„ Professional Association of Management Consultancy and Information Technology“, Antilope 2014 Martin Prager A warm welcome! Professional Association of Management Consultancy and Information Technology (UBIT) Over members grant competence and innovation Martin Prager Vienna, 2014 Austrian Economic Chambers

„ Professional Association of Management Consultancy and Information Technology“, Antilope 2014 Martin Prager founded in 1985 legal representation of the Consulting and IT Industries in Austria legally independent part of the Federal Austrian Economic Chamber organisation under public law with mandatory membership Over members ( (qualified) members of Experts Groups Austrian Economic Chambers

„ Professional Association of Management Consultancy and Information Technology“, Antilope 2014 Martin Prager Experts Groups -Basel II Consultants -Cooperation and Networking -Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) -E-Business Experts -E-Government Experts -Innovation and Research -IT-Security -Management Training -Mediation Experts -Open Source Experts -Succession Experts -TransEuropa

„ Professional Association of Management Consultancy and Information Technology“, Antilope 2014 Martin Prager Ehealth Interest Group “ Arbeitskreis eHealth ” Over 300 software developers of ehealth software in Austria All are members of the Austrian Economic Chamber WKÖ Annual meetings eHealth Board

„ Professional Association of Management Consultancy and Information Technology“, Antilope 2014 Martin Prager Challenges The eHealth Interest Group has a number of challenges in the area of software development : The customers are health care providers Austria defines the legal parameters The health insurences define the economic framework Basically the customer needs updates for the changing legal and financial parameters but have to carry the cost of software development The eHealth software providers need to be sure their investments are in line with all paerameters – and the customers (health care providers) needs

„ Professional Association of Management Consultancy and Information Technology“, Antilope 2014 Martin Prager ELGA The ELGA project has been described in the presentation by Mrs. Kathrin Trunner (Ministry of Health) The challenges for our software industry become more complex with ELGA, but it is a great chance for the eHealth interest group to work in self-organisation and setup the processes The decision was taken by the eHealth board to organise a certification process for its members

„ Professional Association of Management Consultancy and Information Technology“, Antilope 2014 Martin Prager Certification Process The certification process chosen: self organised contract with the Fachhochschule Technikum Wien use the results of the EU Project HITCH, align to ANTILOPE concepts

„ Professional Association of Management Consultancy and Information Technology“, Antilope 2014 Martin Prager Hitch

„ Professional Association of Management Consultancy and Information Technology“, Antilope 2014 Martin Prager Hitch HITCH: Healthcare Interoperability Testing and Conformance Harmonisation Reference Projects National, Regional and Local Projects Market, Industry, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) HITCH Roadmap issues and solutions for interoperability Effective Interoperability EU Projects M403, epSOS, Calliope, EHR-Q TN, Smart PHS SDOs HL7, DICOM CEN, CENELEC ETSI Health Organisations EAHP, ECR, IHE Europe, HOPE, ESR, EuroRec, EHO,UEPS, GPEU Outside Europe CCHIT Infoway IHE International Requirements IssuesSolutions Tools And Pro- cesses EU funded project Interoperability Testing Quality Management System (QMS) Determination of Future Tools and Tool Roadmap Quality Labelling Strategy for Tested eHealth Products

„ Professional Association of Management Consultancy and Information Technology“, Antilope 2014 Martin Prager Timing: EU,Austria,Technikum X e-health Focus Group e-health Action Plan eHealth Initiative Health reform ELGA project company Projects, theses, papers, … Healthy IO Project Focus eHealth IHE Austria eHealth Interoperability FW (eH EIF) Health reform Antilope HITCH

„ Professional Association of Management Consultancy and Information Technology“, Antilope 2014 Martin Prager Certification I: CDA Import Export The first certification scheme has been set up Certification of GP Software for Import and Export of medical reports - Conformance to ELGA CDA Implementation Guides HITCH / ANTILOPE concepts helped us a lot to reach fast results at sufficient quality!! Experience will grow as we continue Ongoing activity and development of further certification modules in coordination with the needs of ELGA implementation

„ Professional Association of Management Consultancy and Information Technology“, Antilope 2014 Martin Prager Certification II: Insurance Law Austrian Insurance Law mentions certification of GP software: - reimbursement interfaces - eCard System interfaces - Import and export of patient records Certification is available from Social Insurance Organisation, in cooperation with Chamber of Doctors Observations: - The approach seems to be different to HITCH / ANTILOPE concepts - to be further discussed

„ Professional Association of Management Consultancy and Information Technology“, Antilope 2014 Martin Prager Certification III: ELGA?? Austrian national EHR is approaching fast Tests of first components are ongoing Certification of some kind is to be expected??

„ Professional Association of Management Consultancy and Information Technology“, Antilope 2014 Martin Prager Questions ?

„ Professional Association of Management Consultancy and Information Technology“, Antilope 2014 Martin Prager Austrian Economic Chambers Martin Prager