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IHE Australia 2010 Interoperability Showcase

24-26 August 2010 at HIC'10, Melbourne

Healthcare professionals, IT industry and the public are invited to attend a 20 minute demonstration of how the PCEHR could be implemented by vendors, today.  The Showcase is located in the HIC conference exhibit.  This will be the 6th interoperability showcase at HIC. With around 15 vendor applications covering primary and community health, diagnostics and hospitals, the Showcase creates a virtual healthcare system showing how health records can be allowed to follow consumers as they become patients in different healthcare settings - public and private, hospital and community - and move from one region to another.

IHE Australia Mission Statement

IHE Australia is an open not-for-profit initiative that supports the interoperability needs of e-Health Standards users in Australia.  IHE Australia is the official local deployment group of IHE International.  IHE International is endorsed by over 230 professional and Standards organisations, healthcare providers and vendors world-wide.  IHE Australia has local responsibility for the promotion and education of the IHE approach, the evaluation, localisation and creation of Integration Specifications ("Profiles") and the running of local conformance testing events ("Connectathons") according to the IHE International guidelines, ISO 28380 TR and Australian best practice.  IHE derives its Profiles from existing global and local standards, but is not a Standards Development Organisation.

IHE Australia supports the Australian e-Health Standards Implementer Community by:

• Managing a user-led and industry-driven IHE process to establish an agreed suite of fit-for-purpose Integration Specifications ("Profiles") for Australia
• Evaluating the existing IHE International Profiles against the requirements of the Australian e-Health Standards Implementation Community
• Localising IHE International Profiles according to agreed Australian requirements
• Creating IHE Australia Profiles to address real-world user integration issues based on Australian Standards, national e-health infrastructure and Australian best practices
• Educating and championing the importance of IHE Profiles for effective interoperability of standards-based systems
• Promoting IHE as the most effective process to achieve the interoperability of deployed systems in healthcare
• Developing skills and knowledge of the IHE integration testing ("Connectathon") methodology and tools
• Holding IHE Connectathons, Interoperability Showcases and other events to support the Australian e-Health Standards Implementation Community