1. HL7 Int. Comm. Meeting - Toronto 1999 1 HL7 Meeting - Toronto 1999 Report of the International Facilitator to PAFM Klaus Veil Sydney, Australia

2. HL7 Int. Comm. Meeting - Toronto 1999 2 Background Information F Function created at HL7 Plenary Meeting in San Diego, 1998. F Objectives: Ensure international requirements are included in V2.x and V3. Ensure that HL7 Standards Documents are internationally understood. Long term: make HL7 globally applicable.

3. HL7 Int. Comm. Meeting - Toronto 1999 3 Work Done so far - 1 F Initial focus on V2.3.2. F Proposal to PAFM on “Internationalisation of Terms” at San Diego Meeting, 1998 has been incorporated into V2.3.2 Draft: "ERISA", "John Doe", etc. “Winter Meeting” vs “Summer Meeting”?

4. HL7 Int. Comm. Meeting - Toronto 1999 4 Work Done so far - 2 F PAFM Naming Work Group Brief: To modify the V2.3.2 person data types to accommodate international requirements. Moderator: K. Veil Participants: Holland, USA, Australia Monitored & endorsed by: Germany, Finland, Canada. 3 joint teleconferences with V3 Datatypes group (G. Schadow).

5. HL7 Int. Comm. Meeting - Toronto 1999 5 Work Done so far - 3 PAFM Naming Work Group, cont… 5 further teleconferences focussed on proposal to PAFM Meeting in Toronto. Closure achieved on all issues. All enhancements are backward compatible. All meeting notes were published at: http://OurWorld.CompuServe.com/Homepages/KVeil/Names.htm

6. HL7 Int. Comm. Meeting - Toronto 1999 6 Work Done so far - 4 PAFM Naming Work Group, cont… Proposal: – Expand "Middle name or initial" to allow multiple middle names. – To accommodate composite names the subcompo- nents "Family name from partner/spouse" and "Family name prefix from partner/spouse" were added. The "P" name type was obsoleted. – A "name context" subcomponent was added to allow the capture of the context in which a name type is used

7. HL7 Int. Comm. Meeting - Toronto 1999 7 Work Done so far - 5 PAFM Naming Work Group, cont… – A new name type "Nick Name/Call-me Name/Street Name" to HL7 Table 200; code is "N". The above proposal changes XPN to: & & (ST)> & ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ <name representation code (ID) ^ name context (CE)

8. HL7 Int. Comm. Meeting - Toronto 1999 8 Further Work to be done F Approve expanded XPN data type in PAFM TC. F Ensure V2.3.2 international enhancements are transferred to V3. F Harmonise the existing national HL7 variants.

9. HL7 Int. Comm. Meeting - Toronto 1999 9 Thank You!