IHE Testing and Tools Committee Teleconference Minutes 2011-05-09

Attendees

• Chris Carr
• Todd Cooper
• Bruce Curran
• Didi Davis
• Nichole Drye-Mayo
• Joan McMillen
• Steve Moore
• Rob Snelick
• Karen Witting

Minutes

• Connectathon Planning

• IHE Australia
• IHE Korea - July 11-15 event dates; Daegu

• Registration is in progress, about 10 companies registered so far
• Scope to include XDS, Personal Health Monitoring Report, XDS-MS, ATNA; Clinical Use Cases: home glucose monitoring; referral
• Taking test plans from Gazelle; need to update based on Pisa feedback
• Todd working with organizers on details of test plans and sequence

• IHE North America - Policies and Guidelines ready for publication along with announcement of timeline, etc.
• IHE RO -

• Currently conducting pre-testing event in Stockholm
• Connectathon scheduled for Sept. 13-17 in Fairfax, VA
• Moving Connectathon to April-May time frame in 2013

• Connectathon Manager Training

• Continuing demand for manager training from national deployment committees (eg, Australia)
• Add discussion by Technical Management Group about training activities to June agenda

• Tools Development Planning

• Tool Inventory

• NIST working on tooling infrastructure to enable rapid development of specific testing tools

• Test case management tool to make it easier to write test cases and associate artifacts with specific tests
• Focusing on PCD domain tools; will offer to other domains
• Integration with Gazelle to grab test messages to validate in context of specific profile tests; reduce manual inspection of logs by test monitors
• Developing tools to support Meaningful Use Stage 2 (2013) requirements; tracking S&I framework activities to determine potential requirements

• Lab, immunization, biosurveillance likely elements

• Communication
• Current Projects
• Development Priorities

• June 7-8 Meeting Planning

• NIST HQ Logistics
• Meeting agenda:

• Tool Inventory and development status

• Gazelle: Eric P/IHE-E
• Test descriptions and test scripts: Steve Moore/IHE-NA
• Validation Tools: NIST
• Domain-by-domain, profile-by-profile tooling inventory

• Identify status and gaps
• Adapt tooling to updated infrastructure

• Development Planning

• Support of new domains and profiles
• New test management capabilities
• Integration of test management, test definitions, validation tools
• Support of non-Connectathon testing
• European project support
• US "meaningful use" testing and certification support
• Other projects and testing opportunities

Testing and Tools Committee