OSEHRA Interoperability Work Group (OSEHRA IWG)

March 24, 2014

Mario G. HylandChair and Senior Vice PresidentAEGIS.net, Inc. @Interopguy

• Official Launch and 2nd Meeting– (Launch) Monday, December 16, 2013 at 2:30 PM

(EST)– Tuesday, February 18, 2014 at 2:00 PM (EST)

• Next Meeting: – April 2014

• WebEx Participation: https://osehra.webex.com/osehra/onstage/g.php?t=a&d=668350106– Dial-In: 1-650-479-3207; – Access Code: 668 350 106 

Logistics

• Roll Call• Today’s Topic: What Are We Delivering• Tracking Progress & Issues• Next Meeting Topic• Supporting Infrastructure

AGENDA

• As a convener of Interoperability issues– Our community would benefit from being able to test, document,

and solve Interoperability issues. – Provide a platform to organize and message out Interoperability

Issues

• Publish White Papers– User Experiences, Approaches, and Integration of Standards and

Technical Challenges

• Industry conference and panel participation• Align to other (OSEHRA) Work Groups/Projects• Develop Tools, Standardized Data Sets and a National Test Lab

– The AEGIS Developers Integration Lab (DIL) Project– Support OHT efforts to Standardize National Test Patients – Support VistA Evolution and other SOA architectures Test

Interoperability

What Are We Delivering

• Interoperability Issues can arise from different sources:– Security Interoperability– Transport Interoperability– Syntactic Interoperability– Semantic Interoperability– Vocabulary and Value Sets– Versioning (any and all of the above)

Convener of Interoperability issues

• A Collection of our thought process to support and ensure Interoperability– Improve User Experiences, – Share our Collective Approaches, – Integration of Standards, – and Technical Challenges

• “Being ahead of a curveball”– How do we find Interoperability issues earlier in

our processes?

Publish White Papers

• April 2014 – ANSI Member Forum Meeting, San Diego, CA– Topic Session Interoperability, Panelist Mario Hyland

• April 2014 – Medical Informatics World Conference, Boston, MA (Attend: AMA)

• May 2014 – HL7 Work Group, Phoenix, AZ (Attend: J P Systems, AEGIS)

Opportunities to Promote the OSEHRA IWG Work Group

Industry conference participation

• AEGIS Developers Integration Lab (DIL)– Test Platform to demonstrate

Interoperability issues when identified– Support efforts to Standardize National

Test Patients– Potential SOA Testing for VistA Evolution

National Test Lab

Interested Participants

• 1st Meeting – Overview & Governance

• 2nd Meeting – Defining Interoperability

• 3rd Meeting – What Are We Delivering?

• 4th Meeting – Who can we Align with?

Tracking Progress & Issues

• How do I join OSEHRA and the OSEHRA IWG?

• To join the IWG community– http://www.osehra.org/content/interoperability-work-group

• To join OSEHRA as an Associate Member– https://www.osehra.org/index.php?q=civicrm/contribute/transact&reset

=1&id=3

• Annual Dues: None• Benefits:

– Interact with the community via the OSEHRA website.– Participate in discussion groups and working groups.

Supporting Infrastructure

Contacts:

Mario G. Hyland Barry DickmanChair & Senior Vice President IWG SupportAEGIS.net, Inc. AEGIS.net, Inc. 703-893-6020 x 707 703-893-6020 x379301-529-5466 Mobile 703-980-6780 Mobilemario.hyland@aegis.net barry.dickman@aegis.net @Interopguy

Elizabeth BadtOSEHRAExecutive Assistant571-858-3381badte@osehra.org

Resource:

OSEHRA IWG Websitehttp://www.osehra.org/content/interoperability-work-group