Germany
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Old Logo
Year of establishment
1993
Number of members
300
Current Chair
Prof. Sylvia Thun, MD FHL7
Technical Lead
Frank Oemig, PhD FHL7
Work Groups (+ Lead)
- CDA and Version 3 / XML: Dr. Christof Geßner
- Messaging and V2: Dr. Frank Oemig
- Terminologies: Heike Dewenter
- FHIR: Simone Heckmann
Some highlights and major achievements - since establishment
Cooperation with government institutions
- BMG health innovation hub, BFARM, RKI
- BMBF (Projects Medical- informatics initiative, NFDI4Health.de), TMF
Project Highlights
Profiles on National Level:
- v2-Messaging:
- German National Extension to IHE ITI PAM
- CDA
- a lot of IGs leading to a harmonized set specifications:
- discharge letter
- referral letter
- discharge management
- eprescription
- infection control
- pathology report
- rehabilitation report
- wound management
- certificate of disability
- contributions to IHE activities:
- FHIR
- German Base Profiles
- contribution to national activies: KBV, MII, cocos.team, GECCO, ...
Events, e.g. IHIC
- annual plenary meetings
- 4 WGMs per year as an open platform for interoperability
- IHIC
- DIT
- GMDS/MIE
Other
- wiki as a publication and cooperation platform
- ZULIP for discussing open topics
- interoperability platform as an anchor for open transparent processes
- awareness for interoperability aspects up to our government
- (coming) membership to SNOMED
What are the plans for the future?
- establishing a national standardization body including an according infrastructure
- stronger involvement in national activities and projects
- More engagement in HL7 int.
- FHIR-a-thons
- More members
- FHIR in nat. Infrastructure
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