IHE Implementation Development Team

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The Case for IHE

We are volunteers organizing to advance an IHE NHIN Direct Specification to a concrete implementation (the original proposal is here, and a further discussion is here). This is in the context of the process driven by the Concrete Implementation Workgroup.

Organizer:

Volunteers:
Matt Potter, GE Healthcare
Vassil Peytchev, Epic
Janet Campbell, Epic
Vince Lewis, MedAllies/GSIHealth
Parag More, MedAllies/GSIHealth
Will Ross, Redwood MedNet
Karen Witting, IBM
Adeola Odunlami, Vangent Inc.
George Cole, Allscripts
Jason Colquitt, Greenway
Peter DeVault, Epic
David Tao, Siemens
Chaminda Gunaratne, Siemens

Our todo list:

1. Demonstrate a variety of scenarios
   1. Case 1: Electronic Health Record to Electronic Health Record
   2. Case 2: Electronic Health Record to Healthcare Provider's E-mail Client
   3. Case 3: Healthcare Provider's E-mail Client to Personal Health Record
   4. Case 4: Healthcare Provider's Web-based Form to Healthcare Provider's E-mail Client
2. Maintain our Capability Worksheet
3. Maintain the IHE NHIN Direct Specification for the IHE-based concrete implementation
4. Create a Lessons Learned page

Resources:

• Team Google Group (click to join) This mailing list will be used to coordinate the development tasks. The contents of the group are public, but only members can post (to avoid spam).
• Team weekly calls, Wednesdays 2 pm to 3:30 pm Eastern Time until the next face-to-face meeting on June 10-11. Add to your calendar or use the connection information:
  
  Attend an online meeting using Microsoft Office Live Meeting: [1]
  AUDIO INFORMATION: call +1 (608) 410-6700, Meeting ID: 8884835
  
  

Meetings

• Team conference call, May 12, 2:00- 3:30 pm Eastern - Agenda/Minutes (contains call-in and Live Meeting information)
• Team conference call, May 19, 2:00- 3:30 pm Eastern - Agenda/Minutes (see call information above)
• Team conference call, May 26, 2:00- 3:30 pm Eastern - Agenda/Minutes (see call information above)
• Team conference call, June 2, 2:00- 3:30 pm Eastern - Agenda/Minutes (see call information above)