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 RecordCo-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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