Review of HL7 2008-2009

Review of HL7 2008-2009

Rik Smithies

Chair HL7 UK

HL7 UK Review AGM 2009

Brief review of happenings since last AGM• “year of two halves”• quiet summer ...• then our most active period for years• just had 3 “Roadshows”• part of a back-to-basics approach for HL7 UK


Time of change for HL7 UK• Shift away from being dominated by UK National

Programme• Previously a good source of material, news,

attendees• Left us with a gap to fill...a need to evolve• Less need to be a source of technical support


V3 now well established• Take up varies from nation to nation• Local politics and policy• UK has led the way (billions of messages)• Other countries now have large deployments• Especially including CDA, even in the US.• US picture changing with new administration?


V3 now well established• Many UK people engage direct with .Org• 18 from UK at last WGM in US• 10+ with official positions in .Org• No need to support them• HL7 UK wants to reach out to those who haven’t

had a chance to get fully involved yet• Marketing and awareness raising...

– Took us a while to make this switch of mindset


Marketing focus• Regroup after quiet few months• Moving web platform took some effort• First push was annual conference, earlier than

usual• About 100 attendees, less than our peak, but

respectable...and feedback very good• More competition this year


Follow up• Quick follow up with first Tech Committee

meeting in a few months– Heard about UK Pathology messaging– SOA framework, SAEAF

Roadshows next• Trying to get to those who wouldn’t normally

attend an HL7 meeting – get numbers


Roadshows, March 2009• Leeds, Birmingham, London• About 130 people in total• Raising awareness and getting people together• So they know it isn’t just them trying to do this

stuff• Now 6 meetings in less than 6 months

– Around 300 people who know more about HL7 than they did before

• Membership doing well


Other news...• US National Programme?• HL7 signs up for Standards Charter

Organisation– Follows on from JIC work, HL7, ISO, CEN

cooperation– Also recent HL7 and IHTSDO (SNOMED) sign

agreement


Organisational, International• New affiliate in Singapore• WGMs planned in South America 2010 (Rio?)

and Australia (2011?)• HL7 Ambassadors programme • HL7 CDA Product and Services Guide• eLearning programme


Standards...• Industry's First Electronic Health Record System

(EHR-S) Functional Requirements for Child Healthcare (Jan 2009)– “Not just messaging”

• New CDA release planned this year– Ambitious!

• Ballot pack and Normative Edition 2008 continue to grow...

HL7 UK Review AGM 2009New areas• NHS CFH continues to sponsor development of

new HL7 “Static Model Designer” to replace Visio RMIM "message designer" tool– Tools slowly evolving

• SOA work, SAEAF– Services Aware Enterprise Architecture Framework– SOA in Healthcare: Value in a Time of Change,"

conference , with OMG, June 2-4, 2009 Chicago.

• HL7 diversifying as CDA and messaging become more established

• RIMBAA...

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