Joint Exchange / Interop Work Group Test Workgroup

John Donnelly/Judith HutmanSeptember 5, 2012

Roll

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Name Organization RepresentationNick VanDuyne NYeC StateIvan Handler ILJohn Donnelly NJ Task Group Co-Chair - IWGMarty Prahl SSA

Federal agencyDennis Peterson, Curtus Browning, Elaine Hunolt, Taimur Aslam, Willie Singletary, Monica VanDyke VHA

Kevin Brady NIST NISTDavid Tao, Dan Huber Siemens

EHR VendorDave Cassel, Rob Klootwyk Epic Bill Howard, Charles Parisot GEJeff Cunningham, Tim Dunnington ICA

HIE vendor

Mike LaRocca Intersystems

Vladi Reznikov, Jennifer Puyenbroek CONNECT PMO

Matt Bell, Tom Wilson, Kathy Lin AxolotlTeddy Gedamu MedfxMelissa Owens Marshfield Clinic Health SystemSteve Leighty MedVirginia

Regional HIE Brian Bonnington, Dave Trepanier, Dave Smith, Steve Michael IHIE

Anuj Desai Interop WG Interop WGEric Heflin THSA Task Group Co-Chair - ExchangeMariann Yeager Exchange Exchange Ed O'Connor, Judith Hutman Nitor ONC Testing Contractor

Dennis Wilson, Alisa Ray, Sue Rieber CCHIT

ATCBs and Testing SMEs

Jim St. Clair IHE USA

Amit Trivedi, Kevin Brown, Michella Knighton ICSA Labs

Traci Mapps SLI Global SolutionsKyle Meadors, Timothy Bennett Drummond Group

Milton Padilla, Steve Wilson, Mark Shin, Doublas Biggs, Les Biggs InfoGuard

• Roll Call – Cayla

• Announcements – John

• Pilot Status – John

• Direct Harmonization Status – Judith

• Executable Tests Status – Judith

• Direct Cert Discovery Tool – David

• Open Discussion – All

• Wrap Up/Schedule Review - John

Agenda

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• Harmonized PD/QD/RD/MP/AF (aka Patient Record Lookup) have been ratified• http://exchange-iwg.wikispaces.com/Test+Artifacts+Harmonization

• Early review of the test cases under way now

• Pilot processes to be conducted in Sept with Testing Body

Announcements

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• On 2012/8/29 the ONC Test Team released process documents for the pilot at

http://exchange-iwg.wikispaces.com/Testing+Pilots

• Documentation includes

• Test Process Guide

• Testing Toolkit User’s Guide

• Test Execution Guide: PD-QD-RD

• Test Execution Guide: Messaging Platform & Authorization Framework 

• Also we’ve created a pilot charter document

Harmonized PRL (PD/QD/RD/MP/AF) Pilot Status

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• The pilot roadmap has been defined as follows:• Select & finalize contract with CTB

• Map out testing plan w CTB, solidify pilot participants list, lay out detailed approach

• Pilot prep and coordination between CTB, participants

• Kickoff pilot with CTB

• Several organizations are moving forward…need more• We need your help!

• IWG and Exchange members

• Vendors

Harmonized PRL Pilot Status (continued)

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ONC Test Team Update

•Direct Harmonization: Intro to Artifacts

•Test Execution Status

•Direct Cert Discovery Test Tool Demo

Direct Harmonization:Intro to Artifacts

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Direct Test Artifacts

• 4 Test Packages (test cases, checklists)

• Cert Discovery

• Direct Messaging

• Basic IHE ITI TF XD* Conversion

• Direct XD* Conversion

• Set of Verification Checklists

• Test Data Index

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Direct Test Artifacts: Action Items

• Harmonization

• Map FR-5 and FR-7 to all Direct Messaging test cases

• Open question: Make other EHR/HIE test cases required for those deployment models?

• Documentation work

• “De-ModSpecify” Test Guides

• Merge Cert Discovery (MSP3) and Direct Messaging (MSP2) Test Guides

• Convert Test Guide to self-test model

• Provide clear navigation instructions for all test artifacts

• Adopt some test case intro language from EHR/HIE Test Spec

These are all currently in progress

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Documentation Task(Example)

Test Execution Status

Automating Test Case Execution:soapUI scripts complete

Priority High Med Low X (untargeted) TOTALS

PD 8 9 4 21

QD 19 15 0 2 34+2

RD 8 7 1 16

M+A 1 15 1+15

Direct 20 20

TOTALS 56 31 5 17 92+17

Note:104 test cases have been targeted for automation (92 complete)616 test case have not yet been evaluated for automation methods

Direct Cert Discovery Test Tool Demo

Open Discussion

•RFP released — July 2nd 

•Questions received by 6 organizations

•Answers distributed — July 13th

•Bids due — July 20th

•Evaluating, Conducting Negotiations

•Expected award — Early Sept

•Contract start — TBD

Schedule Review

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