HL7 Strategic Summit

Australian HL7 Summit: Connecting Health

19-20 March 2002
Stamford Hotel, Sydney Airport

Health Level 7 (HL7) is an important messaging standard that enables the electronic transfer of health information across the health system. As such, it has a critical role to play in the future of e-health in Australia. To support the use of HL7 in Australia, an Australian HL7 Summit will be held from 19-20 March 2002, at the Stamford Hotel, Sydney Airport.

Members of the HL7 Australia are eligible for discounted attendance!

Click on the Speaker-links in the Program below to view or download their Presentations.

What are the objectives of the Summit?

improved access to HL7 knowledge and expertise;

HL7's role in the context of Australian health IT priorities;

how HL7 can benefit those providing health services;

to support HL7 users/implementers;

to increase understanding of interoperability requirements and HL7.

Who will be speaking and educating?

Apart from a impressive line-up of Australian HL7 experts, we have been able to secure the attendance in person of 4 leading overseas HL7 experts:

Woody Beeler - The "builder" of HL7 Version 3.
Liora Alschuler - The co-author of the clinical document architecture (CDA), the first XML-based standard for healthcare.
Leo Fogarty - Chair of HL7 UK, who managed the recent change in messaging strategy in the UK towards HL7.
Stephen Chu, University of Auckland - the New Zealand expert on the Health Event Summary (HES)

Who is it for?

The Summit will be presented by local and international HL7 experts and health IT managers. It will provide an interactive learning environment, and will cater to the information needs of:

Chief Information Officers
Health service managers
Health IT managers
Health IT policy makers
Health IT purchasers
System architects
HL7 implementers

The two-day program has been structured to cater for the needs of both those who implement HL7 standards and those with little technical knowledge or experience that are interested in HL7 in the context of health IT policy and purchasing.

Day One - Executives/CIOs (Tuesday 19/3/2002)

	Learners	Users
8:00 - 9:00	Fast-Track Introduction to HL7 *"HL7 for Dummies"* • What is HL7? A 5 minute history • V2 & V3 and alternatives • Key HL7 terms & buzzwords Klaus Veil, HL7 Australasia User Group	Registration & Coffee
9:00 - 9:15	Conference Opening Prof Richard Smallwood, Chair, National Health information Management Advisory Council (NHIMAC)
9:15 – 9.45	Keynote Address "HL7 - A brief History & Strategic Directions" Woody Beeler, HL7.org Board, USA
9.45 - 10:15	Keynote Address " Vital Connections for Health Organisations - HL7 in Australia " Anton Donker, Queensland Health
10:15 - 10:45	Morning Tea
10:45 - 12:30	Plenary Session "HL7 in Australia – Perspectives, Strategies and Issues" (5 minute presentations, followed by panel discussion, questions and answers) The Australian Health Information Standards Agenda: Phil Hagan, Chair, National Health Information Standards Advisory Committee Australian Directions for HL7: Peter Williams, Standards Australia Health Informatics Committee (IT/14); Klaus Veil, HL7 Australasia User Group More Australian Perspectives: Tony Firth, Medical Software Industry Association; Dr David Rowed, General Practitioner Views from the "Outside": Woody Beeler, HL7.org Board, USA; Stephen Chu, University of Auckland; Dr Leo Fogarty, Chair HL7 UK
12:30 - 13:30	Lunch with the speakers
13.30 – 14.00	Keynote Address " HL7 Enterprise Strategies for Public and Private Healthcare " Dr Leo Fogarty, Chair HL7 UK
14:00 - 16:45 Afternoon Tea	Introducing HL7 into your organisation • The benefits of HL7 • The barriers to HL7 • Making HL7 happen • Reaping the benefits Case Studies - Public Sector: Leo Fogarty, HL7 UK Anton Donker, Queensland Health Tony Sara, SE Sydney Area Health Service Case Studies - Private Sector: A. Terazi, Ramsay Healthcare Dan Geddes, AHML, Ballarat	Capitalising on HL7 in your organisation • Why are we not getting the benefits? • Ensuring compliance to HL7 • We have HL7 - what now? • The transition to V3 - When? How? Case Studies - Public Sector: Meno Schilling, NSW Health Keith Kranz, DHS Victoria Case Studies - Private Sector: Woody Beeler, HL7.org Board Alby Creevey, SeeBeyond
16:45 - 17:00	Close Summary of the Day's Learnings Phil Hagan, Chair, NHISAC

19:00

Dinner

Day Two - Implementers (Wednesday 20/3/2002)

	Learners	Users
9:00 - 9:15	Plenary Session Summary of Day One, Announcements, etc...
9:30 - 12:30 Morning Tea	Introduction to HL7 Workshop • Why Standards? • HL7 V2.x • V2.x Message building • What about V3? • What about XML? Klaus Veil, IT14-6-3	Pathology Messages Workshop • AS4700.2 • The Pathology Cookbook • LOINC Michael Legg, IT14-6-5 John Herron Dick Harding David Mitchell Sam Chan	Discharge/Referral Messages Tutorial • Clinical Document Architecture Liora Altschuler, USA • NZ Health Event Summary (HES) Stephen Chu, University of Auckland	"The HL7 Clinic" HL7 Experts diagnose and treat your messaging problems!
12:30 - 14:00	Lunch with the speakers
14:00 - 16:30 Afternoon Tea	Introduction to V3 -Workshop • The MDF • How Version 3 works • V3 Message building Woody Beeler, USA	Prescription and Immunisation Messages - Workshop • AS4700.3 • BMMS Ian Cheong, IT14-6-4 Keith Harrison, HIC Tony Firth, Hatrix P/L	Discharge/Referral Messages (Tutorial) - cont. • AS4700.6 David Rowed, IT14-6-6 • The V3 GP2GP Project Dr Leo Fogarty, Chair, HL7 UK • Issues and Options
16:30 –16:45	Closing Plenary Session Summary -What have we learnt? What can we take home? Where to from here? Phil Hagan, Chair, NHISAC

17:30

First GM of the HL7 Australasia User Group

( Chair's Report & Minutes )

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