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What is IHE?


"Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise" (IHE) fills the "gap" between the creation of e-Health standards and their implementation.  IHE is not "Yet Another Standard" but is the missing link between standards development and compliant implementations.  IHE supports vendors and implementers in effectively building compliant healthcare computing systems and interfaces based on global standards such as HL7 and DICOM.


IHE Australia July 2011 Events

IHE Australia is holding a series of events in the week of 18 - 22 July 2011 in Melbourne:
  • 18 & 19 July 2011: Connecting Health Services to the PCEHR/HIEs Workshop
  • 20 - 22 July 2011: 20 - 22 July 2011: IHE XDSb Profile Testing Workshop
  • 20 July 2011: HL7 Australia CDA & V2 Forum
  • 21 July 2011: IHE Education Seminar
Download Events Invitation     Download Detailed Program     Click here for more details     Click here to register

Further information: Bernie Crowe IHE Australia Events Manager EventsManager@IHE.net.au  0418 487 081


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


Jan. 2011 Connectathon, Chicago, USA

Because of its critical function in the systems implementation life-cycle, IHE has since 2004 been supported by leading e-Health organisations in the Asia-Pacific region: HL7 Australia, MSIA, HL7 New Zealand, HISA as well as RANZCR and ADIA.

Read more about IHE here.

2010 saw IHE Australia again holding the annual Connectathon and Showcase in Australia.

In 2009, IHE Australia continued the successful series of annual interoperability demonstrations in Australia with a series of events that will enable e-health systems vendors, purchasers, users, healthcare professionals, etc. to:
• Learn and understand the concepts and practice of IHE
• Participate in the IHE Connectathon & Interoperability Showcase
• Observe and prepare for full participation in 2009

In 2008 the following IHE education events were held in Australia:
- "Introduction to IHE" Seminar on June 12, 2008 in Sydney
- IHE Interoperability Events Participants Briefing on June 12, 2008 in Sydney
- IHE "Cross-Enterprise Document Sharing (XDS)" Course on June 13, 2008 in Sydney
- IHE Connectathon "Open Day" on July 30, 2008 in Canberra
- IHE "Web Services Forum" on July 31, 2008 in Canberra
- IHE Interoperability Showcase on Aug. 30 - Sept. 3, 2008 in Melbourne

Testing Products to IHE Implementation Specifications

The first Australian IHE-endorsed implementation specification testing event ("Connectathon") was held in Canberra from July 27 - August 1, 2008.  11 Australian and international e-Health system vendors tested 18 products against IHE International and local Australian profiles - 15 products attained an internationally recognised IHE compliance test and 9 products tested successfully to the Australian profiles.  For details see the official 2008 Australian IHE Connectathon Results.

What is IHE Australia?

IHE Australia was approved as a National IHE Deployment Committee by the IHE International Board in February 2009.  It is governed by a Board and has a seat on the IHE International Board.  The establishment of "IHE Asia-Pacific" is now in progress.  For updates, subscribe to the IHE Australia e-Mail list.

International eHealth Standards & Implementation News

HL7 Launches New Membership Program and Webpage for Caregivers: Gives Doctors, Nurses and Other Clinicians a Say in the Development of EHRs
Thursday, 17th May 2012
Health Level Seven® (HL7®) International, the global leader in developing interoperability standards for healthcare IT, today announced a pilot membership program and webpage to encourage clinician caregivers to participate in the process of developing standards for electronic health records (EHRs).

HL7 Offers Free Ambassador Webinar: Meaningful Use Stage 2 and HL7 Standards
Thursday, 26th April 2012
Health Level Seven® International (HL7®), the global authority for interoperability and standards in healthcare information technology with members in 55 countries, will present a complimentary Ambassador webinar titled Meaningful Use Stage 2 and HL7 Standards on Thursday, May 3 from 3:00 – 4:00 pm EDT.

Health Level Seven International Project Supports the U.S.  Office of Personnel Management's Blue Button® Requirements
Tuesday, 28th February 2012
Health Level Seven® (HL7®) International, the global authority on standards for interoperability of health information technology with members in 55 countries, today announced a response to the U.S.  Office of Personnel Management's (OPM) recent requirement that U.S.  Federal Employees Health Benefit Program (FEHBP) health insurance carriers support the U.S.  Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Blue Button® text file format as a means of conveying personal health information to federal employees.  In January 2012, HL7 launched a project that defines the conversion of an HL7 Continuity of Care Document (CCD®) to the Blue Button format via an XSLT style sheet tool.  Because most Meaningful Use–certified health information exchange systems already possess CCD-export capabilities, the tool will be able to leverage those capabilities as a simple and effective way for many carriers to meet OPM's new requirement.

HL7 Pilot Program to Provide Key Intellectual Property Free of Charge
Wednesday, 22nd February 2012
Health Level Seven® International (HL7®) announced today a pilot program to provide some of its key intellectual property free of charge.  HL7 is keeping its promise to lower the barriers to adoption of electronic health records by making portions of our valuable intellectual property freely available to our stakeholders, said Charles Jaffe, MD, PhD, CEO of HL7.  We believe that care givers, academic centers and vendors will greatly benefit from this significant enhancement for access to valuable HL7 material. 

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