The International HL7 Consultants and HL7 Experts are an international group of associated HL7 and Health Information Technology experts and consultants that provide high-level expertise to clients in government, industry and healthcare organizations.
The HL7 Consultants listed below provide information, give expert assistance and undertake projects on a comprehensive collection of standards, messaging tools and message engine expertise to support HL7 users constructing EDI interface messaging for the exchange of medical and clinical information to establish interoperability and message connectivity between healthcare information systems.
HL7 Systems & Services is a leading Australian consultancy specialising on healthcare system interoperability and HL7 Messaging. HL7S&S has a comprehensive track record in successful projects for Australian Federal and State health agencies, private hospital groups and other healthcare organisations. Major clients include the World Bank - Ministry of Health Bulgaria, the Australian Dept. of Health & Ageing, National eHealth Transition Authority, etc.
Project Management and HL7 Consultancy Nova Pro has been actively involved in most of the HL7 V3 design and implementation projects in the Netherlands to date. Managing consultant Tom de Jong has become an expert in practical application of V3, both in the Netherlands and abroad. Nova Pro can provide support in the analysis, design and implementation phases for any interfacing project in healthcare. We are proud to have been a partner to government, healthcare providers and vendors in achieving their interfacing goals!
Frank Oemig studied computer science at the universities of Dortmund and Bochum and specialises on the development of hospital information systems. He is a founding member of the HL7 Germany TC and IHE Germany. He is an active contributor to the international HL7 community and serves as a co-chair of the HL7 Implementation & Conformance Working Group. Oemig is the creator of the HL7 Database which contains the meta-information related to the HL7 standard.
Ringholm is a leading European consultancy in the field of messaging standards and systems integration in healthcare IT. We provide HL7 training and consultancy (V2, V2 and CDA), both for individual healthcare providers or software vendors as well as for National Healthcare Infrastructure Networks (NHINs). Major clients include: NICTIZ (the Dutch NHIN organization), NIKT (a Norwegian NHIN initiative) as well as these organizations
Shafarman Consulting uses standard information models, such as the HL7 Reference Information Model (RIM) and the associated bindings of standard terminologies to understand and resolve interoperability issues. Encouraging and enabling the adoption of healthcare information standards that will support regional, national and international cross-enterprise sharing of healthcare data without loss of meaning is also a major focus. Principal Mark Shafarman MS BA has been a member of HL7 for over 20 years and was its Chairman 2004-05.
Eastern Informatics provides expert advice on HL7, the IHE Technical Framework, clinical and administrative interoperation, data quality and interface architecture. Major clients include the U.S. Dept. of Veterans Affairs, Northrop Grumman and Kaiser Permanente, USA.
Klein Consulting provides expert advice on Concept Representation, Clinical Database design, heterogeneous system integration, vocabulary mapping and terminology services, identifier management and custom research databases. HL7 Version 2.x education and testing, including expertise in the Messaging Workbench tools. HL7 Version 3 education, including datatypes. Major clients include the US Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the US National Library of Medicine and the North American Association of Central Cancer Registries (US and Canada).
Principles of Health Interoperability HL7 and SNOMED-
Healthcare depends on the two leading standards HL7 and SNOMED CT for functional and semantic interoperability. Tim is one of the most experienced teachers of both HL7 V3 and SNOMED CT.
January 2011 HL7 International Working Meeting to be held in Sydney, Australia
Monday, 21st June 2010
The January 2011 Working Meeting of the HL7 International standards organisation will be held in Sydney, Australia.
Scheduled for 9-14 January 2011, the Working Meeting will provide the forum for more than 50 Work Groups, Committees and Task Forces to progress the HL7 V2.x, CDA, V3 and EHR Standards.
An extensive range of Courses, Tutorials and Workshops will allow Australians to hear and learn the very latest developments in EHRs, clinical messaging, terminology, etc. from the global experts and leaders in e-health.
To host the Working Meeting in Sydney, HL7 Australia has partnered with the Dept of Health and Ageing, NEHTA, Standards Australia, HL7 New Zealand and Business Events Sydney (NSW Govt.).
The Australian e-Health community is delighted to welcome the e-health standards world to Sydney in January and is looking forward to an exciting and productive meeting.
HL7 International Working Meeting Information
Sunday, 16th May 2010
Information on the Work Group activities at the HL7 International Working Group Meeting in Rio de Janiero, Brazil,
is now collated in one convenient location on the HL7 Wiki. Apart from general WGM information, the agendas and meeting
papers of most committees are available for review and download.
HL7 International May 2010 Working Meeting Rio de Janiero, Brazil
Monday, 3rd May 2010
HL7 International will hold its upcoming May Working Group Meeting in Rio. The WGM is preceeded by an ISO TC215 Plenary Meeting
as well as an International HL7 Implementation Conference (IHIC).
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