HL7 UK on the road

HL7 UK is to hold a series of one day roadshows, featuring interoperability case studies and tutorials.

The Case Studies in Integration roadshows in London, Birmingham and Leeds will discuss work that is happening now and the support that is available to trusts wanting to undertake integration projects.

The full day events will give delegates the opportunity to hear from NHS professionals about the work they are doing, while Peter Dyke, head of industry liaison at NHS Connecting for Health, will talk about latest developments and the support the agency can offer.

In the afternoon, there will be tutorials on clinical document architecture (CDS) and cross enterprise document sharing (XDS), which will also aim to provide support to professionals dealing with business and technical issues. The roadshows will finish with a question and answer session.

Charlie Bishop, chair elect of HL7 UK said: “these events have been designed to provide real benefit to healthcare interoperability professionals and NHS IT professionals.

“What this audience needs is to see demonstrable examples of where interoperability is successfully happening, and to gain access to the teams that are making it a reality.

"The tutorial sessions will provide tangible training and updates to all those who work in healthcare interoperability, not just our members.”

The events are sponsored by InterSystems and will take place on Tuesdays in March. Full details, including how to register, are available by visiting the HL7 UK website.

HL7 is a not-for-profit organisation that produces standards for healthcare interoperability. HL7 UK has 200 members and provides a forum in which professionals can discuss these standards and the best ways of achieving secure and effective information flows around the health service.

HL7 Version 3 was chosen by NHS CFH as the standard for NHS Care Records Service systems to communicate with each other and with the NHS data “spine”. HL7 Version 2 is widely used in the NHS for administrative and clinical information.

Link: HL7 UK