HL7 Working Group Meeting

HL7 Working Group Meeting

Anesthesiology SIG (GAS)

Monday 21 September 2009

Present: Martin Hurrell (Co-Chair)

Alan Nicol (Co-Chair)

Terri Monk

Andrew Norton

Mitchell Berman

Q3 Martin Hurrell and Alan Nicol presented work on the intra operative use case supporting the CDA-compliant schema, inviting feedback and comment from the group.

Some changes and additions were made and there was discussion around appropriate section headings and the correct order of the sections.

Andrew Norton suggested that we put together a class diagram or mind map which represented the entities within the anaesthetic record.

Q4 The group then returned to consideration of the intra operative use case and its section headings (See Anesthetic Headers document). Sources of information included the e-mail sent by David Reich and Tony Madden.

Tuesday 22 September 2009

Present: Martin Hurrell (Co-Chair)

Alan Nicol (Co-Chair)

Terri Monk

Andrew Norton

Mitchell Berman

David Reich

Austin Kreisler

Edward Tripp

Q1 Mitchell Berman requested how you would represent certain data items (See below) within a HL7 2.6 message. Alan Nicol stated that he would respond when he returns to the UK.

Surgeon name
Anesthesiologist name
Anesthesia resident name
Surgical procedure
Primary diagnosis for the procedure
Start time
End time

Martin Hurrell proposed that the working group establish regular telephone conferences, in conjunction with the IHTSDO conference call on a monthly duration.

Andrew Norton agreed that the working groups conference calls can be part of the IHTSDO conference call.

Martin Hurrell proposed that the working group make more use of the listserv, and also create a wiki page. Alan Nicol stated that he would create the wiki page on behalf of the working group.

Martin Hurrell recommended that the group aims to release the first version of the implementation guide for the anaesthetic record, third quarter 2010.

Martin Hurrell and Alan Nicol presented work on the intraoperative use case supporting the CDA-compliant schema, inviting feedback and comment from the group.

Martin Hurrell requested that a member of the group volunteers to create an obstetric use case. Andrew Norton volunteered and created the use case during the meeting. Alan Nicol stated that he would add this use case to the work groups documents repository.

Martin Hurrell requested that a member of the group volunteers to create a billing use case. David Reich volunteered and created the use case during the meeting. Alan Nicol stated that he would add this use case to the work groups documents repository.

Austin Kreisler and Edward Tripp joined the meeting to discuss administrative issues surrounding the workgroup.

Martin Hurrell asked how the working group should go about renaming the working group. It was suggested that this should follow the same process as the alteration of the mission and charter. Austin Kreisler stated that he would contact the workgroup with more information on how to carry out the renaming process.

Austin Kreisler requested that someone from the working group works alongside structured documents, as part of the implementation guide development.

Austin Kreisler stated the CDA release version 3 project will run late.

Austin Kreisler suggested that there won't be much difference between CDA release 2 and 3 in terms of the header and the clinical content.

Austin Kreisler requested that the working group sends him and Edward Tripp the groups SWOT analysis document. Martin Hurrell stated that he would send Austin Kreisler and Edward Tripp the SWOT analysis document.

Austin Kreisler suggested that there is only a requirement for minutes when the meeting is designated a HL7 meeting.

Austin Kreisler asked if we could participate more with steering voting issues.

All HL7 meetings outside the WGM must be listed within the listserv.

Martin Hurrell asked Austin to take us through the ballot process, it was suggested that is outlined within the co-chairs handbook document.

Martin Hurrell has been tasked to send David Reich a URL for the latest Synopsis system, this requires obtaining a password and username.

Q4 The group then returned to consideration of the intra operative use case and its section headings (See Anesthetic Headers document). Sources of information included the e-mail sent by David Reich and Tony Madden.

David Reich stated that he would send us a paragraph explaining what is meant by regulatory documentation. Alan Nicol stated that he would add this document to the working groups repository.

Alan Nicol stated that he would add the section headings document generated by the working group to the document repository.

Alan Nicol stated that he would add the updated use case to the document repository.

Alan Nicol stated that he would add the current xml example to the document repository.

A use case was put together by Martin Hurrell to take to the healthcare devices meeting. Alan Nicol stated that he would add this to the document repository.

Wednesday 23 September 2009

Present: Martin Hurrell (Co-Chair)

Alan Nicol (Co-Chair)

Terri Monk

Andrew Norton

Melvin Reynolds

Todd Cooper

Q3 Martin Hurrell demonstrated a use case and asked the group how this would be represented as a X73 message. The group suggested that it would be better to look at this outside the meeting. Andrea Ceiner stated that he would look at this on behalf of the healthcare devices working group.

The following is Andrea's contact details:

Andrea Ceiner

Tel: +39 040 9229424

e-mail:

web: www.italtbs.com

Melvin Reynolds and Todd Cooper requested that the Healthcare devices working group be added as a primary sponsor to the anaesthetic record implementation guide project for the CDA release 3. Alan Nicol stated that he would update the project scope statement and resubmit the document.