20080716 ARB Jump Start

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The meeting was called to order at 8:30am by John Koisch with Tony Julian as the scribe.

• • Attendees: Mead Walker, John Koisch, Tony Julian, Abdul-Malik Shakir, Jane Curry
  • Visitors: Ed Larsen

8-10 - Conformance and Compliance, Conformance Models

• Discussion was held concerning the caBIG ENterprise Integration Conformance and Compliance_016 document.
• An enterprise can be depicted as a cloud, with exposed and unexposed services.
• Multiple enterprises may overlap, with the exposed services being the intersection points.
  • Enterprise diagram-
    
    • WE know how to do this with the Internet/Intranet, and the boundaries.
    • WE do NOT know how to do this via systems or services.

10-11 – Review of 2bBAM Modeling

• Discussion was held concerning the role of the ARB in this endeavor. There is an understanding that this is the right group since the expertise is at the table.

11-12 – HL7 Enterperise Architecture Framework (HEAF)

• Who are HL7's customers?
  • Anyone who benefits from or contributes to our specifications.
  • Indirect customers are
    • everyone who contributes to healthcare, keeping in mind that the definition of healthcare varies between jurisdictions.
    • Those who benefit by our production.
  • Direct customers are the people who contribute, either financially or otherwise.
• What are HL7's "customers" asking ?
  • Means to reduce barriers to interoperability
    • Technical strategies
      • V2 vs V3
      • Messages vs Services
    • Technical solutions
• What do "we"(HL7's) think our customers need?
• What of our customer needs are we willing, able, and prepared to provide
• What perparations need to be made to enable us to meed customer needs and expectations as desired.

Adjournment

Tony