4th HL7 Australia Conference on HL7, XML and Archetypes Enabling Clinicians to Manage and Share Knowledge March 25 & 26, 2004, Radisson on Flagstaff, 380 William St., Melbourne, Australia
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Dear Colleagues,
Have you ever wondered how we can maintain meaning and context for clinical content between information systems such as Electronic Health Records? How can clinicians communicate their knowledge management requirements to developers of standards and systems? Why should we be concerned about semantic interoperability?
You are invited to participate in this 2-day conference which will facilitate discussions between experts, share experiences and to collectively undertake some problem solving. We will explore HL7, XML, Archetypes and Templates with reference to CDA and their links with systems adopted to represent clinical knowledge including terminologies. The Conference will have a technical and a clinical track. For details, see the Program below.
The Conference will be co-located with the IT-014 Joint Meeting on March 23&24, 2004. Similar to the Joint Meeting in June last year, this will be an opportunity to get an overview of the health informatics standards work in Australia, get up-to-date in specific areas such as terminology, discharge/ referral standards, security, pathology implementation and even engage in the work of the IT-014 standards committees.
HL7 is a family of Standards for clinical information interoperability. The Clinical Document Architecture is the standard XML representation of familiar clinical documents. We will explore if and to what extent the use of CDA and HL7 V3 will improve semantic interoperability? Is there a place for ebXML in the health industry? Are Archetypes or Templates better at doing this? Is the use of XML and version 2 plus Archetypes the best way of getting complex messages into current technology without the confounding of HL7 version 3?
The new EHR structures such as Archetypes may represent complex concepts without complex terminology structures. The "Archetypes @ Work" Workshop will explore the roles of structure and vocabulary in providing the clinical concepts clinicians need for day to day decision making.And how can genetic information be captured? Come and debate these issues with the experts.
Plenary Session "The Relationship between Archetypes, Templates and Terminology" Peter Elkin - Sam Heard - Peter Schloeffel - Thomas Beale
15:00- 15:30
Afternoon tea
15:30 - 17:00
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Afternoon Tea
Workshop Archetypes @ Work
l The clinical aspects of Archetypes l How clinicians can use the Archetype/Templates tools l Capturing clinical objects with the Archetype editor lPractical Examples
The Australian Computer Society (ACS) is the recognised association for Information Technology (IT) professionals, attracting a large and active membership (over 16,000) from all levels of the IT industry.It provides a wide range of services to its members.A member of the Australian Council of Professions, the ACS is the public voice of the IT profession, the guardian of professional ethics and standards in the IT industry, with a commitment to the wider community to ensure the beneficial use of IT.Visit www.ACS.org.au for more information.
The Health Information Management Association of Australia Ltd. (HIMAA), established in 1949, is the professional organisation representing Health Information Managers throughout Australia with members in New Zealand and some Asia Pacific countries.HIMAA is an active member of the International Federation of Health Record Organizations, and liaises with the National Centre for Classification in Health (NCCH) Australia on issues of mutual interest. HIMAA provides representation on health information, health record management, standards, privacy, health and diagnostic classifications.HIMAA is the provider of beginner and advanced distance education courses in ICD10AM.Visit www.HIMAA.org.au/ for more information.
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