HL7 New Zealand

HL7 FHIR Connectathon 4 Video

In this video, Dr David Hay talks about the purpose and impression of the Day 1 of HL7 FHIR Connectathon 4 as an official host and organiser.

HL7 FHIR Connectathon 4 – Impressions from Rene Spronk on Vimeo.

HL7 New Zealand presented IT perspective of Christchurch earthquake

HL7 International invited HL7 New Zealand to present the Care Co-Ordination Issues that occurred during the 2011 Christchurch earthquake from an IT perspective. The attached presentation was given by the Chair of HL7 NZ – Dr David Hay – to the plenary session at the Working Group meeting in Boston on Monday, 23rd September 2013 in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

IHIC 2013

HL7 Australia is honoured to host the 14th International HL7 Interoperability Conference 2013 (IHIC 2013), which will be held on 28th-29th October, 2013 in Sydney, Australia. 

The first Australian FHIR Connectathon will be a feature of the event. 

IHIC promotes world-wide engagement and thought provoking discussion in research and industry application of HL7. Following on from the highly successful IHIC 2012 in Vienna, this annual two-day event brings together implementers, information architects and researchers working on e-health interoperability. 

IHIC conferences promote world-wide engagement and thought-provoking discussion on research into HL7 and related e-health standards and their application in the health industry. Following the highly successful IHIC 2012 in Vienna, this two-day event will bring together implementers, information architects and researchers working on e-health interoperability.

IHIC provides a forum for presentation and discussion of concepts, models, implementations and innovations for interoperable e-health solutions. The conference also aims to facilitate an exchange of knowledge between research, science and the business of health care.  More Info here:  http://www.ihic2013.org.au/

HL7 Australia News

One-day Workshop on Application of New HL7 Capabilities
Thursday, 4th July 2013, Victoria University Convention Centre – Flinders Street, Melbourne

HL7 continues to advance on many fronts – v2.8 messages are just around the corner, and we now hear much about FHIR and “Consolidated CDA”.

This workshop will explore recent developments in HL7 and other standards and how to leverage these new capabilities in practical implementations to address both existing and emerging needs, particularly for communication of clinical information.

The workshop provides an opportunity to find out more and to discuss the following: 

• The continuing evolution of FHIR (Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources), the next HL7 international interoperability standard.  Opportunities to participate in the first Australian FHIR connectathon in October will also be presented. 
• Capabilities of HL7v2.x messaging beyond HL7 v2.4 – including features of v2.5 through v2.9, how to access them? What should be done about implementation? and what does this mean for the Australian standards? 
• Current issues in the communication of clinical information, including using both HL7 and the new services-oriented approaches, emerging needs in pathology and developments in care planning. 
• An update on developments and opportunities in the world of “consolidated CDA” (widely used in the USA – particularly for standardized clinical content). 

More detailed information is available on the HL7 Australia website at: http://www.hl7.org.au/2013-HL7-New-Capabilities-Workshop.htm or by contacting Joanne Yearsley by email: joey.yearsley@gmail.com or mobile: 0418 414 833.

Heard enough already?  You can register directly online at https://register.eventarc.com/16477/workshop-on-application-of-new-hl7-capabilities

The member discounted registration of $270+GST per person is available to any current 2013-14 member.

HINZ Conference and Exhibition 7-9 November 2012, Rotorua

Thanks to all those who supported the 2012 HINZ Conference and Exhibition – “Health Informatics into Clinical Practice”, 7-9 November at the Energy Events Centre, Rotorua, New Zealand. Health information and clinical care go hand in hand, and this year we’re looking at the partnership in new ways, showing how mission critical health informatics is in every day clinical care. Hear and participate in innovations and stories from those who are in clinical practice in New Zealand.  Presentations, videos and photos can be found at www.hinz.org.nz

HL7NZ Annual General Meeting

HL7NZ Annual General Meeting 2012 Wednesday 7th November, Energy Events Centre, Rotorua (4pm)(see Minutes and Reports as attachments below)

Past events HL7 New Zealand has held or sponsored

• Service Oriented Architecture in Healthcare Seminar, 11 April 2011, Auckland
• HL7 WGM, January 2011 Sydney
• HL7 New Zealand Seminar:  The Fundamentals and Implementation of CDA – presented by: Grahame Grieve.  A unique opportunity to take part in a hands on training seminar led by a leading international expert.  Monday 30 and Tuesday 31 August 2010, Crowne Plaza Hotel, Auckland..EVENT NOW SOLD OUT ..[more information].
• 9th Annual HINZ Conference and Exhibition, 2-4 November 2010, Wellington Town Hall  –
• HL7 International Standards and Education Meeting, 9-14 January 2011, Sydney  –
• HL7 NZ members can register for the HL7 Australia CDA Education Forum ( www.HL7.org.au/2011-CDA-V2.htm ) at the HL7 Australia members-only rate
• HL7 New Zealand Annual General Meeting – 3rd November 2010, Wellington Town Hall see attachments for agenda and proxy forms   

August 2012: Clinical Document Architecture hits New Zealand

In August, we will be hosting a seminar on CDA.
The CDA standard is rapidly becoming one of the most important single standards in healthcare. This seminar will be an extension to the highly successful seminar last year by Grahame Grieve, and will be presented by local speakers and focusing on the local CDA standards that are being developed such as GP2GP, ePrescribing and Transfer of Care.

More details to follow

21-22 June 2012: Healthcare Interoperability Pioneer Ed Hammond & openEHR

In conjunction with HINZ we will be hosting a seminar on Electronic Health Records and openEHR and we are proud to announce that we have secured Ed Hammond as the keynote speaker for this event. Ed was one of the initial founders of HL7 and remains one of the most important voices in healthcare standards and interoperability. His keynote is bound to be very illuminating!

 The openEHR section of the event will introduce Archetypes a core component of the National Interoperability Reference Architecture, and an increasingly accepted way of representing health information.   We are grateful to Ocean Informatics for providing one of the leading experts in this field Hugh Leslie – to speak to us. In this session Hugh will walk us through the essentials of modelling, and then jump right into practical examples from Australia and other national programs.   Attending these sessions will be very worthwhile as Hugh will demonstrate how to transform Archetypes into HL7 clinical documents (CDAs)

The 21 June seminar is run in conjuction with HINZ and The University of Auckland and will be held at the Aotea Centre, Auckland.  The Cost for HINZ and HL7NZ (financial) members is $150 and non members $250 (includes one year membership to both HINZ and HL7NZ).  You can register for this event here http://www.hinz.org.nz/events/Seminar/2012/6/Leveraging+the+EHR+for+translational+health+care%3A+Exploring+what%27s+under+the+bonnet/47 

The 22 June tutorial on openEHR is run by HL7NZ and will be held at the University of Auckland Tamaki Campus in Glen Innes.  The cost is $150 for HINZ and HL7NZ (financial) members and non members $250 (includes on year membership to both HINZ and HL7NZ).  This one day tutorial will be presented by two internationally acknowledged openEHR experts – Drs. Hugh and Heather Leslie from Ocean Informatics Pty Ltd.  The tutorial will cover the full continuum of the methodologies described in the New Zealand Reference Architecture for Interoperability – from clinical requirements through modelling to the creation of compliant CDAs automatically.  Attendance at this day will suit anyone who has an interest in Clinical Data Modelling, and how the models created can be used to produce real messages that promote semantic interoperability between Clinical Information Systems. 

Australian CDA and v2 education function

There is a seminar series in Melbourne on wednesday 20 July. Follow this link http://www.hl7.org.au/ for details. Note that H:7 New Zealand members will receive the ‘members-only’ rate.

Following this seminar, there is a further seminar that discusses aspects of the PC-EHR implementation. Further details at  http://ihe-australia.wikispaces.com/Event+July+2011