Healthcare Provider Directory USA National Extension

IHE USA HPD USA National Extension Working Group Collaboration Page

New 2016 Work

This page is for the use of the IHE USA working group that is working on the USA National Extension to HPD. All work will be posted here, or linked to from here, to allow for transparency, vendor and technology neutrality, and openness.

This workgroup is open to all.

Call for Participation

This Call for Participation was sent by IHE USA Tue, Dec 29, 2015 at 9:13 AM to the IHE USA mail list.

Join IHE USA’s New Implementation Task Force to Shape the Future of Healthcare

The call for participation is open until January 4

IHE USA will create their first US National Extension to IHE’s Healthcare Provider Directory (HPD) Profile. The HPD National Extension is critical to advance interoperability in the US. Therefore, IHE USA plans to fast track the development, testing, and implementation. Learn how you can get involved – Listen to recent presentation on HPD.

Link to presentation: https://himss.webex.com/himss/lsr.php?RCID=fcbd34a689f14de1a21beee8cb73a3b4

This short-term taskforce will meet during the month of January 2016 to develop the

National Extension and plans to conduct the following activities: • January 2016 – IHE USA Implementation Task Force will meet to develop the specification and conduct virtual testing on the HPD US National Extension • January 28, 2016 – Test the HPD US National Extension at the IHE NA Connectathon 2016 o New and existing vendors are eligible to participate • March 1 – 3, 2016 – Demonstrate at the HIMSS16 Interoperability Showcase™ in Las Vegas, NV

Join us as we share the future of healthcare! The Task Force will begin work the week of

January 4, 2016. To participate, complete our brief survey.

Survey link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1ou8GAIpvfow6nmYP8bmnmPMgO_xnk8k_RD18rDtxcNA/viewform

Questions? Contact Eric Heflin (eric <dot> heflin <at> thsa <dot> org for more information.

Work Plan

The work plan will be determined by the work group. But an initial work plan is:

Meeting once (or more) per week until the IHE NA Connectathon in Jan, 2016.

Host a Virtual Connectathon during the month of Jan.

Quickly create a document with the core constraints identified by initial implementors of HPD for the USA region.

Testing at the IHE North American Connectathon 2016

Registration has closed but… Organizations already registered for IHE NA Connectathon testing can add the USA National Extension option still (contact Eric Heflin). HPD USA National Extension will be tested on Thursday, January 28 using Gazelle plus manual review

HIMSS16 Interoperability Showcase. Several Showcase options under consideration. Your feedback is requested. Please let us know ASAP if you have an interest in participating in the HIMSS16 Interoperability Showcase!

Goals

The goals will be self-determined by this workgroup. The expectation is to constrain the IHE International HPD profile to make it more implementable in the USA. Expected areas of focus include:

Value set determination for various attributes of people and organizations Required queries Implementation details for IHE SOAP web services end points Implementation details for secure email (Direct Project) addresses Changing certain attributes to be required, or required if known Others determined by the group