1. Health Ingenuity Exchange - HingX
Open Health Tools project initially sponsored by the Rockefeller Foundation – initially known as HEART
HingX provides:
a global resource registry with relationships between resources
a reference repository
access to other repositories
Objective is to enable the registration of all Health related ICT resources globally
HL7 has been a co-sponsor to fulfill the requirements of the Shared Artifact Repository that is the cornerstone of HL7’s interdependent Tooling Architecture
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2. HingX Alpha Project Participation
Existing PSS approved by TSC – Project Insite #904
The Alpha Project Agreement signed in August
HingX project
was at an Alpha Release State in September
became a base release in December
most recent release this week announced general availability
HL7 is pilot with a limited number of projects
Tooling
Publishing
Templates
SOA
Work Groups testing the current capabilities and identifying essential enhancements
Provided feedback on need for enhancements to APIs
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4. Deliverables from Alpha Participation
OHT Registry/Repository Initial Requirements Report
HingX Best Practices presentations
HingX Registry/Repository Metadata Management Requirements Report
HL7 Artifact types and primary relationships for artifacts included in HingX (documented in HingX)
HL7 Summary Report on participation in the HingX Alpha Program
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5. OHT Registry/Repository Initial Requirements Report
Initial Business Requirements and System Requirements based on HL7 Templates Business Requirements document
Completed February 2012
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6. HingX Best Practices presentations
Powerpoint presentations on how HingX works and best practices for managing resources based on User Group configuration and User Roles
Still in development, testing this week
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7. HingX Registry/Repository Metadata Management Requirements Report
Requirements for managing metadata over time to ensure coherence of concepts that apply to all resources as well as those metadata attributes that only apply to specific types of resources. Includes managing changes from external repositories using API type interfaces rather than manual updates.
Not Started
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8. HL7 Artifact types and primary relationships for artifacts
Descriptions of each HL7 specification component type and the inter-relationships of all artifacts included in a normative edition for all HL7 specification
Establishes the pattern of artifact types to enable registry of all standards to ensure consistency
Not Started
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9. HL7 summary report on Alpha HingX participation
Final report to HingX project identifying how HL7 is using HingX:
Summary statistics on User Groups, Users, Resources added
Summary of suggestions for improvement and which ones were included in HingX releases.
Recommendation to HL7 to continue with HingX or not and implications of either choice
Not Started
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