Connecting healthcare: Interoperability & standards

This workshop covers electronic health communication and standardisation relevant to health providers, managers and the IT industry. This Pre-HIC workshop will be held on Sunday 11 August and will examine local and international eHealth experience and standards to move healthcare connectivity forward. While standards involved are somewhat “hidden” from view, knowing about them is crucial for purchasers and users of healthcare technology.

Program themes

Medical devices

Achieving connectivity in new and existing hospitals
Security challenges: Are medical devices the soft underbelly of our IT system
Standards – IHE Patient Care Device profiles and emerging Service Orientated Device Connectivity (SDC@IHE)

Health Information Exchange

Building on IHE Cross Enterprise Document Share – the foundation of MyHR
Connecting regional exchanges – learning from the USA experience
Accessing images via MyHR and bridging the hospital and community image divide

FHIR – Fast Health Interoperability Resources

Unlocking data from EMRs and the evolving “App” ecosystem
Integrating Apps for users – same provider – same patient
FHIR the year in review from Grahame Grieve

Standards for health IT in Australia

State of play: secure messaging, HL7, FHIR, SNOMED and ISO
Australian Digital Health Agency consultation insights

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IHE (Integrating Healthcare Enterprise) is an international healthcare integration standards organisation working with key players such as HL7, DICOM, IEEE and healthcare professional organisations to put standard systems into practice. IHE Australia is a member of the Australian health information systems standards development community.