Tutorial Program
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Τutorial 1

Document management & document-based EHRs based on IHE XDS

Wednesday October 8, 2008, 15:30 -17:30

Conference Room: KALIA

Instructors:

Charles Parisot IHE Europe, IT Infrastructure Planning Committee Co-Chair Manager Standards and Testing, GE Healthcare

Rene Spronk Ringholm GmbH, NL

Summary:

This tutorial covers the generic principles underlying the use and exchange of electronic documents (e.g. CDA). It also covers the management of the document lifecycle and the metadata associated with a document. The final part of the tutorial focuses on IHE XDS: the management and exchange of documents and document metadata as the basis for a document based regional/national EHR.

Required Knowledge: Knowledge of general workflows in healthcare.

Τutorial 2

The Electronic Medication Record in the Netherlands: Challenges and Solutions

Wednesday October 8, 2008, 15:30 -17:30

Conference Room: ERATO

Instructors:

Tom de Jong, MD, Nova Pro management & consultancy

Dr med. Kai Heitmann, Director HL7 International Affiliates

Summary:

In 2004 the Dutch National Institute for IT in Healthcare (NICTIZ) has started a program to create a national Electronic Healthcare Record, based on an infrastructure where all data stays at the source. The initial focus has been on the Electronic Medication Record, aiming to achieve transparent real-time access to every patient’s medication history. The tutorial will describe the context of Dutch healthcare and pharmacyrelated IT, including the way NICTIZ lets all stakeholders participate in the (virtual) medication record. There will be special focus on the technical challenges, and the methodology used to overcome them. This will include a description of the HL7 version 3 (XML) interfaces, the tools used to implement and test them, and the pitfalls encountered. We will finish with the ambitions for the near future.

Required Knowledge: Some basic knowledge of XML is expected. Knowledge of HL7 v3 is useful, but certainly not required.

Tom de Jong Brief Bio:

Tom is with Nova Pro management & consultancy. He is Chair of the Pharmacy SIG for HL7 Netherlands, Co-chair of the Pharmacy Work Group in HL7 (internationally), Lead HL7 architect for AORTA, the Dutch national infrastructure for healthcare. Tom is an independent consultant and works as a project manager and/or technical consultant in projects ranging from software selection to design and implementation of local, regional and national healthcare networks. Tom has been a regular participant at HL7 conferences since 1999 and has been active in the PA, Scheduling and Pharmacy committees. As a contributor to several early implementer projects for the new HL7 version 3 in the Netherlands, he hopes to do his little bit to move version 3 towards maturity. He is also associated with the National ICT Institute for Healthcare in the Netherlands where he aims to combine his HL7 expertise with practical innovation in Dutch healthcare.

Kai Heitmann Brief Bio:

Heitmann Consulting and Services (Germany/The Netherlands), Director International Affiliates - Board of Directors HL7 International, Past Chair HL7 Germany. Kai works as a consultant for healthcare information and communication technology with more than 15 years of experience in this field. He is involved in healthcare application and architecture projects mainly in Europe and is a trainer for IT standards and their application. He is part of the standards developing arena, especially HL7, for many years, and a Board member of HL7 International and HL7 Germany

Tutorial 3

CDA Implementation Guides for the Electronic Health Record

Thursday October 9, 2008, 09:00 -12:00

Conference Room: ERATO

Instructor:

Bob Yencha, Alschuler Associates, USA

Summary:

This tutorial will provide a brief introduction to CDA, including its relationship to the RIM and use of XML. It reviews types of CDA documents and information and pattern re-use across document types. It covers several aspects of the relationship of CDA to the EHR for security, portability and longevity. The second part of the tutorial will focus on CDA Implementation Guides, their function and contents including localization and common topics such as identifiers, templates, terminology and conformance. The session concludes with a discussion of Implementation Guides as a whole product supporting development of CDA-compliant environments.

Required Knowledge: Some basic knowledge of XML is recommended but not required.

Bob-Yencha Brief Bio:

Bob Yencha is an information and systems architect with over 20 years experience in enterprise systems design and process modeling in complex data environments. Since 1988, he has been involved in the development of object-oriented digital asset management and standardized semantic markup concepts and applications using SGML and XML. Bob’s current activities include a number of support roles for the Health Information Technology Panel, including technical liaison to the U.S. Nationwide Health Information Network project. Bob is a participant in HL7’s Structured Documents WG where he has co-authored the Clinical Document Architecture (CDA R2) Normative Web Edition interface, co-edited the Continuity of Care Document (CCD) Implementation Guide, as well as co-authored the CDA Quick Start Guide, the CDA Care Record Summary (CRS) Quick Start, and the Continuity of Care Document (CCD) Quick Start Guide.