Re: IHE in Australia
Christopher Carr
Thanks for your reply and to Chris for providing a synopsis of the
Board's activities. Here is what I have from the draft Board minutes:
Board recommends that IHE Australia be encouraged to proceed with
testing event and agrees that it can refer to it as a Connectathon;
additional advice:
(a) While the organizers are welcome to recruit vendors from around
their region (in fact worldwide), they should not imply that there is
any regional IHE body sanctioning the event
(b) Organizers should adhere to standard practices for Connectathons
as far as possible
(c) Depending on the scope of applicants to participate in the event,
organizers should retain appropriate professional project managers to
organize and oversee testing; they will not be able to rely on free
support from project managers in North America and Europe
(d) IHE Testing and Tools will be asked to review information
provided by the organizers leading up to and following the event and to
make a decision as to whether the event's results will be included in
the published table of Connectathon events
I would further recommend that you complete the remaining formalities
(if you haven't yet) so that the Board can recognize IHE Australia
officially. Making contact with potential sponsors in New Zealand and
Malaysia would also be a positive step. I have been in contact briefly
with Malcolm Pollock and Martin Brendling in New Zealand; I don't have
any direct contacts in Malaysia, so your help there would be appreciated.
My final, perhaps unnecessary, caution is that you really need to secure
project management resources adequate to the scope of the testing event
you are planning. In some degree, as you have said, this will depend on
how much response you get from industry. Our current lineup of project
managers are stretched between Connectathons and tool development and
won't be able to provide much if any support. Adding to the available
pool of knowledgeable project managers is one of the most important
contributions a national deployment group can make.
So, if you will draft a brief paragraph for me, ending with a pointer to
your Web page for more information, I will post it to our ihenews list.
Thanks again for your persistence. I am sorry for delaying your progress.
Best,
Chris
Peter MacIsaac wrote:
> Chris Carr,
>
> Thank you very much for taking a summary paper to the IHE board last
> week. I have had a verbal report from Chris Lindop who indicated the
> board's support for our general approach, however also emphasized the
> need for a Connectathon in Australia to meet the quality standards and
> tooling use that supports a consistent result that can stand alongside
> those achieved in NA and Europe. We will start to be engaged with the
> tooling committee and connectathon management group.
>
> As discussed we actually have fairly modest aims for 08, but feel the
> need to at least promote the full suite of established IHE profiles
> and see what response we get from vendors, and then in consultation
> with yourselves see what is feasible.
>
> The next and urgent step is to put out a notice on IHE news alerting
> vendors to both the formation of IHE in Australia, and potentially the
> region as other groups become more active than just expressions of
> interest. Hopefully we can use the HIMSS AP meeting to springboard
> some of that interest. I think Chris is going to set up a meeting with
> Didi to followup.
>
> You might like to look at this webpage for suggested content for the
> posting.
>
> http://www.hisa.org.au/node/474
>
> we could redraft the orginal draft I forwarded to update it in terms
> of the flow of events.
>
> If OK with Didi I would like to organise a TC webconference for the
> end of the week after easter or early the following week to promote in
> the initial news item.
>
> Many thanks, please give me a call anytime to followup on the above.
>
>
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