1. Review of HL7 2008-2009 Rik Smithies Chair HL7 UK

2. HL7 UK Review AGM 2009 Brief review of happenings since last AGM “year of two halves” quiet summer... then our most active period for years just had 3 “Roadshows” part of a back-to-basics approach for HL7 UK

3. HL7 UK Review AGM 2009 Time of change for HL7 UK Shift away from being dominated by UK National Programme Previously a good source of material, news, attendees Left us with a gap to fill...a need to evolve Less need to be a source of technical support

4. HL7 UK Review AGM 2009 V3 now well established Take up varies from nation to nation Local politics and policy UK has led the way (billions of messages) Other countries now have large deployments Especially including CDA, even in the US. US picture changing with new administration?

5. HL7 UK Review AGM 2009 V3 now well established Many UK people engage direct with.Org 18 from UK at last WGM in US 10+ with official positions in.Org No need to support them HL7 UK wants to reach out to those who haven’t had a chance to get fully involved yet Marketing and awareness raising... –Took us a while to make this switch of mindset

6. HL7 UK Review AGM 2009 Marketing focus Regroup after quiet few months Moving web platform took some effort First push was annual conference, earlier than usual About 100 attendees, less than our peak, but respectable...and feedback very good More competition this year

7. HL7 UK Review AGM 2009 Follow up Quick follow up with first Tech Committee meeting in a few months –Heard about UK Pathology messaging –SOA framework, SAEAF Roadshows next Trying to get to those who wouldn’t normally attend an HL7 meeting – get numbers

8. HL7 UK Review AGM 2009 Roadshows, March 2009 Leeds, Birmingham, London About 130 people in total Raising awareness and getting people together So they know it isn’t just them trying to do this stuff Now 6 meetings in less than 6 months –Around 300 people who know more about HL7 than they did before Membership doing well

9. HL7 UK Review AGM 2009 Other news... US National Programme? HL7 signs up for Standards Charter Organisation –Follows on from JIC work, HL7, ISO, CEN cooperation –Also recent HL7 and IHTSDO (SNOMED) sign agreement

10. HL7 UK Review AGM 2009 Organisational, International New affiliate in Singapore WGMs planned in South America 2010 (Rio?) and Australia (2011?) HL7 Ambassadors programme HL7 CDA Product and Services Guide eLearning programme

11. HL7 UK Review AGM 2009 Standards... Industry's First Electronic Health Record System (EHR-S) Functional Requirements for Child Healthcare (Jan 2009) –“Not just messaging” New CDA release planned this year –Ambitious! Ballot pack and Normative Edition 2008 continue to grow...

12. HL7 UK Review AGM 2009 New areas NHS CFH continues to sponsor development of new HL7 “Static Model Designer” to replace Visio RMIM "message designer" tool –Tools slowly evolving SOA work, SAEAF –Services Aware Enterprise Architecture Framework –SOA in Healthcare: Value in a Time of Change," conference, with OMG, June 2-4, 2009 Chicago. HL7 diversifying as CDA and messaging become more established RIMBAA...