1. HL7 HL7 Int. Commitee Meeting, Cleveland, 2000 1 HL7 Meeting - Cleveland 2000 HL7 Standards Development in Australia - an Update Klaus Veil - David Rowed

2. HL7 HL7 Int. Commitee Meeting, Cleveland, 2000 2 Who’s here? Dick HardingOrders/Obs., CQ, Conf. John HornseyCBHS, Pers. Mngmt. David RowedCBHS, Patient Care Klaus Veil PAFM, Publishing Thomas BealeGEHR

3. HL7 HL7 Int. Commitee Meeting, Cleveland, 2000 3 Background Information F In Australia, standards are created by “STANDARDS AUSTRALIA (SAA)” - a government-supported organisation representing all stakeholders. F The Australian Federal Govt endorsed HL7 as the healthcare messaging standard in 1997. F HL7 has achieved widespread acceptance in Australia & New Zealand.

4. HL7 HL7 Int. Commitee Meeting, Cleveland, 2000 4 SAA HL7 Working Groups

5. HL7 HL7 Int. Commitee Meeting, Cleveland, 2000 5 Patient Administration F Patient Administration Standard AS4700.1: Based on HL7 Chapter 3 and parts of Ch. 2. Revised to match HL7 V2.3.1.

6. HL7 HL7 Int. Commitee Meeting, Cleveland, 2000 6 Clinical Pathology F Pathology Orders and Results AS4700.2: Based on parts of HL7 Chapters 4 & 7. Revised to match HL7 V2.3.1.

7. HL7 HL7 Int. Commitee Meeting, Cleveland, 2000 7 Registries Messages F Registry Messages AS4700.4. F Financial support from Australian States (= $$$s!). F Areas targeted: Cancer registers. Notifiable diseases. F Public comment (“ballot”) completed.

8. HL7 HL7 Int. Commitee Meeting, Cleveland, 2000 8 Drug Prescriptions F Drug Prescriptions (AS4700.3): formal modelling approach. 8 data entities with 76 transaction types collapsed into 19 HL7 messages F Adopted as a joint Australian/New Zealand Standard. F Govt. sponsored/funded project to implement electronic prescriptions.

9. HL7 HL7 Int. Commitee Meeting, Cleveland, 2000 9 Referral Messages F Referral Messages (AS4700.5): Content draft completed, to be embodied in messages. F Publication planned for late 2000.

10. HL7 HL7 Int. Commitee Meeting, Cleveland, 2000 10 Community Health F Australia has identified that this area is currently not adequately covered in HL7 V2.3. F Community-Based Health Services SIG established by HL7. Initial enhancements: Patient identification (different names, DoB’s, DoD’s, etc.). Patient legal status (in Mental Health). Gender (also Mental Health)....

11. HL7 HL7 Int. Commitee Meeting, Cleveland, 2000 11 Govt. Standards Policy F In 1999 the Australian Govt. released the “Health Online” policy document. Stakeholder Focus: –Patients –Providers –Administrators Technology focus: –EMR –InterNet F 2000: National Health Inform. Standards Plan

12. HL7 HL7 Int. Commitee Meeting, Cleveland, 2000 12 Other Australian Developments F GEHR: an implementation of kernel with API is being funded by Govt (-> Thomas Beale). F GEHR model has been taken to CORBAMed. F Client Identification Standard AS4590 F Govt. Funding GP model & data set F... Olympics!

13. HL7 HL7 Int. Commitee Meeting, Cleveland, 2000 13 New Zealand Overview F HL7 well-established in NZ: Central PMI accessed via HL7. >60% of clinical pathology results are sent electronically using HL7. “Business As Usual”

14. HL7 HL7 Int. Commitee Meeting, Cleveland, 2000 14 Find out more about HL7 Australia at: http://www.HL7.com.au Thank You!