HL7 Australia 2008 Conference

Tuesday, 8 July & Wednesday, 9 July 2008

The Australian e-Health Research Centre
(see Directions and map below)
Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital campus, HERSTON, Brisbane

Dear Colleagues,

You are invited to our two-day 2008 Conference will provide you with updates on the latest developments in CDA and its use within the growing IHE work in Australia and Asia-Pacific, in particular the IHE Cross-Enterprise Document Sharing (XDS) which will be demonstrated at the IHE Interoperability Showcase during the HIC' 08 and Health-e-Nation exhibitions in Melbourne Aug. 31 - Sept. 3. (see www.IHE.net.au)

Also, the IHE-style Australian Pathology Profiles will be outlined in light of the recently released NPAAC guidelines that are expected to significantly affect pathology messaging implementations in Australia.

"Archetypes in V2.x" and "The New V2.x Referral/Discharge Message" sessions will introduce these new Standards Australia documents.

Day 1	*Tuesday - 8^th July 2008 - 'Technical Updates'*
8:30 - 9:00	Registration and Coffee
9:00 - 9:15	Opening and Welcome Prof. Gary Morgan, CEO - Australian e-Health Research Centre	Klaus Veil
9:15 - 10:00	CDA - Overview, Introduction and Update	Grahame Grieve
10:00 - 10:30	CDA - an "Alternative to Messaging" or "Content Payload"?	Vince McCauley
10:30 - 11:00	Morning Tea
11:00 - 12:00	CDA for Discharge Summaries - an Introduction	Peter MacIsaac
12:00 - 12:45	Using Archetypes to exchange Clinical Documents (CDA)	Heath Frankel
12:45 - 13:45	Lunch
13:45 - 14:30	Overview and Update on NEHTA's Workplan	Andrew Howard
14:30 - 15:00	CDA Implementation Support	Grahame Grieve
15:00 - 15:30	Afternoon Tea
15:30 - 16:15	Referral & Discharge Summaries - HL7 V2.x or CDA?	Max Walker
16:15 - 17:00	Archetypes in HL7 V2.x Messages	Andrew McIntyre

Day 2	Wednesday - 9^th July 2008 *- 'Regulatory Updates'*
8:30 - 9:00	Registration and Coffee
9:00 - 9:15	Review of Day 1	Vince McCauley
9:15 - 10:30	Standards - a key Component of Enterprise Architecture	Steve Wagner
10:30 - 11:00	Morning Tea
11:00 - 11:30	IHE helping achieve Interoperability and Conformance - 2005-07	Peter MacIsaac
11:30 - 11:45	IHE helping achieve Interoperability and Conformance - 2008	Klaus Veil
11:45 - 12:15	IHE supporting Conformance & Interoperability (NPAAC Guidelines)	Vince McCauley
12:15 - 12:45	Conformance Testing in the IHE Process	Jane Gilbert
12:45 - 13:45	Lunch
13:45 - 14:15	GP Software Systems, Standards and Conformance Guidelines	Andrew Magennis
14:15 - 14:45	HL7 Acknowledgement Process - Challenges and Solutions	Vince McCauley
14:45 - 15:00	Desktop Systems Interoperability Project (MSIA) - an Update	Vince McCauley
15:00 - 15:30	Afternoon Tea
15:30 - 16:00	The DHS Victoria Referral Network - an Update	Max Walker

16:00 - 17:00	"Virtual" Tour of the Australian e-Health Research Centre	Gary Morgan

Registration Fee: HL7 Members: $600 Non-members: $700 Students: $250 One-day: $350 One-day Students: $125

IHE Connectathon / Showcase participants get HL7 Australia Member-only rates!

PS: We gratefully acknowledge the support of the Australian e-Health Research Centre for this Conference.