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Education and Networking Opportunities to Empower Health IT
With hundreds of the industry’s top standards and health IT experts in one place, IHE USA offers turn-key educational programs and networking events to support collaboration and professional development. Attend the IHE Experience Day and standards acceleration education to gain exclusive access to the IHE Connectathon testing floor, industry subject matter experts, and information on tools and resources to support your interoperability initiatives.
IHE Experience Day and Standards Implementation Acceleration Programs
This year IHE North America Connectathon was hosted in Austin, TX from March 6-10, 2023. In addition to the “classic” Connectathon experience, IHE USA curated three days of interoperability education and discussions.
- Tuesday, March 7: IHE Experience Day + Networking Reception
- Wednesday, March 8: Implementation Acceleration Program Day 1
- Thursday, March 9: Implementation Acceleration Program Day 2 + IHE Social Event
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IHE Experience Day 2023: Tuesday, March 7 Enabling Digital Transformation in Healthcare: The Road to Resilience |
The Connectathon Week Programming starts with the IHE Experience Day – specially curated interoperability sessions providing interoperability stakeholders an opportunity to hear perspectives from expert’s leading digital health programs across the globe. Learn about solutions that leverage IHE, FHIR® and other world class standards – and how they have benefited system developers, vendors, users, procurement organizations and government agencies in the US and across the world. |
IHE Experience Day: Tuesday March 7, 2023 |
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Enabling Digital Transformation in Healthcare: The Road to Resilience |
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Time & Location |
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Speakers |
9:30 am Capitol View North |
Christina Caraballo - President, IHE USA; Vice President, Informatics, HIMSS; IHE International – Board of Directors |
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10:00 am Capitol View North |
Global HIT Spotlight: International Patient Summary |
James Agnew- CTO, SMILE Digital Health Jurgen Brandstatter - Deputy co-chair, IHE Europe Christina Caraballo - President, IHE USA; Vice President, Informatics, HIMSS Dan Vreeman - Chief Standards Officer, HL7 International |
11:00 am Capitol View North |
From Sandbox to Production - Enabling Interoperability in Healthcare
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Ryan Argentieri - Deputy Director, Office of the National Coordinator |
11:30 pm Capitol View North |
LUNCH/COFFEE BREAK |
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1:30 pm Capitol View North |
TEFCA and Nationwide Interoperability | Didi Davis - Vice President of Informatics, Conformance and Interoperability, The Sequoia Project |
2:30 pm Capitol View North |
Brian Handspicker- Chief Technology Officer; Stewards of Change |
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3:30 pm Capitol View North |
Advancing Interoperability for Emergency Medicine Services (EMS) |
N. Clay Mann- Principal Investigator NEMSIS Technical Assistance Center; University of Utah School of Medicine Josh Legler - NEMSIS TAC Consultant |
4:00 pm Capitol View North |
Live Demonstration with THSA: PULSE (Patient Unified Lookup System for Emergencies) |
Eric Heflin - Board Member, IHE USA; CTO/CISO Texas Health Services Authority; CTO, eHealth Exchange |
4:45 pm Testing Floor |
Connectathon Testing Floor Tour | Emely Lemus - IHE USA North American Manager |
6:00 pm Capitol View South |
Networking Reception |
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IHE USA – Implementation Acceleration Program Day 1: Wednesday, March 8 Day 2: Thursday, March 9 Enabling Digital Transformation in Healthcare: The Building Blocks |
The Connectathon Week Programming continues with a two day implementation acceleration program that encourages conversation and dialogue to generate actionable progress for communities looking to advance standards based health IT initiatives. The focus of these sessions are to help stakeholders understand how to better leverage the existing building blocks and foundational components of interoperability that exist today. The Implementation Acceleration Program provides a thorough overview of the standards and profiling ecosystem - stakeholders will get a better understanding of SDO activities such as the ins and outs of HL7 FHIR and IHE Connectathons, the concept of a Projectathon, and demonstrations to help spur adoption. Participants will have the opportunity to learn from industry subject matter experts and gain an understanding of the various tools, programs, and initiatives that can jumpstart health IT implementation projects by leveraging existing resources and understanding how and when to take part in broader health IT community activities. Two days of immersive and interactive interoperability education. Subject matter experts from IHE, HIMSS, and our collaborative partners provide an opportunity to dive into practical interoperability issues that implementers are facing today.
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IHE USA Implementation Acceleration Day 1 Wednesday March 8, 2023 |
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The Building Blocks Enabling Digital Transformation in Healthcare |
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Module 1 9:30am Capitol View North |
IHE International: Integrating the Health IT Ecosystem Join IHE International experts from across the globe as we dive into the IHE Process and Purpose, as well as the various events and activities IHE supports to help advance interoperability from specification to production. Learn more about IHE USA's The Path to Production, the current Health Information Exchange Standards and IT Infrastructure landscape , HL7 FHIR and IHE Connectathons & Projectathons, and the vision for IHE Catalyst, Gazelle and the Gazelle Partner Ecosystem. Focus: Expanding on the EMS Interoperability Use Case, International Patient Summary, and Open-Source Testing and Tooling |
Claudio Saccavini - IHE Catalyst; Andreas Klingler, IHE Europe; Andrea Fourquet, IHE USA; John Moehrke, IHE USA |
12:00 |
LUNCH / COFFEE BREAK |
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Module 2 2pm-4:30pm Capitol View North |
Interop.community Presents: MELD Open-Source Sandbox Join experts from the Interoperability Institute and Interop.Community as we dive into an interactive learning session focused on interoperability tools and resources available to implementers to Accelerate Health IT projects. This module will cover the following topics:
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Interoperability Institute |
Breakout Session Capitol View South |
QHIN/TEFCA Testing Track - Session 1 - INVITATION ONLY |
Hosted by: The Sequoia Project |
4:30-6pm Breakout Session Capitol View North |
Testing and Tooling Developer Meeting | Hosted by: IHE USA |
IHE USA Implementation Acceleration Day 2 Thursday, March 9, 2023 |
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The Building Blocks Enabling Digital Transformation in Healthcare |
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Module 3 - 10:30am Capitol View North |
Enabling better data across along the Path to Production: FHIR® International Patient Summary reference implementation |
Sponsored by: SMILE Digital Health |
Breakout Session Capitol View South |
QHIN / TEFCA Testing Track - Session 2 (Invitation Only) |
Hosted by: The Sequoia Project |
12:00pm - 1:30pm Capitol View North |
EMS Interoperability Task Force IHE USA and NEMSIS have launched an EMS Interoperability Task Force to help advance eOutcomes reporting for EMS. This open session convenes NEMSIS Technical Assistance Center Members, state EMS managers, and other key stakeholders across the industry. |
Session Focus: Governmental, regulatory, and contractual environment |
12:00pm |
Lunch |
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Module 4 - 2:30pm-3:30pm Capitol View North |
Interoperability Programs for Testing and Compliance Join experts from the Drummond Group, one of the leading ONC-Authorized Testing Labs and Certification Bodies responsible for administering the Promoting Interoperability Program in the US. Hear about important updates and changes to the ONC Certification as well as other relevant compliance and testing programs for interoperability and cybersecurity:
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Hosted by: Timothy Bennet, Director of Strategic Healthcare Initiatives at Drummond Group |
Module 4b |
Cybersecurity and Privacy Update Join Lee Kim, the Senior Principal, Cybersecurity and Privacy at HIMSS. Lee will be sharing the latest updates based on her experience as a member of the U.S. DHS Analytic Exchange Program and the National Cybersecurity Training & Education Center (NCYTE) National Visiting Committee, as well as her experience as an attorney in healthcare and intellectual property law. |
Lee Kim, JD CISSP CIPP/US FHIMSS |
Breakout Session Capitol View South |
QHIN/TEFCA Testing Track - Session 3 (Invitation Only) |
Hosted by: The Sequoia Project |
4:30-6pm Breakout Session Capitol View North |
Testing and Tools Developer Meeting | Hosted by: IHE USA |
6:30pm The Backyard |
IHE Social Event |
Note: Sessions are subject to change as programming is finalized.
Questions?
From developers to practitioners to CTIO’s, there’s something valuable for everyone at this year’s IHE Connectathon in Austin, TX March 6-10, 2023. Contact connectathon@ihe.net for questions.