HL7 Australia / IT-014 2008 Joint Meeting

Dear Colleagues,

We are delighted that Colin Blair, Deputy CEO of Standards Australia, will keynote the first day of the 2008 Standards Australia / HL7 Australia Joint Meeting next week. The morning Plenary Session will trace IT-014's development since 2001 and focus on how we can utilise Standards Australia's new business model to support and progress our 2008-09 Work Plan.

The rest of the day will be IT-014-xx-xx committee meetings:
IT-014-06-03: HL7 V2.x messages for scheduling of clinical events and bed availability, etc.
IT-014-06-04: Review of current situation and planning of future direction, etc.
IT-014-06-05: NEHTA Pathology Program, etc.
IT-014-06-06: Review of work program, etc. Digital Signatures Task Force: Finalising of Technical Report

Peter Williams - Director IM&T Health, DHS Victoria - will deliver the keynote "The Challenges of Getting the Right Data to the Right Place at the Right Time" at the HL7 Implementation Symposium on Friday, 4 December. The Symposium will give us in-depth implementation updates and insights sessions on core e-health domains:

● Pathology
● Discharge Summaries
● e-Prescribing

Each of the three sessions will focus on practical experience-sharing as well as methods and tools to identify and fix HL7 implementation variances. Share your experiences and learn from others managing and implementing messaging in these areas.

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We look forward to seeing you at our 2008 Joint Meeting!

Klaus Veil
Chair, HL7 Australia

Draft Program:

Day 1	Thursday, 4 December 2008: IT-014 Committee Meetings
8:30 - 9:00	Registration and Coffee
9:00 - 9:45	Opening Keynote: Colin Blair - Deputy CEO, Standards Australia
9:45 - 10:30	How can the new Standards Australia Business Model benefit IT-014? Andrew Harper - Anne Byatt - Heather Grain
10:30 - 11:00	Morning Tea
11:00 - 12:30	Patient Administration (IT-014-06-03)	Collaborative Care (IT-014-06-06)
12:30 - 13:30	Lunch
13:30 - 15:00	Medication (IT-014-06-04)	Diagnostics (IT-014-06-05)
15:00 - 15:30	Afternoon Tea
15:30 - 17:00	Digital Signatures Task Force	TBA

17:30 - 19:00	HL7 Australia Annual General Meeting Notice & Agenda Nomination Form Proxy Form Chairmans Report

Day 2	Friday, 5 December 2008: HL7 Implementation Symposium
8:30 - 9:00	Registration and Coffee
9:00 - 9:20	Welcome and Introduction to National ICT Australia Neil Temperley - Manager Commercialisation, NICTA
9:20 - 10:00	Keynote: "The Challenges of Getting the Right Data to the Right Place at the Right Time" Peter Williams - Director IM&T Health, DHS Victoria
10:00 - 10:30	Morning Tea
10:30 - 12:00	Referral Messaging Implementation Experience Forum: - Update on HL7 V2.x Referral Messaging in V2.x (D. Rowed) - e-Referral Implementation - Planning, Issues, Standards (Max Walker, DHS Victoria) - SNOMED Terminologies for Discharge Summary (Eleanor Royle, NEHTA) - Identifying and Mitigating typical HL7 Referral Message Implementation Variances (J. Gilbert, AHML)
12:00 - 13:00	Lunch
13:00 - 14:30	Pathology Messaging Implementation Experience Forum: - First Experiences with IHE Testing of the Australian Diagnostic Profile (K. Veil) - Implementing the AS4700.x Standards in a large Lab (Michael Osborne, QML) - Clinical Compliance - Towards Interoperability in a State Jurisdiction (Rod Bergmans, Qld Health) - Update: NEHTA Pathology Program (Dean Meston, NEHTA) - Vendor learnings implementing the AS4700.x Standards for Pathology Messaging (A. Magennis, HCN) - Identifying and Mitigating typical HL7 Pathology Message Implementation Variances (J. Gilbert, AHML)
14:30 - 15:00	Afternoon Tea
15:00 - 16:30	e-Prescribing Messaging Implementation Experience Forum: - Experience Report: NT e-Prescribing (Matt Antcliff, GPNNT) - <tbc> - Identifying and Mitigating typical HL7 e-Prescribing Message Implementation Variances (J. Gilbert, AHML)
16:30	Close

   Dec. 4 - IT-014 Committee meetings: Free
   Dec. 5 - HL7 Implementation Symposium: HL7 Members: $300    Non-members: $400     Students: $125

We gratefully acknowledge the support of the National ICT Australia for the Joint Meeting.