Wes, William Kammerer is heading up the WEDI-SNIP end of this collaboration and is archiving the (massive!) discussion on his novannet web site for the time being. We are exploring 2 or 3 non-ebXML approaches to the "CPP" information, but I sense an accelerated movement (within this WEDI-SNIP "routing" work-group) toward recommending ebXML as the standard structure for "routing, identifier, and connectivity" information about trading partners.
Regards, Chris At 12:44 AM 4/20/02 -0400, Rishel,Wes wrote: >I wrote the article for Gartner clients. The article is primarily about a >two-pronged effort in another industry to send sensitive data over the >Internet using either AS2 or the ebXML Messaging Service. The sole reference >to the WEDI/AFEHCT project is this: > > A Glimmer of Hope for Standards > > The Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange (WEDI) and the > Association for Electronic Health Care Transactions (AFEHCT) > have a joint project to develop profiles of draft standards > that could become the recommended solutions for HIPAA. This > project has some participation by middleware vendors, so that > the solutions that are recommended would be likely to be > widely available. Such a standard would greatly reduce the > time required to establish and test trading partner > relationships. > >The complete Research Note is copyright material, but I can provide a >limited number of copies in PDFs to people who request them. It cannot be >republished by mailing it to a list server or posting it on a Web site. > >I have been unable to find much information about the WEDI/AFEHCT effort on >any public Web site. Perhaps someone on the list can provide more specifics? > >Wes Rishel >Vice President, Research Director >Gartner Research, Healthcare >Alameda, CA >510 522 8135 >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >For client Inquiries: 203 316 1288 >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Charles L Johnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2002 9:15 AM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: RE: Implementing HIPAA Transactions over the Internet > > >Good Morning Security Team; > > In a recent article that a colleague shared with me of the same title >as in the Subject line above, there was a section titled: A Glimmer of >Hope for Standards. > In this paragraph, WEDI and AFEHCT were identified as having a joint >project to develop profiles of draft standards that may become solutions >for HIPAA Compliance. As you see from the signature block below, we are >very interested in learning more, participating, sharing, learning, etc. > > Please share more, or provide a link where we can learn more. We are >in the trenches doing the work at this time. The timing of this couldn't >be better for everyone, vendors included. > >Regards, > >Charles L. Johnson, MPM, PMP >HIPAA Security Team >Humana Inc., >Louisville, KY >502-580-1741 office >502-508-1741 Fax > > > >********************************************************************** >To be removed from this list, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Please note that it may take up to 72 hours to process your request. > >********************************************************************** >To be removed from this list, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Please note that it may take up to 72 hours to process your request. Christopher J. Feahr, OD http://visiondatastandard.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cell/Pager: 707-529-2268 ********************************************************************** To be removed from this list, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that it may take up to 72 hours to process your request.