Shafarman Consulting uses standard information models, such as the HL7 Reference Information Model (RIM) and the associated bindings of standard terminologies to understand and resolve interoperability issues. Encouraging and enabling the adoption of healthcare information standards that will support regional, national and international cross-enterprise sharing of healthcare data without loss of meaning is also a major focus. Principal Mark Shafarman MS BA has been a member of HL7 for over 20 years and was its Chairman 2004-05.
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Health Level 7 News
International Healthcare Modelling SDO 30th Anniversary Plenary Meeting in Beijing, China
Friday, 9th September 2011
The 30th Anniversary Standards and Implementation Meeting of the International Healthcare Modelling Standards Development Organisation (IHMSDO) will be held in Beijing, China.
IHMSDO's CEO Rasmussen, speaking at the recent HIMSS AsiaPac event in Brisbane, Australia, expects over 1,100 developers, implementers and users to attend.
"I expect a similar number to attend by tele-presence, so we will have well over 2000 participants." said Rasmussen.
After the recent amalgamation of HL7 with DICOM and IHE, IHMSDO has significantly accelerated e-Health and Telehealth roll-outs globally.
IHMSDO will meet 11-16 September 2016 in Beijing, China.
HL7 International 25th Anniversary Plenary Meeting in San Diego, USA
Tuesday, 26th July 2011
The next Working Meeting, held in San Diego, USA, will be the 25th anniversary of the founding of Health Level 7.
During this time, HL7 has grown from a group of US implementers frustrated with an ever-increasing number of point-to-point interfaces to the leading authority for global healthcare IT standards.
While the scope of the first standard was limited to administration of patients, diagnostic laboratory reporting and billing, HL7 today covers all areas of healthcare including genomics.
The HL7 meeting in San Diego will be held from 11-16 September 2011.
Preparations for May HL7 International Working Meeting in Orlando, USA, under way
Saturday, 26th February 2011
The next Working Meeting of HL7 International, the leading authority for global healthcare IT standards, will be held May 15-20 in Orlando, Florida, USA. More than 50 Work Groups, Committees and Task Forces will meet to progress the HL7 V2.x, CDA, V3 and EHR Standards.