1. Laboratory, Automated, and Point-of-Care Testing (LAPOCT) SIG

2. Co-chairs Andrzej Knafel Manish Narang Jeff Perry Bob Uleski

3. History Started as Laboratory Automation SIG –Originally part of NCCLS POC joined in 2001 –Originally part of Connectivity Industry Consortium (CIC) Name changed to support three realms of contribution –Lab, Automated testing, and POC

4. Contributions to HL7 Chapter 13 to v2.4 –Specifies Laboratory Automation –Introduced Specimen and Container (SAC) Segment –SAC has evolved into an SPM segment in ch. 7 Order and Observation messages related to Specimen –In chapters 4, and 7 Messages related to POC (3 new triggers) CMETs for Specimen, Order Options, and Reagents in v3

5. Affiliations IEEE 1073 Community Based Health Telemedicine NCCLS DICOM???

6. Membership HIS/LIS vendors Device Manufacturers Consultants Providers

7. Projects Host Query based on Specimen Use case development for Telemedicine/CBH Interoperability demo for IEEE 1073/Community Based Health/POC QC for POC Laboratory Automation in v3 Support Order & Observations with v3 Lab Messages