HL7 Australia Mission and Charter Statement
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Mission
| HL7 Australia is an open, not-for-profit, democratic organisation that supports the HL7 user community by: | ||
| Co-ordinating and championing the development and implementation of the Australian and global family of HL7 standards | Developing skills and knowledge exchange amongst members and the wider informatics community | Promoting HL7 as the most effective standard for systems interoperability and information management in healthcare |
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Charter
HL7 Australia seeks to empower the users of HL7 in Australia to effectively use information technology to provider better health outcomes at a sustainable cost. HL7 Australia provides a forum to support HL7 users and other parties interested in the HL7 interoperability standards in Australia.
HL7 Australia is a forum that provides a collaboration and support infrastructure (e-mail lists, web sites, conferences, workshops, meetings, teleconferences, etc.) to support HL7 users achieving their chosen objectives. HL7 Australia organises HL7 education and training, facilitates technical meetings and other forms of support that users may require.
An initial focus is the new HL7 technologies that users wish to explore (Version 3, Clinical Document Architecture, EHR, Clinical Decision Support, Community Health, common Vocabularies, CCOW, etc.) and the support of members who need technical support and clarification but lack appropriate resources.
HL7 Australia may collate, evaluate and recommend for action by other entities any technical requirements, issues and other input expressed and agreed to by its members.
HL7 Australia will not directly engage in standards registration - this is the privilege of the national standards bodies. However, it will facilitate the creation of proposals to be submitted to HL7.org and the national standards bodies.
Administrative/Organisational Structure
Membership of HL7 Australia is open to all individuals and organisations interested in HL7. HL7 Australia has a Board, democratically elected by all members.
"HL7 Australia" is a trading name of the HL7 Australasia User Group Inc.
The HL7 Australia User Group Inc. is a not-for-profit Association incorporated in the Australian Capital Territory under the Associations Incorporation Act 1991.
Membership fees to cover the infrastructure costs will be charged. Grants from governments, industry bodies, etc. will be sought.
Formal Relationships with Other Groups
The HL7 Australia may establish formal and/or informal liaisons with other relevant groups.
Updated June 2008