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Subject: Fwd: [xml-dev] OASIS TC Call for Participation: Int'l HealthContinuum TC
This is the announcement I anticipated in our TC telecon yesterday. As I said, I will be joining to continue the liaison work I have been doing with Emergency Management TC and WSRP TC. Ciao, Rex >Mailing-List: contact xml-dev-help@lists.xml.org; run by ezmlm >X-No-Archive: yes >List-Post: <mailto:xml-dev@lists.xml.org> >List-Help: <mailto:xml-dev-help@lists.xml.org> >List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:xml-dev-unsubscribe@lists.xml.org> >List-Subscribe: <mailto:xml-dev-subscribe@lists.xml.org> >Delivered-To: mailing list xml-dev@lists.xml.org >Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2004 08:16:28 -0400 >From: "Karl F. Best" <karl.best@oasis-open.org> >Reply-To: karl.best@oasis-open.org >Organization: OASIS >X-Accept-Language: en-us, en >To: members@lists.oasis-open.org, tc-announce@lists.oasis-open.org, > xml-dev@lists.xml.org, new-work@ietf.org, ihc@lists.oasis-open.org >Subject: [xml-dev] OASIS TC Call for Participation: Int'l Health Continuum TC >X-Rcpt-To: <rexb@starbourne.com> >X-DPOP: Version number supressed >Status: U > >A new OASIS technical committee is being formed. The OASIS >International Health Continuum (IHC) Technical Committee has been >proposed by the following members of OASIS: DeLeys Brandman, >CommerceNet; Ian Jones, British Telecommunications; Torsten >Kirchner, National Insurance Administration of Norway; Naren Nagpal, >ReadiMinds; Manoj Saxena, Webify Solutions; Kumar Sivaraman, >SeeBeyond Technology Corporation; and the following Individual >members: Ed Dodds, Dr. Peter Elkin, and Dan Pattyn. > >The proposal for a new TC meets the requirements of the OASIS TC >Process (see http://oasis-open.org/committees/process.shtml), and is >appended to this message. The TC name, statement of purpose, scope, >list of deliverables, audience, and language specified in the >proposal will constitute the TC's charter. The TC Process allows >these items to be clarified (revised); such clarifications >(revisions), as well as submissions of technology for consideration >by the TC and the beginning of technical discussions, may occur no >sooner than the TC's first meeting. > >As specified by the OASIS TC Process, the requirements for becoming >a member of the TC at the first meeting are that you must 1) be an >employee of an OASIS member organization or an Individual member of >OASIS; 2) notify the TC chair of your intent to participate at least >15 days prior to the first meeting; and 3) attend the first meeting >of the TC. For OASIS members, to register for the TC using the OASIS >collaborative tools, go to the TC's public web page at >http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/ihc and click on the button for >"Join This TC" at the top of the page. You may add yourself to the >roster of the TC either as a Prospective Member (if you intend to >become a member of the TC) or an Observer. A notice will >automatically be sent to the TC chair, which fulfills requirement #2 >above. > >OASIS members may also join the TC after the first meeting. Note >that membership in OASIS TCs is by individual, and not by >organization. > >Non-OASIS members may read the TC's mail list archive, view the TC's >web page, and send comments to the TC using a web form available on >the TC's web page; click the "Send A Comment" button. The archives >of the TC's mail list and public comments are visible at >http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/ > >Further information about the topic of this TC may be found on the Cover >Pages under XML in Clinical Research and Healthcare Industries at >http://xml.coverpages.org/healthcare.html > >-Karl > >================================================================= >Karl F. Best >Vice President, OASIS >office +1 978.667.5115 x206 mobile +1 978.761.1648 >karl.best@oasis-open.org http://www.oasis-open.org > > > >Name of the TC > >OASIS International Health Continuum (IHC) Technical Committee > > >Statement of Purpose > >Healthcare mistakes claim numerous lives around the world every >year, including up to 100,000 in the United States alone. Costs have >increased globally at double digit rates over the last three years. >While there are many standards organizations that work to >standardize transactions in the healthcare "vertical" space (e.g. >clinical, administrative, pharmaceutical, supplies and devices, >insurance, government etc.) there is little attention being paid to >the continuum of health; defined for our purposes as the >"horizontal" standards allowing all related verticals to >interoperate through the use of web services tools and technologies. > >As a secondary goal, competing international standards (in the >verticals) are beginning to appear. This is evident in the standards >by CEN and HL7 in the Electronic Health Record (EHR). While each is >a worthy effort, international healthcare standards may diverge >toward regional preferences. A goal of the committee will be to >promote international healthcare standards interoperability >regardless of geographic location. This is particularly important to >OASIS membership since many are global organizations who will not >want standards to be regional or "national." > >Accordingly, the purpose of the new OASIS International Health >Continuum TC will be as follows: > >* To provide a forum for companies on the Healthcare continuum >internationally to voice their needs and requirements with respect >to XML and Web Services based standards which can be handed off to >relevant OASIS TCs (if they exist) or cause the formation of TCs for >needs that are not currently being addressed. > >* To provide a mechanism for the creation of best practice documents >relative to the adoption of OASIS specs/standards within Healthcare >systems internationally and across vertical standards organizations > >* To promote the adoption of OASIS specs/standards within Healthcare >(including all bi-directional forms: P2G, P2B, P2C, P2P), which >could include the creation of implementation-oriented pilot projects >to involve software vendors and participating healthcare >professionals to demonstrate the use of OASIS specs/standards. > >* tTo work with other OASIS channels (e.g. XML.org for schema >registry and/or information portal, e-Gov, EPR - Electronic >processes), act as a clearinghouse of information related to >applicable specs/standards as well as activities and projects being >conducted in Healthcare around the adoption of XML-based systems and >standards. > >Because of the very wide range of topics encompassed by the term >"e-Health" it is expected that several sub-committees of the TC will >be formed to address specific issues. These subcommittees might >include (but not be limited to) "healthcare banking", "healthcare >networks", "healthcare ontologies", "population health evaluations", >"health care process", and "health epidemiology alert and response" >just to name a few. > > >Scope of work > >The scope of the committee's work will include the use of OASIS and >other standards (both healthcare and non-healthcare related) for >interoperability utilizing web services as practical. For example, >there is a clear use case for many of the HL7 standards which are >clearly healthcare related, but there are also compelling reasons to >adopt and recommend RosettaNet PIPs for the standardization of >administrative, and potentially clinical, processes. > >The proposers do not anticipate the development of standards in the >committee unless it becomes clear that there are deficiencies in the >existing vertical standards or clear voids in required >interoperability across the horizontal interoperability channels. >Therefore, the initial scope of the TC is only to assess the state >of Web Services within the healthcare industry, gather requirements >for work needed to be done, and only in exceptional cases develop >standards. > > >List of Deliverables > >First 12 months >* Create liaisons with each of the major health continuum standards >organizations >* Produce a healthcare interoperability report including: > - Process map of healthcare processes (internal and external) > - List and discussion of existing standards for addressing the processes > - Gap analysis > - Recommendations to fill gaps, including the formation of new TCs >at OASIS, and guidance to existing OASIS TCs or to other >organizations > >Ongoing TC work >* Monitoring and promotion of healthcare interoperability >* Promotion of OASIS Standards within > - Governments > - Companies > - Vendors > - Health continuum members identified in the process map >* Determine need for technical work, and develop proposals for new >OASIS TCs to develop specifications to fill gaps >* Continue liaison activities > >The TC will know that its work is completed when there are complete >and standard solutions for healthcare interoperability. > > >Audience > >The audience of the TC work is anticipated to be: > >* "Upstream/Downstream" focused employees of all companies in the >health continuum. >* IT vendors desirous of interoperability along the continuum. >* IT vendors presently focused on a vertical market, desirous of >expanding their focus. >* Standards Development Organizations (SDOs) attempting to >coordinate their efforts with strategic partners outside their >immediate vertical. >* Government entities focused on improving the performance of the >entire health continuum. > > >Language > >The TC will conduct business in English. > > >================ >Other Information not part of the TC's charter > >Identification of similar or applicable work > >The proposers anticipate that the TC will establish liaison with >other organizations doing similar or related work, including the >following: > >- RosettaNet >- DISA >- EPR Forum >- HL7 >- HIMSS >- IHE >- OASIS eGov TC >- OASIS BCM TC >- OMG >- UN/CEFACT Healthcare Committee >- WEDI >- HR-XML Consortium >- OAG >- ANSI X12 >- ISO SG 215 >- W3C >- ACORD > > >Date and time of the first meeting > >The first meeting of the TC will be held as a teleconference on 2 >September 2004 at 9:00 a.m. ET, hosted by CommerceNet. > >The first face-to-face meeting will be held in Brussels in >conjunction with the OASIS Fall conference the week of 4 October >2004, hosted by OASIS. > > >The projected on-going meeting schedule > >Monthly conference calls on the third Thursday (Friday in Asia and >Australia) of each month, except for September and October of 2004. >Times will rotate to accommodate different time zones. Calls will be >hosted by CommerceNet. > > >The names, electronic mail addresses, and membership affiliations of >Eligible Persons > >- DeLeys Brandman, dbrandman@commerce.net, CommerceNet >- Ed Dodds, dodds@e-dodds.com, Individual member >- Dr. Peter Elkin, elkin.peter@mayo.edu, Individual Member >- Ian Jones, ian.c.jones@bt.com, British Telecommunications >- Torsten Kirchner, torsten.kirschner@trygdeetaten.no, National >Insurance Administration of Norway >- Naren Nagpal, naren.nagpal@readiMinds.com, ReadiMinds >- Dan Pattyn, danpattyn@austin.rr.com, Individual Member >- Manoj Saxena, manoj.saxena@webifysolutions.com, Webify Solutions >- Kumar Sivaraman, Kumarsivaraman@Seebeyond.com, SeeBeyond >Technology Corporation > > >The name and email address of the TC Convener > >DeLeys Brandman >CommerceNet Consortium >dbrandman@commerce.net > > >Proposed Chair > >DeLeys Brandman >CommerceNet Consortium >dbrandman@commerce.net > > > > >----------------------------------------------------------------- >The xml-dev list is sponsored by XML.org <http://www.xml.org>, an >initiative of OASIS <http://www.oasis-open.org> > >The list archives are at http://lists.xml.org/archives/xml-dev/ > >To subscribe or unsubscribe from this list use the subscription >manager: <http://www.oasis-open.org/mlmanage/index.php> -- Rex Brooks GeoAddress: 1361-A Addison, Berkeley, CA, 94702 USA, Earth W3Address: http://www.starbourne.com Email: rexb@starbourne.com Tel: 510-849-2309 Fax: By Request
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