IHE North American Connectathon Conference 2011

IHE Connectathon Conference - Thought Leadership

Held on January 18th was the daylong 2011 Connectathon Conference which featured health IT leaders sharing their vision for realizing the benefits of connected healthcare. The day featured speakers with unique experiences and perspectives ranging from the global and national to regional and local. The national perspective began with keynote Doug Fridsma, M.D., Ph.D., Director, Office of Standards and Interoperability, Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) who addressed a highly attentive audience with his detailed overview on the current U.S. Standards and Interoperability Framework.

Highlights from the IHE N.A. Connectathon Activities:

• Learn more about the results from the IHE N.A. Connectathon >>
• Watch the IHE N.A. Connectathon Participants in action on YouTube >>
• Visit the IHE Product Registry to find vendors that implement IHE Profiles >>
• Read the full Press Release >>
• Submit a brief survey on the IHE N.A. Connectathon Conference >>

Download the Conference Speaker Presentations

Review and download all the presentations and conference handouts made available on-site below. For additional information please contact IHE@himss.org.

• Overview of IHE International and IHE USA
  Elliot B. Sloane, PhD, CCE, FHIMSS- Drexel University Health Systems Engineering Director
  Founder, Center for Healthcare Information Research and Policy
  
• Keynote Speaker: Standards and Interoperability Framework Overview
  Doug Fridsma, M.D., Ph.D., Director, Office of Standards and Interoperability, Office of the National Coordinator
• Implications for Health Information Exchange – MetroChicago
  Terri Jacobsen, MS, RN, FHIMSS, Metropolitan Chicago Healthcare Council, Director, Health Information Exchange
  
• Current Health IT Environment Overview and What’s Next
  Leroy E Jones, Principal and CEO of GSI Health
  
• Image Sharing, Radiology and Meaningful Use
  Keith J. Dreyer, DO, PhD., Vice Chairman of Radiology at Massachusetts General Hospital       
• IHE N.A. Connectathon 2011 Testing Overview
  Mike Glickman & Mike Nusbaum, IHE Connectathon & HIMSS Interoperability Showcase Planning Committees
  
  
• Standards and Interoperability Breakout Sessions:
  • Solving Interoperability Challenges using IHE
    Elliot B. Sloane, PhD, CCE, FHIMSS
    
  • Enabling Patient Control
    David Mendelson, MD, Chief of Clinical Informatics, Director of Radiology Information Systems, Mount Sinai Medical Center
  • Creating an IHE Profile (Interactive seminar- no presentation is available.)
    Keith Boone, IHE PCC Planning Committee Co-Chair Standards Architect
    GE Healthcare
    
    
• IHE USA & International Handouts
  • Introduction to IHE International
  • IHE International Membership Application Process & Declaration Form
  • IHE USA Membership Benefits
  • IHE Quick Users Reference Guide

IHE N.A. Connectathon 2011

Vendors use IHE Connectathons to prepare their products for use in demonstrations and pilots and in production environments.  Preparation for Connectathon testing includes a two-three month process that requires completion of pre-tests, followed by the week-long event that requires healthcare IT vendors to test their systems against products from three other vendors to ensure systems are interoperable.

Participating organizations and staff clocked in hundreds of hours together and the results are impressive. Thank you to all the participant staff, volunteers and management for your hard-work and commitment to standards-based interoperable health IT applications.

• Over 4,000 verified tests completed by more than 450 health IT system engineers who were fine-tuning connectivity of their products; and
• More than 150 health IT applications and devices on-site from 100 participating organizations and vendors from the three continents of North America, Europe and Asia.
• View the full IHE N.A. Connectathon Press Release.

If you have any additional questions or want more information, please contact IHE@himss.org.

Footage from the IHE N.A. Connectathon's Testing Floor: