HSPC Architecture WG - Meeting Notes - 2016.03.21

Participants

John Butler

Todd Cooper (Unlicensed)

Rick Freeman

Travis Hilton

Terry Leudtke

Zoran Milosevic

GuyR

Bryn Rhodes (Unlicensed)

Davide Sottara

Keith Toussaint

Presentation:  eHealth Architecture Principles - Australian Interoperability Context (Zoran Milosevic)

Agenda / Discussion

1. SOA WG - Chair - Call for Nominations
   • Davide reminded the group that the official Call for Nominations was sent out to the general HSPC mailing list last Friday.
   • Nominations close this Friday.
   • NOTE:  If you didn't receive the e-mail, please notify Todd Cooper who can forward a copy of the announcement
2. PRESENTATION:  eHealth Architecture Principles 
   • See PDF attached above
   • Zoran Milosevic presented an overview of the eHealth architecture principles used by NEHTA in Australia
   • The foundational documents can be obtained from NEHTA ...
     • www.nehta.gov.au 
     • Register (5 minutes max; free) to get access to the documents
     • eHealth Architecture Principles
     • eHealth Interoperability Framework 
   • Discussion points included ...
     • (Todd) Given the concise statements, many with specialized terms like "interoperability", how hard was it to get consensus on the published documents?
       • (Zoran) It was not easy. Took many discussions and hours.  But when it was all completed, there was strong consensus and support for the set of principles
       • (Davide) Which is exactly why HSPC should use these as a starting point - since they have already been vetted by a group of experts
     • (Davide) These should be replicated on the HSPC Architectural Principles wiki page, but some "leveling" added; for example, some are more general and business focused, while others are technically focused at specific architectural layers or service design
       • Should consider adopting these as HSPC's starting set
       • The implications section should include a focus on the HSPC-specific implications of the application of the principle
     • (Zoran) have any of the participants been involved in principle development in the past?
       • (Keith) yes, most recently for a Mayo project
     • (Zoran) Is HSPC only U.S. focused or are they open to international engagement?
       • (Davide) Though the key HSPC provider members and vendors are U.S. based, the organization is actively talking with organizations in Canada + 
       • Summits such as the 2015 semantics / terminology summit included representatives from across the planet, and 
       • In general, the open standards-based health informatics community is ... international!
   • ACTIONS
     • (Todd) update wiki w/ documents
     • (Davide, Zoran) Update HSPC Architectural Principles wiki page with these principles, correlated with Oscar's initial set, for comment and adoption as HSPC's
     • (SOA WG) Comment on these principles 
3. Next Meeting
   • Monday, March 28th
   • Agenda:  TBD