1. TUESDAY, 3:30 – 3:50PM David Riley, CONNECT Lead (Contractor) Federal Health Architecture Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT CONNECT 3.0 and Beyond 1

2. CONNECT 3.X Architecture in 2010: In 2010 Major architectural changes will occur in the product to: »Increase modularity »Improve performance »Enhance extensibility »Decrease time to adopt and use HIMSS 20102

3. New in CONNECT 3.X Architecture in 2010: »CONNECT Gateway New Services as defined by the NHIN »CONNECT Enterprise Service Platform Focus on standardizing interfaces for ESC Plug-ins Enhancing Adapter Toolkit »CONNECT Universal Client Framework CONNECT UCF Work Bench HIMSS 20103

4. CONNECT Direct: A CONNECT 3.X Release CONNECT Direct is a CONNECT 3.X release in 2010: »Implements the evolving standards from the NHIN Direct Prototype Effort »Built using the CONNECT Workbench »Extensible, modular, configurable HIMSS 20104

5. CONNECT Community Upcoming Events: »CONNECT 2.4 Release March 16, 2010 »CONNECT 2.4 Webinar »CONNECT Code-A-Thon April 28 th – 29 th at FIU »CONNECT 3.0 Release Scheduled for July 7, 2010 »CONNECT Annual Training Seminar July 2010 HIMSS 20105

6. CONNECT Community Portal Update www.connectopensource.org Let’s CONNECT, Communicate and Collaborate! HIMSS 20106

7. Thank You 7 The participation of any company or organization in the NHIN and CONNECT area within the HIMSS Interoperability showcase does not represent an endorsement by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, the Federal Health Architecture or the Department of Health and Human Services.