/ HL7 Working Group Meeting
New Orleans, LA
International Council Meeting
Sunday, January 28, 2018
Wireless Network: HL7
Password: HealthLevel7

Minutes

Luncheon (12:30 – 1:45)
Opening Session (1:45 – 5pm)
1.  Opening Announcements & Call to Order (5 min)
·  Welcome new Affiliates
·  Welcome new Affiliate Chairs
•  HL7 Germany – Dr. Christof Gessner
•  HL7 Uruguay – Ana Mara Marfurt
·  Thank you
•  Sylvia Thun – HL7 Germany / Melva Peters
2.  Introductions Round Table (10 min)
·  Confirm Proxies & Quorum
Proxy Held By: / For: / Affiliate:
Rik Smithies / Dunmail Hodkinson / HL7 UK
Beat Heggli / Marco Demarmels / HL7 Switzerland
Frank Ploeg / Bert Kabbes / HL7 Netherlands
Heather Grain / Jason Steen / HL7 Australia
Christof Gessner / Roman Romanski / HL7 Poland
Melva Peters / Miroslav Koncar
Ed Hammond / HL7 Croatia
US
Hirai Masaaki / Michio Kimura / HL7 Japan
Peter Jordan / Francois Macary / HL7 France
·  Round table introductions
·  Current Membership = 35
·  Lapsed members:
·  Quorum for Decisions (40%=14), Directions (33%=12), Financial Decisions (51%=18)
·  Attendees: 19 in person and by proxy / Melva Peters
3.  Secretary Report (5 min)
·  Review Agenda
·  Reminder to put Affiliate presentation in Dropbox or email / Melva Peters
4.  HL7 International Board Report & Welcome (10 min)
·  See presentation / Calvin Beebe
5.  CEO Report (10 min)
·  Argonaut Steering Committee Meeting on Friday 26th
·  Inauguration: Can a group of competing companies collaborate in a sustainable way?
·  Three years later: They are still meeting, collaborating, meeting goals of the group but also of academic, government agencies, etc.
·  Friday: 2018 Roadmap for the Argonaut project.
·  How will you react to the use cases proposed?
·  14 members: We will do our very best to support the projects. We are behind you in the evolution of the projects throughout the year.
·  Takeaway for HL7 and the international community: a vision of our ability to collaborate.
·  Have a great meeting this week. / Charles Jaffe
6.  CTO Report specific to Affiliates (10 min)
·  See CTO presentation / Wayne Kubick
7.  Technical Steering Committee Report (10 min)
·  See CTO presentation / Wayne Kubick
8.  FHIR Update (10 min)
·  Connectathon – biggest one ever – increased organizational support with a Connectathon Coordinator
·  259 registrants
·  A Wiki page is being created that all participants are contributing to – concise description of each track
·  Invite Europeans how to attract people to the Connectathon in Cologne
·  Analysis on ballot – a lot of votes but not that many comment items (about 250). Expect to stay on track for timelines on ballots
·  Portions of specification will be balloted as Normative in May
·  Will try to set expectations about ballot process
·  Strong international participation in FHIR – appreciative of this support
·  Grahame has visited Vietnam a couple of times for national EHR program. Vietnam is not an Affiliate. Asian Development Bank has asked if there is someone that can help Vietnam through the Affiliate process.
·  Q: Are we still on track to expect Normative material in September ballot?
·  A: Will be normative content in May ballot. If need to be re-balloted, will be done in September?
·  Q: Is there a list of the expected Normative resources/material?
·  A: From the top of the FHIR spec – included in ballot packages / Grahame Grieve
9.  Regional Reports
·  HL7 Europe (10 min)
·  See presentation
·  HL7 Asia (10 min) – no report
·  HL7 Latam (10 min)
·  See presentation
Break (3 pm – 3:30 pm)
10.  Occupational Data for Health (ODH) template for C-CDA (5 min)
·  Looking for international input on value sets.
·  Will send out to the IC for consideration / Genny Luensman
11.  IHIC 2018
·  Call for Papers
·  See presentations / Kai Heitmann
12.  HL7 Around the World (25 min) – 1/3 of Affiliates to present
·  HL7 Uruguay
·  See presentation
·  HL7 Australia
·  See presentation
·  HL7 Germany
·  See presentation
·  HL7 Italy
·  See presentation
·  HL7 Netherlands
·  See presentation
·  HL7 Spain
·  See presentation
·  HL7 New Zealand
·  See presentation
13.  Presentation for Christof Gessner – European Project (15 min)
·  See presentation / Christof Gessner
14.  Thursday Agenda Topics (5 min)
·  pHealth Funding Request
·  Affiliate Agreement
·  May 2018 WGM
·  IPS PSS Update (Giorgio)
·  PAC Update
·  Internationalization
·  HL7 Around the World Schedule - Deferred presentations - HL7 Bosnia and Herzegovina; HL7 Denmark; HL7 Greece; HL7 Poland; US
·  Affiliate Presentation Schedule
·  International Rep to GOC
·  International Mentoring Work Group
·  Discussion of HL7 Product Strategy (Peter Jordan) / Melva Peters
15.  Closing Remarks (5 min)
·  Reminders
•  Proxies for Thursday / Melva Peters
Meeting Adjourned @ 5:00 pm
Thank you for attending the meeting.
Have a successful week.
Members of the Council / HL7 Around the World Schedule
1.  HL7 China / Baoluo Li / May 2018
2.  HL7 Croatia / Miroslav Koncar / May 2018
3.  HL7 Finland / Juha Mykkanen / May 2018
4.  HL7 Hong Kong / Chung Ping Ho / May 2018
5.  HL7 India / Naresh Yallapragada / May 2018
6.  HL7 Korea / Byoung-Kee Yi / May 2018
7.  HL7 New Zealand / Peter Jordan / May 2018
8.  HL7 Philippines / Michael Hussin Muin / May 2018
9.  HL7 Romania / Florica Moldoveanu / May 2018
10.  HL7 Russia / Sergey Shvyrev / May 2018
11.  HL7 Singapore / Adam Chee / May 2018
12.  HL7 Switzerland / Marco Demarmels / May 2018
13.  HL7 Taiwan / Yu-Ting Yeh / May 2018
14.  HL7 Uruguay / Ana Mara Marfut / January 2018
15.  USA / Ed Hammond / January 2018
16.  HL7 Australia / Jason Steen / January 2018
17.  HL7 Bosnia and Herzegovina / Samir Dedovic / January 2018
18.  HL7 Denmark / Sofia Stokholm / January 2018
19.  HL7 Germany / Christof Gessner / January 2018
20.  HL7 Greece / Alexander Berler / January 2018
21.  HL7 Italy / Giorgio Cangioli / January 2018
22.  HL7 Netherlands / Bert Kabbes / January 2018
23.  HL7 Poland / Roman Radomski / January 2018
24.  HL7 Spain / Francisco Perez / January 2018
25.  HL7 Brazil / Marivan Abrahão / September 2017
26.  HL7 UAE / Mohamed AlRedha / September 2017
27.  HL7 UK / Dunmail Hodkinson / September 2017
28.  HL7 Argentina / Fernando Campos / September 2017
29.  HL7 Austria / Stefan Sabutsch / September 2017
30.  HL7 Canada / Melva Peters / September 2017
31.  HL7 Czech Republic / Libor Seidl / September 2017
32.  HL7 France / Francois Macary / September 2017
33.  HL7 Japan / Michio Kimura / September 2017
34.  HL7 Norway / Line Saele / September 2017
35.  HL7 Sweden / Mikael Wintell / September 2017

Affiliates Council Members:

Affiliate / Role / Name / Attendance Record
Co-Chair / Melva Peters / Yes
Co-Chair / Diego Kaminker / Yes
Co-Chair / Line Saele / Yes
HL7 Board of Directors
IC Representatives / Line Saele / Yes
Frank Oemig
Members of the Council
HL7 Argentina / Fernando Campos / Yes
HL7 Australia / Jason Steen / Yes by proxy
HL7 Austria / Stefan Sabutsch / Yes
HL7 Bosnia and Herzegovina / Samir Dedovic
HL7 Brazil / Marivan Abrahão
HL7 Canada / Melva Peters / Yes
HL7 China / Baoluo Li
HL7 Croatia / Miroslav Koncar / Yes by proxy
HL7 Czech Republic / Libor Seidl
HL7 Denmark / Sofia Stokholm
HL7 Finland / Juha Mykkanen
HL7 France / Francois Macary / Yes by proxy
HL7 Germany / Sylvia Thun / Yes
HL7 Greece / Alexander Berler
HL7 Hong Kong / Chung Ping Ho
HL7 India / Naresh Yallapragada
HL7 Italy / Giorgio Cangioli / Yes
HL7 Japan / Michio Kimura / Yes by proxy
HL7 Korea / Byoung-Kee Yi / Yes
HL7 Netherlands / Bert Kabbes / Yes by proxy
HL7 New Zealand / Peter Jordan / Yes
HL7 Norway / Line Saele / Yes
HL7 Philippines / Michael Hussin Muin
HL7 Poland / Roman Radomski / Yes by proxy
HL7 Romania / Florica Moldoveanu
HL7 Russia / Sergey Shvyrev
HL7 Singapore / Adam Chee
HL7 Spain / Francisco Perez / Yes
HL7 Sweden / Mikael Wintell / Yes
HL7 Switzerland / Marco Demarmels / Yes by proxy
HL7 Taiwan / Yu-Ting Yeh
HL7 UAE / Mohamed AlRedha
HL7 UK / Dunmail Hodkinson / Yes by proxy
HL7 Uruguay / Ana Mara Marfut
USA / Ed Hammond / Yes by proxy
Lapsed or Unpaid Affiliates

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