FHIR Implementers' Quarterly Community Call - August 26, 12-1 EST

August 26 Meeting Notes

Attendees:
1. Yaron Derman
2. Gavin Tong
3. Kenneth Sinn
4. Rita Pyle
5. Shamil Nizamov
6. Thomas Zhou
7. Tim Berezny
8. Lorraine Constable
9. Patrick Loyd
10. Janice Spence

Discussion Items:

FHIR North

FHIR North is 2 days this year, using the Feedloop conference platform

Intent to still offer both presentations (Academy) and hands-on (Code camp)

ACTION ITEM: Gavin - to speak with Mike Savage about whether there are opportunities to bring work back to this community from the presenters at the conference


eReferral

eReferral spec is stable but requires a circle back. Alberta has found some portions not clear enough; resources note available for a second pass

Alberta will use this as a base for Alberta's eReferral Service. Ideally, any Alberta new/specific requirements could be folded into the current

iGuide so that it is pan-Canadian rather than a distinct Alberta eReferral iGuide

Community discussed what would be the governance process to make this national and the need for dedicated resources

Two possibilities would be via HL7 Canada or IHE Canada

Would be helpful to have a FHIR expert person that can document and write the iGuide

Generally, this funding for this type of resource is driven by a funded project

ACTION: Yaron to inquire about support for iGuide review
ACTION: Yaron to reach out to Derek Ritz and Ron Parker regarding moving the eReferral iGuide towards national/international governance

On a related note, Alberta is also reviewing the Ontario Provincial Provider Registry FHIR iGuide to align

BC is a few months out from rolling out a Provider Registry iGuide as well (contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for further info)

Healthcare Service Directory

Tim is leading the development of a healthcare service directory iGuide with the goal of publishing a testable specification

Two day virtual workshop in September

Lots of interest across many groups ( 21 registrations so far)

Main focus with be on HealthcareService. Plan is to point to/leverage the Location and Organization resources from Canadian Baseline

To register for the workshop: zmurl.com/healthcareservice

HL7 Canada

Next Monday is a free webinar on the new FHIR registry for profiles and iGuides (register from the HL7 website)

Ron is contributing to the Baseline FHIR Governance committee

September HL7 ballot is coming up. Ontario plans are reviewing iGuides of interest

Canadian Baseline / FHIR Profiles

AllergyIntolerance profile underway

2/3rd way through comparing Ontario and Canadian profile and found several discrepancies

Considering how to bring in specific use cases to guide the definition

Work is posted on Github and build.fhir.org/ig/scratch-fhir-profiles/CA-Core/index.html

Next meeting is scheduled for December 2020.

Hi all,

The first installment of the quarterly approach to the community-wide updates call is tomorrow from 12-1pm EST. I'm posting the draft agenda here along with my apologies for not getting the meeting content and communications out to the Community sooner. A big thank-you to Gavin for agreeing to facilitate the meeting.

1. Updates
1a. FHIR North 2020 – Fully Virtual & Coast-to-Coast
1b. Open Call for Updates

2. Updates From Stream Leads
2a. eReferral
2b. HL7 Canada Council (attendance of lead permitting)
2c. Canadian FHIR Baseline Profiles