HL7 NZ 2021 Annual General Meeting – Thursday 18 November at 3pm
The 2021 HL7 New Zealand Annual General Meeting was held on Thursday 18thNovember at 3:00pm virtually via ZOOM. Ten seats on the Executive Board were up for election and these were filled by eight members of the previous board along with new members Gordon Inkson (MedTech) and Daniel Thomson (Ministry of Health). The outgoing Board Members – who both voluntarily stepped down after huge contributions – were Alastair Kenworthy (Ministry of Health) who served for 10 years on the Board and was the key link in our evolving relationship with the Ministry of Health and HISO; and Derek Buchanan who provided thought leadership, notably with regard to HL7 education and certification both in the local and international communities.
The Chairman’s and Treasurer’s Annual Reports, presented to the Meeting, can be found in the minutes.
At the first meeting of the new Board, held directly afterwards, the following officers were unanimously re-elected for two-year terms up to November 2023: Peter Sergent (Vice Chair) and David Moorhouse (Treasurer). Peter Jordan (Chair) and Linda McKay (Secretary) will continue in their roles until November 2022, having been elected to serve two year terms in November 2020.
HL7NZ Webinar Series 2021 – HL7® FHIR® HPI Profiles
Thank you to those who attended the October HL7NZ Webinar Series 2021 where Daniel Thomson and Pat Ryan – both Solution Architects at the NZ Ministry of Health presented their views and practical experience on HL7® FHIR® HPI Profiles and covered their recent work on the HPI FHIR® API implementation. An opportunity for Q&A was also offered at the conclusion of the presentations which provided some great insight around implementation considerations.
For those who could not attend, you can find the recording of the presentation here plus PowerPoint presentations from Daniel Thomson and Pat Ryan.
Feel free to send topic suggestions for future webinars to admin@hl7.org.nz
HL7NZ Webinar Series 2021 – HealthOne’s FHIR® Engine
Thank you to those who attended this afternoon’s HL7NZ Webinar Series 2021 where we presented:
HealthOne’s FHIR® Engine
David Moorhouse, Development Manager with HealthOne discussed the use of HL7® FHIR® by HealthOne to build a class-leading, mature API Interface, and an advanced data extraction service to ensure the highest quality information is consistently updated into its secure FHIR database.
For those who could not attend, you can find the recording of the presentation here and the associated PowerPoint presentation here.
Our next HL7NZ webinar takes place via ZOOM at midday on Thursday 21st October where presenters from the Ministry of Health will discuss FHIR HPI Profiles – including recent work with the Simplifier FHIR registry. More details to follow soon.
HL7NZ Webinar: Medtech Global FHIR® Platform ALEX
Thank you to those who attended the HL7NZ midyear Webinar on June 23rd – if you did not manage to attend on the day here is the link to the presentation kindly delivered by Medtech Global, Managing Director- Dr Geoff Sayer who discussed the development of Medtech’s new Platform ALEX (Application Layer EXchange) that allows third-party applications to securely integrate with the Medtech32 and Evolution Practice Management systems, via APIs built on HL7 FHIR.
A report of the Webinar is available to subscribers of Pulse+IT.
Enjoy HL7NZ member benefits – contact us admin@hl7.org.nz
HL7 New Zealand – Annual General Meeting 2020 Report
The 2020 Annual General Meeting was held on Thursday 26th November at 3:00pm at the offices of the Clanwilliam Group in Auckland. Eight members of the previous Board Members were re-elected along with Derek Buchanan, Michael Hosking, Anna-Marie Scroggins (Health Alliance) and Matt Valentine. The outgoing Board Members – who all voluntarily stepped down after huge contributions – were Karen Blake (Health Alliance), Martin Entwistle, David Fallas and David Hay (Chair Emeritus).
The Chairman’s Annual Report, presented to the Meeting, can be found here.
At the first meeting of the new Board, held directly afterwards, the following officers were unanimously elected for two-year terms: Peter Jordan (Chair) and Linda McKay (Secretary). Peter Sergent (Vice Chair) and David Moorhouse (Treasurer) will continue to serve in their current positions having been elected for two-year terms in November 2019.
HL7 NZ mid-year seminar 2020 – Via WEBINAR
Many thanks to everyone who attended this Webinar on April 28th, we hope that you found it an informative and enjoyable event.
All the presentations are now available for you to download and view at your leisure. The last two hours of the event can also be viewed here.
We are hoping to offer further Webinars in the coming months and would be delighted to hear suggestions as to the topics that you would like us to present.
HL7 FHIR Connectathon #22
A record 420 attendees participated in the HL7 FHIR Connectathon #22, held in Atlanta, Georgia, USA on 14-15 September 2019. The combination of experienced FHIR developers and newcomers to the standard were divided into 38 specialist tracks varying from established areas of the specification, such as Patient and Terminology, to newer domains like genomics and major FHIR-based implementation projects notably ‘Da Vinci’. It was a hugely enjoyable and successful event – both in terms of advancing the FHIR specification and continuing to build the worldwide FHIR community.
SNOMED CT® Events
International: SNOMED International Business Meetings and Expo: 27 Oct – 1 Nov 2019 – Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
New Zealand Events
SNOMED CT® Developer Training Day: 6 Nov 2019 – Christchurch. Contact standards@health.govt.nz for free registration NOW FULLY SUBSCRIBED
SNOMED CT® Developer Training Day: 7 Nov 2019 – Auckland. Contact standards@health.govt.nz for free registration NOW FULLY SUBSCRIBED
NZHIT Event: FHIR for Implementers in New Zealand
NZHIT hosted the one-day workshop in Christchurch, “FHIR for Implementers in New Zealand” on 29 August 2019.
The event information below is from the event website:
You need to attend this one-day workshop if you’re planning, undertaking or want to know more about FHIR implementation.HL7 FHIR is the healthcare interoperability standard that has achieved global recognition.It is also endorsed locally by the New Zealand Health Information Standards Organisation (HISO), along with SNOMED, as the national terminology standard.
The Ministry of Health is fully behind this initiative, prescribing FHIR as the primary interface to the nHIP programme, and with projects underway to add FHIR interfaces to the NHI and the HPI.
This free workshop is sponsored by the Ministry of Health to help increase implementer knowledge about FHIR. There is no charge for you to attend BUT you must register quick as numbers are limited to 30 attendees.
Details
This full day workshop is being held in Christchurch on Thursday 29th August 2019 and will be delivered by Dr David Hay. David has been involved with FHIR from the very beginning and is currently a co-chair of the FHIR Management Group and HL7NZ Chair emeritus.
It is intended for anyone who is planning, undertaking or wants to up their game when it comes to FHIR implementation. It is particularly for – developers, clinicians, consumer representatives, project managers or any other member of the implementation team.
You do not need previous experience with FHIR.
This will be an interactive workshop. You’ll be able to get hands-on in a supportive environment so will need to bring your laptop (you just need a modern browser, such as chrome, installed).
The workshop’s programme will be published closer to the time, but the following is an overview of what you’ll be involved with on the day –
The morning session will include an overview of FHIR, explore more advanced topics like profiling and terminology then review the tooling available to help understand how FHIR is used to represent real scenarios, and exchange information.
This will lead you into the afternoon session where you’ll dig deeper into the technical aspects of building FHIR clients and servers with a deep dive into the RESTful interface, including security aspects such as SMART.
You’ll be able to play in a sample ecosystem that includes prototypes of the NHI & HPI interfaces as well as conformance, data, terminology and authentication servers.
You’ll also have time for exercises to show just how easy it is to build with FHIR (you’ll need an IDE of some sort, or a REST client, for these).
The workshop will wrap up at the end of the day with a discussion on the next steps – how can we realise the patient-centered ecosystem in New Zealand.
This event is limited to 30 people, so be in quick to guarantee your place.
Venue to be confirmed in Christchurch shortly.
Thanks to –
Ministry of Health for sponsoring this event
NZHIT as the organisers
HL7NZ for their on-going support and promotion of interoperability standards
HL7NZ Mid-Year Seminar 2019
HL7® FHIR® and SNOMED CT® Implementation Workshop
Wednesday 19 June 2019, Novotel Auckland Airport
HL7 New Zealand (HL7NZ) held its Annual Mid-Year Seminar at the Novotel Hotel, Auckland Airport on Wednesday 19th June. This year’s Event was an HL7® FHIR® and SNOMED CT ® Implementation Workshop consisting of a FHIR Connectathon and a series of interactive presentations from a range of speakers.
Keynotes were delivered by Peter Marks, Manager of Architecture & Standards at the Ministry of Health and Scott Arrol, CEO of NZHIT. Peter provided updates on the latest work from the Data and Digital Team, notably the National Health Infomation Platform, and Scott delivered an impassioned customer perspective on achieving the benefits of digital healthcare
The Connectathon, led by HL7NZ Chair Emeritus Dr David Hay, facilitated community involvement in a project, commissioned by the Ministry of Health, to develop FHIR APIs for the National Health Index (NHI) and Health Provider Index (HPI). This form of engagement echoes how the worldwide FHIR Project itself has operated and it is hoped that it will prove to be as successful in a local context.
HL7NZ Chair Peter Jordan facilitated the Presentation Stream, which articulated a variety of key issues relating to the implementation of both FHIR and SNOMED CT in New Zealand and the potential role of these standards in improving healthcare outcomes. The group also considered how to progress the development of an active, engaged and collaborative standards community consisting of all stakeholders.
The Event concluded with both groups combining to pose a series of questions to a Panel consisting of the day’s presenters. This session was recorded for use in the first of a series of Podcasts to be hosted by HL7NZ. Something to look out for in the coming weeks in the build up to the next standards event at Digital Health Week NZ in November!
Acknowledging the support of SYSMEX New Zealand for their ongoing support of our annual mid-year seminars