Webinar Series 2009

IHE will present its annual series of free Web teleconference sessions for vendors preparing to take part in IHE Connectathons and Interoperability Showcases in 2010 and others interested in the IHE testing process and interoperability specifications, or IHE Profiles, developed in ten active IHE domains.

The first three sessions in the series have been scheduled:

• Kickoff Session: Thursday, June 11, 1:00-2:30pm*
  Important details about registration, due dates, timelines and requirements for the IHE 2010 North American Connectathon and HIMSS10 Interoperability Showcase (pdf | flash)
  Chris Carr, RSNA; Steve Moore, Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology; Lisa Spellman, HIMSS
  
  
• First-Timers Session: Thursday, June 18, 10:00-11:30am*
  A review of essentials for IHE implementers, including how to read the IHE Technical Frameworks (pdf l flash)
  Steve Moore, Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology; Lynn Felhofer, IHE Technical Project Manager
  
  
• Radiology Update: Thursday, June 25, 10:00-11:30am*
  An overview of the IHE Radiology domain and detailed presentations on new developments for testing at Connectathons in 2010 (flash)
  Chris Lindop, GE Healthcare, Kees Verduin, Philips Healthcare, Kinson Ho, Agfa Healthcare
  • Domain Overview (pdf)
  • XDS-I.b Kinson Ho
    
  • BIR and PDI Extensions
  • Enhanced DICOM Objects profiles (DIFF) & (PERF) Kees Verduin
    
    
• Patient Care Coordination (PCC): July 23, 11:00am – 12:30pm* (pdf | flash)
  John Donnelly, MS, MBA, CPHIMSS, IHE PCC Planning Committee Co-Chair, Mike McCoy, IHE PCC Planning Committee Co-Chair
  
  
• Patient Care Coordination Nursing Subcommittee: July 23, 1:00pm – 2:00pm* (pdf | flash)
  Marcia Veenstra, Senior Health Inc., Audrey Dickerson, RN, MS, HIMSS Senior Manager, Standards Initiatives
  
  
• Patient Care Devices (PCD) Update: July 30, 10:00am – 11:30am* (pdf | flash)
  Steve Merritt, Co-Chair, IHE Patient Care Devices Planning Committee, Baystate Health
  Todd Cooper, President, Breakthrough Solutions Foundry, Inc.
  
  
• Quality, Research and Public Health (QRPH) Update: August 20, 12:30pm – 1:30pm* (pdf | flash)
  Patty Craig, Associate Project Director, Center for Data Management and Analysis, Division of Quality Measurement and Research, The Joint Commission and QRPH Planning Co-Chair
  
  
• IT Infrastructure (ITI) Update: August 26, 12:00pm – 1:30pm* (flash)
  Charles Parisot, GE Healthcare and ITI Planning Co-chair; Karen Witting, IBM and ITI Technical Co-chair
  • IHE Profile Adoption
    
  • IT Infrastructure Update
    
  • IT Infrastructure for Intra-Enterprise and Cross-Enterprise
    
    
• Anatomic Pathology Update: August 28, 10:00am – 11:30am CDT* (pdf | flash)
  Christel Daniel, MD, PhD, MCU-PH, French Association for the Development of Informatics in Pathology (ADICAP) and Anatomic Pathology Planning Committee Co-Chair; Wendy Scharber, RegistryWidgets.com
  
  
• IHE 2010 North American Connectathon Process, August 28, 1:00pm – 3:00pm* (flash)
  Lisa Spellman, HIMSS, Lynn Felhofer, IHE Technical Project Manager, Bob Yencha, Alschuler Associates
  • Connectathon & Interoperability Showcase
  • Connectathon Process Overview
  • HITSP – IHE 2010 Registration
    
    
• HITSP Quality Testing Session: September 2, 1:00pm – 2:30pm* (pdf | flash)
  Lori Fouquet, e-HealthSign, LLC; Theresa Wisdom, HIMSS; Bob Yencha, Alschuler Associates; Lisa Spellman, HIMSS; Celina Roth, HIMSS
  
  
• Eye Care Update: September 28, 2:00 - 3:00 pm* (pdf | flash)
  Flora Lum, MD, AAO

The Webinar Series will be presented via Webex. Register for these free events at http://ihe.webex.com.

*Note: all times US CDT.

Additional sessions covering each of the active IHE domains and providing additional detail for testing participants will follow throughout the summer and early Fall, including:

• Cardiology
• Laboratory
• Radiation Oncology
  
• Use of IHE in the enterprise - Intra-enterprise solutions
• IHE and U.S. initiatives including ARRA, Meaningful Use and more
• IHE 2010 North American Connectathon - Registration How-To
  

The full schedule of Webinar sessions will be announced shortly.

• View and download presentations from the 2008 Webinar Series
  

2010 Connectathon Timeline

• June 11: Webinar Series Kickoff
• June 18: Webinar Series First-Times Session
• July - September: Webinar Series continues
• Aug. 28: Applications open for IHE North America Connectathon and HIMSS10 Interoperability Showcase
• Sept. 30: Applications close for IHE North America Connectathon and HIMSS10 Interoperability Showcase
• Jan. 11-15: IHE North America Connectathon (Chicago, IL)
• March 1-4: Interoperability Showcase at HIMSS10 (Atlanta, GA)

For further information, contact connectathon@ihe.net.