IHE USA
Joyce Sensmeier, MS, RN-BC, CPHIMS, FHIMSS, FAAN
IHE USA, President
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Leadership
Board Members & Officers IHE USA Staff
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Joyce Sensmeier PresidentKen Fuchs At Large
James Younkin At Large
Steve Drew Vice President, RSNA Representative
David Mendelson RSNA Representative
Elliot Sloane HIMSS Representative
John Kansky HIMSS Representative
Bradley Erickson RSNA Representative
Laura Heerman Langford At Large
Dennis James Treasurer
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IHE USA Participation Model
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Launch starting in December, 2014• Individual and Organizational members• 3 Committees• Implementation• Education• Certification and Test Tools• Project Work Groups TBD
• Starting with an opt in list of 8,000• No Fee structure
Key Partners/Stakeholders
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• Health Level Seven (HL7)• ICSA Labs • IHE Canada• IHE Colombia• Continua Health Alliance• American College of
Physicians• New York eHealth
Collaborative• Office of the National
Coordinator (ONC)
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
• HealtheWay• American College of
Cardiology• HIMSS• RSNA• DirectTrust Exchange• US Veterans Administration
ActivitiesTesting and Conformity Assessment • IHE North American Connectathon 2015, Jan 26 – 30, 2015 Cleveland,
OH• New Directions Program 2015, Jan 26 – 30, 2015 Cleveland, OH• IHE USA Certification Program, year round virtual testing• Announced Strategic Partnership( November 19, 2014) - EHR | HIE
Interoperability Workgroup (IWG) / HIMSS / IHE USA• Contribution to the IHE European Connectathon 2015, April 20 – 24,
2015 Luxembourg CityDemonstrations• National Health IT Week (NHIT), September 15 - 19, 2014 Washington
D.C.• HIMSS15 Interoperability ShowcaseTM, April 13 - 15, 2015 Chicago, IL
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ActivitiesEducational Programming & Webinars• Published Whitepaper IHE Profiles and Certification Drive Interoperability, January
2014 • HIMSS15 Interoperability ShowcaseTM & IHE NA Connectathon 2015: An
Introductory Webinar, June 2014• EHRA General Membership Presentation, August 2014• IHE NA Connectathon 2015: Registration Kickoff Webinar, August 2014• Understanding New Directions: Why Should You be Involved Webinar, September
2014• Federated HPD Virtual Connectathon, Call for Participation, October 2014• HIMSS HIE Roundtable Presentation, November 2014• MHD Virtual Connectathon, Call for Participation, December 2, 2014 • New--Connectathon 101 Program, January 27, 2015 in Cleveland, OH• IHE NA Connectathon Conference 2015, January 28, 2015 in Cleveland, OH• Interoperability Breakfast Panel, HIMSS15, April 14, 2015 in Chicago, IL
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ActivitiesCollaboration with national health IT projects • HIMSS Health Story Project Roundtable• HIMSS Interoperability & Standards Committee and HIE Roundtable• ONC’s Standards and Interoperability Framework activities • Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Population Affairs • HealtheWay/eHealth Exchange • Health Level Seven (HL7) • National Centers for Chronic Disease Prevention & Health Promotion’s (CDC)
Planned Activities• Publish Interoperability For Dummies, Pathway to Certification with Wiley
Publications• Launch IHE USA Participation Model and Committees (Implementation, Education,
Certification & Test Tools)• Integrate IHE Implementations into HIMSS HIT Dashboard• Launch new IHE USA website• Launch Interoperability Accelerator at HIMSS Innovation CenterGDC, Chicago, 02 December 2014 Tour de Table 7
Activities
IHE North American Connectathon 2015• Move to Cleveland Convention Center & HIMSS Innovation Center in
Cleveland, OH• System Registration has increased by 12%• 30% of organizations are first time participants• Increased participation by US government agencies
– Office of the National Coordinator (ONC)– Food and Drug Administration (FDA)– HHS’s Office of Population Affairs (OPA)– Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
• IRAP Scholarship Applicants have tripled since 2012• 3rd Annual IHE NA Connectathon social event is scheduled at Cleveland’s
legendary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (over 200 tickets sold so far)
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Deployment of IHE in National Projects
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Region/Country Organization Name Profiles Status (planning, installation, operational)
USA CDISC (Clinical Data Interexchange Standards Consortium) – Clinical Trials
ATNA, CRD, CRPC, SC, EHCP, RFD, RPE, RSPC, XUA
Operational
USA HHS (Health & Human Services) Public Health, CDC (Centers for Disease Control)
BFDR, CRD, DSC, EHCP, FP, PRPH-Ca, RFD, RPE
Installation and Operational
USA SureScripts (eprescribing national)
PIX, PDQ
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Region/Country Organization Name Profiles Status (planning, installation, operational)
USA eHealthexchange (Healtheway)
XCA, XCPD, XUA, XDR, XDM, and ATNA
Operational
USA Joint Program ( EHR|HIE Interoperability Workgroup (IWG), IHE USA, HIMSS Joint Program)
XDM, XDS, PIX PDQ, FHPD, HPD and XDR
Operational
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Deployment of IHE in State Projects (Texas and Pennsylvania examples)
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[ATNA] Audit Trail and Node Authentication [BPPC] Basic Patient Privacy Consents [XCA] Cross-Community Access [XDM] Cross-enterprise Document Media Interchange [XDR] Cross-enterprise Document Reliable Interchange [XDS] Cross Enterprise Document Sharing [XDS-SD] Cross-enterprise Sharing of Scanned Documents [PDQ] Patient Demographics Query lets [PIX] Patient Identifier Cross Referencing [PDQv3] Patient Demographics Query HL7 v3 extends the Patient Demographics Query profile leveraging HL7 version 3. [PIXv3] Patient Identifier Cross-Reference HL7 v3 [XCPD] Cross-Community Patient Discovery [XD-LAB] Sharing Laboratory Reports [DSUB] Document Metadata Subscription
Profiles include:• XDS, XCA, XDR, XDM• ATNA, BPC, PAM, PDQ, PIX, XCPD
Strategic PlanFY2015 Strategic Goals1. Expand IHE USA testing/certification offerings in collaboration with the
HIMSS Innovation Center and ICSA to address evolving market needs2. Launch IHE USA committees to drive the mission of IHE USA as an IHE
International Deployment Committee3. Expand collaboration with US national initiatives to advance
interoperable HIT4. Establish IHE USA as a reliable national organization to deliver mission-
critical interoperable HIT initiatives5. Implement an annual process to assess the marketplace and the needs
of key stakeholders in conjunction with HIMSS6. Complete first phase of tooling upgrade for Connectathon and
Certification7. Launch HIMSS, IHE USA, IWG Joint Certification Program
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