 Email: [email protected] Pharmacy Security Templates Jane Foard-V2 Garry Cruickshank McKesson Provider Technologies Bernd Blobel, PhD Mark Shafarman HL7 Canada Phone: 847-495-1289 HL7 Germany Shafarman Consulting Thames Valley Healthcare Email: [email protected] University of Regensburg Phone: 510-593-3483 Phone: 519-657-3125 Medical Center Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Richard Harding-V3 Phone: 49-941-944-6769 HL7 Australia Email: Ian Townend Tom de Jong Phone: 617-336-62435 [email protected] NHS Connecting for Health HL7 The Netherlands Email: [email protected] Phone: 44 113 280 6743 Phone: 31-6-53255291 Mike Davis Fax: 0113 2806089 Email: HL7@[email protected] Klaus Veil-V2 U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Email: [email protected] HL7 Australia Phone: 760-632-0294 Robert Hallowell Phone: 61-412-746-457 Email: [email protected] Siemens Helthcare Email: [email protected] Tooling Phone: 610-219-5612 Glen Marshall Email: [email protected] Siemens Healthcare Jane Curry Phone: 610-219-3938 Regulated Clinical Health Information Strategies, Inc. Email: [email protected] Phone: 780-459-8560 Research Information Process Improvement Email: Management [email protected] Committee Services Oriented Ed Helton, PhD Architecture Tim Ireland June Rosploch SAS Institute HL7 UK Kaiser Permanente Phone: 919-531-4062 John Koisch NHS Connecting for Health Phone: 925-924-5035 Email: [email protected] OCTL Consulting Phone: 44 113 280 6743 Email: [email protected] Phone: 253-223-4344 Email: [email protected] Randy Levin, MD Email: [email protected] Nancy Wilson-Ramon Food and Drug Administration Lloyd McKenzie LifeMasters Supported Selfcare, Inc. Phone: 301-827-7784 Brad Lund HL7 Canada Phone: 310-614-0879 Email: [email protected] Intel Corporation, Digital Health LM&A Consulting, Ltd. Email: [email protected] Group Phone: 780-993-9501 John Speakman Phone: 520-241-8783 Email: [email protected] National Cancer Institute Center for Email: [email protected] Project Services Bioinformatics Phone: 301-451-8786 Galen Mulrooney Vocabulary Freida Hall Email: [email protected] U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Phone: 301-451-8786 Phone: 703-742-2866 Heather Grain Email: [email protected] Edward Tripp Email: [email protected] LaTrobe University Abbott Laboratories Phone: 61413155105 Phone: 847-937-2021 Ken Rubin Email: [email protected] Public Health Emergency Email: [email protected] EDS Corporation Response Phone: 703-845-3277 Russ Hamm Email: [email protected] Apelon, Inc. Rita Altamore RIM Based Application Phone: 507-271-0227 Washington State Department of Architecture Email: [email protected] Health Structured Documents Phone: 360-951-4925 Peter Hendler, MD Beverly Knight Email: [email protected] Liora Alschuler Phone: 416-850-0217 Kaiser Permanente Alschuler Associates, LLC Phone: 510-248-3055 Email: [email protected] Kristi Eckerson Phone: 802-785-2623 Email: [email protected] Northrop Grumman Email: [email protected] William T. Klein Phone: 404-498-6639 Gunther Schadow, MD Klein Consulting, Inc. Email: [email protected] Calvin Beebe Phone: 631-924-6922 Regenstrief Institute, Inc. Mayo Clinic/Foundation Phone: 317-423-5521 Email: [email protected] Alean Kirnak Phone: 507-284-3827 Email: [email protected] American Immunization Registry Email: [email protected] Association Phone: 760-944-8436 Keith Boone Email: [email protected] Scheduling & Logistics GE Healthcare Integrated IT Solutions Michelle Williamson Anita Benson Phone: 617-519-2076 National Center for Health Statistics/ DataScene Email: [email protected] CDC Phone: 860-491-9009 Phone: 301-458-4618 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected]

HEALTH LEVEL SEVEN, INC. AUGUST 2008 27 HL7 FACILITATORS Modeling and William “Ted” Klein Mead Walker Mary Ann Juurlink Methodology Facilitators Klein Consulting, Inc. Health Data and Interoperability, Inc. Gordon Point Informatics Vocabulary Patient Safety; RCRIM Care Provision; Patient Care George (Woody) Beeler, Jr., PhD Phone: 631-924-6922 Phone: 610-518-6259 Phone: 780-920-5224 Beeler Consulting LLC Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Email: maryann.juurlink@gpinformatics. Facilitator-at-Large com Phone: 507-254-4810 Patrick Loyd Publishing Facilitators Email: [email protected] Gordon Point Informatics Ltd. Helmut Koenig, MD Orders & Observations Douglas Baird Siemens Healthcare Anita Benson Phone: 415-209-0544 Boston Scientific Corporation Imaging Integration DataScene Email: [email protected] Templates Phone: 49-9131-84-3480 Scheduling & Logistics Phone: 651-582-3241 Email: [email protected] Phone: 860-491-9009 Austin Kreisler Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] SAIC - Science Applications International Joanne Larson Corp Anita Benson Kaiser Permanente Bernd Blobel, PhD Laboratory DataScene Infrastructure & Messaging HL7 Germany Phone: 404-498-6596 Scheduling & Logistics Phone: 925-924-5029 Security Email: [email protected] Phone: 860-491-9009 Email: [email protected] Phone: 49-941-944-6769 Email: [email protected] Email: Lloyd McKenzie Carolyn Logan [email protected] HL7 Canada Doug Castle Quest Diagnostics, Incorporated Facilitator-at-Large IDX Systems Corporation Laboratory Kevin Coonan Phone: 780-993-9501 Vocabulary Phone: 404-272-9764 Health Data Security, Inc. Email: [email protected] Phone: 802-859-6365 Email: carolyn.b.logan@questdiagnostics. Emergency Care; Patient Care Email: [email protected] com Phone: 801-938-6811 Meredith Nahm Email: Duke Clinical Research Institute Kathleen Connor Patrick Loyd [email protected] Clinical Interoperability Council Microsoft Corporation Gordon Point Informatics Ltd. Phone: 919-668-8339 Community Based Collaborative Care; Orders & Observations Kathleen Connor Email: [email protected] Financial Management Phone: 415-209-0544 Microsoft Corporation Phone: 360-480-7599 Email: [email protected] Community Based Collaborative Care; Dale Nelson Email: [email protected] Financial Management Zed-Logic Informatics, Inc Joginder Madra Phone: 360-480-7599 CMET Mike Davis Gordon Point Informatics Ltd. Email: [email protected] Phone: 916-365-6344 U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Patient Safety, Public Health Emergency Email: [email protected] Security Response Norman Daoust Phone: 760-632-0294 Phone: 780-717-4295 Daoust Associates Craig Parker, MD Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Patient Administration Arizona State University Clinical Decision Support Phone: 617-491-7424 Julie Evans Sue Mitchell Phone: 801-859-4480 Email: [email protected] CDISC Omnicare Information Solutions Email: [email protected] RCRIM EHR Phone: 202-675-6977 Robert Dolin, MD Phone: 740-862-4458 Jenni Puyenbroek Email: [email protected] Semantically Yours, LLC Email: [email protected] Structured Documents SAIC - Science Applications International Corp Jane Foard Phone: 949-466-40 Dale Nelson Implementation/Conformance McKesson Provider Technologies Email: [email protected] Zed-Logic Informatics, Inc Phone: 678-261-2099 Scheduling & Logistics CMET Email: [email protected] Phone: 847-495-1289 Jane Foard Phone: 916-365-6344 Email: [email protected] McKesson Provider Technologies Email: [email protected] Scheduling & Logistics Craig Robinson Siemens Healthcare Alexis Grassie Phone: 847-495-1289 Frank Oemig Laboratory Canadian Realm Email: [email protected] HL7 Germany Phone: 610-219-1567 Phone: 416-481-2002 German Realm Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Hugh Glover Phone: 49-208-781194 HL7 UK Email: [email protected] Immunization; Medication; Pharmacy Amnon Shabo Robert Hallowell Phone: 44-0-1392-271274 IBM Siemens Healthcare Nancy Orvis Email: hugh_glover Clinical Genomics Medication; Pharmacy U.S. Department of Defense, Military Health @bluewaveinformatics.co.uk Phone: 972-544-714070 Phone: 610-219-5612 System Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Government Projects Grahame Grieve Phone: 703-681-5611 Kestral Computing Pty Ltd Abdul-Malik Shakir Anthony Julian Email: [email protected] Infrastructure & Messaging Shakir Consulting Mayo Clinic/Foundation Phone: 61-3-9450-2222 Modeling & Methodology Infrastructure & Messaging Email: [email protected] Phone: 909-596-6790 Phone: 507-266-0958 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] 28 AUGUST 2008 HEALTH LEVEL SEVEN, INC. HL7 Facilitators, continued

Craig Parker, MD Kevin Coonan William “Ted” Klein Harold Solbrig Arizona State University Health Data Security, Inc. Klein Consulting, Inc. Apelon, Inc. Clinical Decision Support Emergency Care; Patient Care Modeling & Methodology Modeling & Methodology Phone: 801-859-4480 Phone: 801-938-6811 Phone: 631-924-6922 Phone: 807-993-0269 Email: [email protected] Email: Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] [email protected] Jenni Puyenbroek Glen Marshall Harry Solomon SAIC - Science Applications International Jane Foard Siemens Healthcare GE Healthcare Integrated IT Solutions Corp McKesson Provider Technologies Security Imaging & Integration Implementation/Conformance Scheduling & Logistics Phone: 610-219-3938 Phone: 847-277-5096 Phone: 678-261-2099 Phone: 847-495-1289 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Nancy Orvis Sandra Stuart Gregg Seppala Palva Frazier, RN, MSN, MBA U.S. Department of Defense, Military Health Kaiser Permanente U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Management Systems Designers, Inc. System Infrastructure & Messaging Patient Administration Structured Documents Government Projects Phone: 925-924-7473 Phone: 301-526-2703 Phone: 301-594-4741 Phone: 703-681-5611 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected]

Margarita Sordo Hugh Glover Jenni Puyenbroek Partners HealthCare System, Inc. HL7 UK SAIC - Science Applications International Gello CMET Corp Phone: 617-732-6271 Phone: 44-0-1392-271274 Implementation/Conformance Email: [email protected] Email: hugh_glover@bluewaveinformatics. Phone: 678-261-2099 co.uk Email: [email protected] Michael van Campen Gordon Point Informatics Ltd. Margaret Haber, BSN, RN, OCN Immunization National Cancer Institute Center Phone: 250-881-4568 for Bioinformatic Email: RCRIM [email protected] Phone: 301-594-9185 Email: [email protected] Grant Wood Intermountain Healthcare Clinical Genetics W. Edward Hammond, PhD Inst Templates Clinical Genomics Phone: 919-383-3555 Phone: 801-408-8153 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Robert Hausam, MD Bob Yencha TheraDoc, Inc. Alschuler Associates, LLC Laboratory Structured Documents Phone: 801-415-4412 Phone: 207-772-5121 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Stanley Huff, MD Vocabulary Facilitators Intermountain Health Care Vocabulary Anita Benson Email: [email protected] DataScene Patient Safety, Scheduling & Logistics Julie James Phone: 860-491-9009 Blue Wave Informatics LLP Email: [email protected] Immunization; Medication; Pharmacy Phone: 44-1392-271274 Paul Biondich Email: julie_james@bluewaveinformatics. IU School of Medicine co.uk Pediatric Data Standards Phone: 317-278-3466 Francine Kitchen Email: [email protected] GE Healthcare Integrated IT Solutions Financial Management James Case Phone: 360-992-8001 American Assoc. of Veterinary Lab Email: [email protected] Diagnosticians Public Health & Emergency Response Phone: 530-754-9719 Email: [email protected]

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

Director, Project Director of Tools Meeting Planning Management Meetings Administrator Coordinator Office

Lillian Bigham Wilfred Bonney Mary Ann Boyle Dave Hamill Phone: +1-989-736-3703 Phone: +1-902-877-0593 Phone: +1-734-677-7777 Phone: 734-677-7777 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Technical Director of Administrative Publications Technical Services Coordinator Manager

Michael Kingery Linda Jenkins Donald Lloyd Phone: +1-734-677-7777 Phone: +1-734-677-7777 Phone: +1-734-677-7777 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected]

Director of Director of Membership Communications Services

Andrea Ribick Diana Stephens Phone: +1-734-677-7777 Phone: +1-734-677-7777 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected]

30 AUGUST 2008 HEALTH LEVEL SEVEN, INC. 2008 HL7 Board of Directors Chair Vice Chair Treasurer Secretary Technical Steering Committee Chair

W. Edward Hammond, PhD Charles “Chuck” Meyer Daniel Russler, MD Freida Hall Charlie McCay Phone: 919-383-3555 Phone: 407-695-8338 Oracle Corporation - Healthcare U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Ramsey Systems Ltd. Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Phone: 404-276-1718 Phone: 727-519-4607 Phone: 01743-232278 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected]

Directors-at-Large Affiliate Directors

Liora Alschuler Hans Buitendijk Robert Dolin, MD Kai Heitmann, MD Michael van Campen Alschuler Associates, LLC Siemens Healthcare Semantically Yours, LLC University Hospital of Cologne Gordon Point Informatics Ltd. Phone: 802-785-2623 Phone: 610-219-2087 949-466-4035 Phone: 49-172-2660814 Phone: 250-881-4568 Email: Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Email: michael.vancampen@ [email protected] gpinformatics.com

Non-Voting Member

Jill Kaufman Wes Rishel Ken Lunn, PhD IBM Gartner NHS Connecting for Health. Phone: 919-543-3978 Phone: 510-217-3085 Phone: +440113 397 4399 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected]

Sam Brandt, MD Siemens Medical Solutions Health Services Corporation Phone: 610-219-5701 Email: [email protected]

Linda Fischetti, RN, MS Dennis Giokas, MS Donald Simborg, MD U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Canada Health Infoway Inc. Phone: 415-902-3236 Phone: 301-734-0417 Phone: 514-397-7979 Email: [email protected] Fax: 301-734-0111 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected]

Ex Officio Members

Charles Jaffe, MD, PhD John Quinn Mark McDougall Phone: 858-720-8200 Phone: 216-409-1330 Phone: 734-677-7777 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected]

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