GDC Agenda 2020-12-02

Welcome

• Participants
• Approval of agenda

National Deployment Committees

• Board reports and status updates

• New Reports

• Waiting for representation from IHE Germany to present report

Discuss 2021 meeting schedule

• Participation is reportedly low with staggered schedule meant to accommodate various regions/time zones
• Discussion

Global Consortium for eHealth Interoperability Update

• Status

Engagement of Deployment Committees

• General to work-items

• Result of: Confirmation of work-item approvals with whole GDC committee by email (Jürgen)

• Work item: Interesting presentations could be included in the agenda on a regular basis

• Purpose: "US/Asia/Europe slots" for such presentations of "interesting topic of the country" (maybe 3/6 times a year)

• Expected result: more participation in GDC calls

• Process: Call for presentations to DCs -> make long-term presentation schedule -> do proper advertising and invite (also board)
• Status work item

• Active
• Pending confirmation

• Work item: Activity measurements

• Purpose: Find activity measurements (fees, reporting, ...) for distinguishing active from passive Deployment Committees and find a concept for Deployment Committees not paying their membership fees
• Status work item

• On hold waiting for IHE Europe input, results brought to this group as base for staring the work-item
• Pending confirmation

• Status Action Items

• Report IHE Europe status and outcomes (Jürgen)

• Work item: How can we support national Deployment Committees?

• "Good experiences" is an important way to support, develop a guideline of success factors, any help regarding getting membership

• e.g., by setting up work-items/activities/etc. on International level, which are "so interesting" for countries, to that they can use it to advertise local membership

• Status work item

• On hold waiting for IHE Europe input, results brought to this group as base for staring the work-item
• Pending confirmation

• Status Action Items

• Report IHE Europe status and outcomes (Jürgen)

• Work item: Sharpening the role and purpose of Deployment Committees

• Purpose: Upgrade the governance document, not sure, if hard constraints can be applied, but at least some more guidance, what we expect from a Deployment Committee
• Status work item

• Not started yet due to bandwidth, pending other work-items to finish first
• Pending confirmation

Any other business

• AeHIN Meeting (virtual): "Strengthening Regional Health Systems Response to COVID-19: Digital Health Experiences in Asia"

• Schedule: January 7, 14, 21, and 28, 2021 (every Thursday of January 2021 at 7:00-9:00 pm Manila time).

• Netherlands (Tie)

• Developments in other sectors: "Forum standardization"
• Ministry of Economic affairs involved

Next meeting

• ?

Global Deployment Coordination Committee