1. National E-Health Transition Authority www.nehta.gov.au ATS 5822 – eHealth Secure Message Delivery A.K.A. SMD The Future is E-Health

2. National E-Health Transition Authority www.nehta.gov.au Introduction Development of SMD Specification overview Ongoing work

3. National E-Health Transition Authority www.nehta.gov.au Development of SMD specification SMD was the result of a collaborative development process NEHTA medical software industry (MSIA) standards community (Standards Australia IT14-06) ATS 5822 – eHealth Secure Message Delivery published March 2010

4. National E-Health Transition Authority www.nehta.gov.au Page 3 Starting point Apply NEHTA secure messaging specifications in a meaningful way for GPs (PIP) Engage vendors to find an agreeable solution NEHTA content specifications not ready Existing NEHTA secure messaging specifications were profiles, that is, not directly implementable The Future is E-Health

5. National E-Health Transition Authority www.nehta.gov.au Page 4 PIP Process The Future is E-Health

6. National E-Health Transition Authority www.nehta.gov.au Page 5 Scope and Key Requirements Any-to-any connectivity Content-agnostic messaging Explicit support for messaging hubs (intermediaries) Private clinical information not visible to hubs Allow existing business models (e.g. per-message billing) Minimal infrastructure dependencies Usable for to-be-defined, content-specific interactions The Future is E-Health

7. National E-Health Transition Authority www.nehta.gov.au Page 6 Use case: direct messaging The Future is E-Health

8. National E-Health Transition Authority www.nehta.gov.au Page 7 Use case: receiver intermediary The Future is E-Health

9. National E-Health Transition Authority www.nehta.gov.au Page 8 Use case: two intermediaries The Future is E-Health

10. National E-Health Transition Authority www.nehta.gov.au Page 9 Use case: immediate response The Future is E-Health

11. National E-Health Transition Authority www.nehta.gov.au Ongoing work - implementation Refine, re-test and publish NEHTA’s free open-source SMD implementation Provide technical assistance to other parties implementing the SMD specification (software vendors, jurisdictions) Work with industry to establish independent conformance testing capability (test specs, test tools, assessment scheme)

12. National E-Health Transition Authority www.nehta.gov.au Ongoing work – standards Harmonise SMD with IHE XDR profile Collaboration with IHE International under auspices of Standards Australia Refine SMD specification based on implementation experience and progress toward full Australian Standard Under auspices of Standards Australia IT14-06