Healthlink has done it already havent they?
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Peter MacIsaac wrote:
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Web Services in Health - Where Do We Start?
1st Australian Workshop - Sponsored by HL7 Australia
Tuesday, 28th March at the Stamford Plaza Sydney Airport Hotel.
Web Services and Service Orientated Architecture are new buzz words in the
health IT space. Are these the new direction for health communication? Where
are we on the famous GARTNER Hype Cycle? Web Services are one form of
communication protocol to enable collaboration between different
applications. This approach has been recommended by the National E-Health
Transition Authority in their recent discussion papers. Both are well worth
reading and open for public comment.
http://www.nehta.gov.au/component/option,com_docman/task,cat_view/gid,129/
<http://www.nehta.gov.au/component/option,com_docman/task,cat_view/gid,129/>
HL7 Australia is convening a one day workshop on Web Services on Tuesday,
28th March at the Stamford Plaza Airport Hotel in Sydney. It is no
coincidence that this is the day following the NEHTA Health Executives
briefing. Last year a HL7 workshop examined the problems of communication in
the pathology and diagnostic imaging sector which resulted in a challenge to
communication vendors to "interoperate". The 2005 interoperability
demonstration showed what can be done with existing standards and
communication technology. HL7 believes there is a need for education and
discussion to assist the health IT industry understand the communication
problem that Web Services will solve and to consider why other options, many
of which are currently being used with varying degrees of success, are not
recommended ways forward for health.
How will we transition from what is here to the future? Are web services the
preferred communication medium for all applications? Do they guarantee
interoperability? What exactly are they and why are they different to using
a web-browser? What is the place of existing efforts within HL7, Standards
Australia and NEHTA to develop common message structures, data groups,
archetypes and vocabularies?
The keynote speaker is Professor Michael Georgeff (Monash University), a
well known proponent of the use of the internet in healthcare. He is
supported by Michael Czapski (Sun Microsystems). Robert Wood and Hoylan Sue
(authors of the NEHTA reports) will provide an update and participate in
discussion time. Tom Bowden (HealthLink), Mark Gibson (Extensia
Solutions/DSTC) and Ross Davey (ArgusConnect) and Grahame Grieve (Kestral)
will participate in a forum for health industry players who have experience
with Web Services to share their experiences and views. Expressions of
interest are sought from the HL7 and Health IT Community to be included in
the program.
Opportunities for industry sponsorship are available to promote your
interest and support workshop attendees and ongoing HL7 education efforts
(HL7 is only able to keep our membership and conference fees at an
affordable level for small to medium enterprises due to our volunteer and
industry support)
This workshop will provide both a high level overview of the technology as
well as dealing with technical and implementation issues. It is targeted at
CEOs, CIOs and systems developers. For queries or comments please contact
the workshop facilitator:
Peter MacIsaac [EMAIL PROTECTED] or 0411 403
462
For expressions of interest for workshop presentations and sponsorship for
this industry forum, please contact Hazel Condon on [EMAIL PROTECTED]
or 0413 138 024
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Participants are requested to complete the registration form and forward
this together with payment to Hazel Condon (Conference Manager). A special
early bird rate is being offered prior to the 17th March, so please register
early to take advantage of this offer. The Stamford Plaza Airport Hotel has
offered a special group accommodation rate of $175.00 per night (limited
number of guaranteed rooms) - please complete the booking form and quote the
booking reference number "HE2603" to receive this special rate.
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