Infoway Standards Collaborative Fall 2008 Partnership Conference

Getting ThEHR

October 20 - 22, 2008
Montreal, Quebec

Interested in the upcoming Fall 2008 Education Summit?


Conference Proceedings |  About Infoway Standards Collaborative Working Groups |  Standards Development Organization Constituencies |  Conference Surveys |  EHR Standards Education & Training Survey |  Program Information |  Attendee List

Conference Proceedings

Getting ThEHR, the Infoway Standards Collaborative Partnership Conference , took place in Montréal, Quebece from October 20th - 22nd, 2008.

The conference materials, including presentations, are posted below for all attendees

Infoway Standards Collaborative & Partnership Conference Orientation

Introduction to SC & Partnership
HL7 Canada Orientation
IHTSDO Orientation
ISO

Keynote Address

Health Information Technology at Kaiser Permanente

Track 1: Jurisdictional & Pan Canadian Project Updates

Implementation of Standards in Laboratory Environments

Saskatchewan's Pharmaceutical Information Program (PIP) - Drug Information System (DIS)

iEHR Tech II Project Update

All SCWG Plenary

SC Maintenance Release 2009

SNOMED CT Strategy Update

Physician Office System Requirements

Infoway Standards Collaborative Working Groups

Days 2 and 3 of the Partnership conference were taken up by meetings of the Standards Collaborative Working Groups (SCWGs).  To access the SCWGs meeting materials and presentations please click on the SCWG number in the table below and visit the Meetings and Administration folder.

  SCWG Name
SCWG #2  Individual Care (Delivery of Care)
SCWG #3  Managing the Health System
SCWG #4  Medication Management
SCWG #5  Labs & Diagnostics
SCWG #6  Infostructure & Architecture
SCWG #7  Non-Clinical Registries
SCWG #8  IT Privacy & Security Services
SCWG #9  Terminology Representation & Services

Preliminary agendas are available in the final program (please click to download).

Standards Development Organization Constituencies

For meeting reports from the Partnership Conference SDO Constituency meetings, please click on the links below:

HL7 Canada

HL7 Canada Meeting Summary
HL7 Canada Meeting Presentation

IHTSDO Constituency & National Product Centre

IHTSDO Meeting Summary
IHTSDO Meeting Presentation

ISO Constituency/ CAC to ISO/ TC 215

ISO Meeting Summary

Conference Surveys

We thank those who completed and submitted the survey at the conference.

If you did not have the opportunity to complete or drop off your survey with us, here’s your chance! Please note we have created two separate surveys, please fill out the survey that corresponds to you. You can access thes online version of the surveys at the links below.

Please do not complete a survey if you have done so already.

First Time Attendee? Please complete this survey

Returning Attendee? Please complete this survey

The last date to complete the surveys is November 27, 2008

Your feedback is greatly appreciated and assists in the success of future conferences.

EHR Standards Education & Training Survey

The “EHR Standards Education & Training: Assessing Canadian Needs” survey will investigate the current knowledge levels, future education requirements, training preferences and expectations of respondents as they relate to EHR health information standards, specifically:

  • DICOM (Digital Imaging & Communications in Medicine)
  • HL7 (Health Level Seven)
  • ISO/TC 215 (International Organization for Standardization/Technical Committee for Health Informatics)
  • LOINC® (Logical Observation Identifiers, Names & Codes)

For more information about the survey, and how to complete it, please review the downloadable presentation.

To access and complete the survey, select your preferred language below:

Please complete the survey by November 14, 2008.

The survey may take up to 30 minutes to complete. We know your time is valuable and we appreciate your contribution.

The responses will contribute to the development of a pan-Canadian education and training business model being designed by the Infoway SC, with the advice and guidance of the Infoway Standards Collaborative Education & Training Task Force. The business model will focus on:

  • Addressing your health information standards training needs,
  • Ensuring the ongoing education and support for projects and programs that involve health information standards, and,
  • Providing a single point of contact that will collect and process education and training requests for Infoway Standards Collaborative members.

For information regarding the survey, please email the Infoway Standards Collaborative Infodesk or dial toll free: 1-877-595-3417.

Program Information

Final Program
Fall 2008 Partnership Conference Final Program

Preliminary Program
Fall 2008 Partnership Conference Preliminary Program

Attendee List

Please note that the attendee list for the conference will be made available upon request. For requesting the attendee list and/or any other enquiries please contact us at the Infoway Standards Collaborative Infodesk.

Peer Award

This prestigious award honours outstanding achievement made in the advancement of health information standards in Canada. Infoway Standards Collaborative is pleased to announce Dr. Marion Lyver is the recipient of this award for 2008.

Dr. Lyver received this award at the Standards Collaborative Fall 2008 Partnership Conference – Getting ThEHR held in Montréal, Quebec.

Congratulations Dr. Marion Lyver!

Sponsors

Canada Health Infoway thanks the following sponsors for their generous support:

Contact the Standards Collaborative Infodesk

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Local #: (416) 595-3417

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