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http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?ConferenceCall_2008_01_10 (01)
*REMINDER* (02)
The Ontolog Panel Discussion entitled "Semantic Interoperability
in Health Informatics: Lessons Learned" is coming up tomorrow,
i.e. Thursday, 10-January-2008 (starting at 10:30am PST / 1:30pm
EST / 18:30 UTC). (03)
Come join us in this discussion session during which our expert
panel - Mr. Marc Wine, Dr. Saul Resenberg, Dr. Michael Cummens
and Mr. Rex Brooks will share their insights with the community.
The session will be co-chaired by Marc and Rex, and will start
with briefing from the panel. We will then go into a Q & A and
open discussion segment during which all attendees are invited to
participate. (04)
RSVP (by e-mailing the sender off-line; if you aren't already an
Ontolog member, kindly include your name, affiliation and job
title as well) if you are planning to attend and haven't already
responded. (05)
We look forward to having you at the session. Please refer to all
agenda and call-in details on the session page, whose link
appears at the top of this message. (06)
Regards. =ppy
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---------- announcement message ----------
From: Peter Yim <peter.yim@xxxxxxxx>
Date: Dec 20, 2007 3:40 PM
Subject: Re: [ontolog-invitation] Semantic Interoperability in
Health Informatics: Lessons Learned
- Panel Discussion - Thu 2008-01-10
To: ontolog-invitation@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (08)
************************ Headlines ************************ (09)
The Ontolog Forum is featuring a panel discussion early in the
New Year: (010)
*Thu 10 January 2008* - Mr. Marc Wine will be moderating an
expert panel that includes Professor Saul Rosenberg, Dr. Mike
Cummens, MD and Mr. Rex Brooks, who will share with us: "Semantic
Interoperability in Health Informatics: Lessons Learned" (011)
Register your attendance by emailing <peter.yim@xxxxxxxx> offline (012)
************************* Details ************************* (013)
Your are cordially invited to join us at this upcoming Ontolog
(virtual) event. (014)
The online Ontolog events are open and free of charge. Anyone who
is interested, or (better still) who may have something to
contribute, is welcome. Refer to individual event details on
their respective session pages. The links are given below, where
you will find session agenda, presentation abstract, conference
call dial-in and other pertinent details . (015)
*Thursday, 10-January-2008* - Mr. Marc Wine (GSA) and co-author
of the recently published book "Medical Informatics 20/20:
Quality and Electronic Health Records through Collaboration, Open
Solutions, and Innovation" will be moderating an expert panel
that includes Professor Saul Rosenberg (UCSF), Dr. Mike Cummens,
MD and Mr. Rex Brooks (Starbourne Communications, OASIS & NCOR).
Building from a recent work of theirs that focuses on using
semantic interoperability and ontologies in electronic health
records (EHRs) for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and Traumatic
Brain Injury (PTSD/TBI) Clinical Decision Support Systems, the
panel will take us through a discussion entitled: "Semantic
Interoperability in Health Informatics: Lessons Learned." (016)
... Please refer to details at the session wiki page at:
http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?ConferenceCall_2008_01_10 (017)
*Abstract* (018)
The issues surrounding the evolution of practical Semantic
Interoperability in Health Informatics are complex, and
complicated by the lack of Information Technology uptake in the
Healthcare community at large. In Medical Informatics:20/20 the
authors, including moderator Marc Wine have examined the clinical
issues in depth. Marc will give us a summary in his introduction
to this session. (019)
Mike Cummens, MD worked on the Northrop Grumman NHIN group
prototype and will discuss what he learned working on the
Terminology Service Bureau component of the prototype. Mike will
also discuss the specific problems of adequately translating
Electronic Health Records produced by one system such as the VA
or the Military Health Medcin system to another system such as
Epic. Because this factor is amplified by the interoperability
issues of moving data between diverse platforms and operating
systems, not only must there by translation between specific
applications that may or may not share common standards, but also
between combinations of platforms and operating systems,
exponentially enlarging the problem before considering the
problems of scalability in performance across such boundaries. (020)
Saul Rosenberg (UCSF) has developed a new concept for the
diagnosis of brain injury and PTSD, and discovered along the way
that he needed a new vocabulary standard. Having the opportunity
to start fresh unlike a great deal of medical terminology and
nomenclature developed before the widespread distribution of
Information Technology, he nevertheless faces interoperability
challenges. He will discuss what he has learned in exploring what
will be needed to move his concept forward. (021)
Rex Brooks approaches the field of Health Informatics from the IT
side of these issues and is building a SOA Registry-Repository
for the domain of Health Informatics that includes Service
Providers, Services, Standards and Standards Development
Organizations as well as guidance on how to implement Standards
effectively and understand how to assess and select ontologies by
groups such as the National Center for Ontological Research. (022)
*RSVP* by by emailing me at <peter.yim@xxxxxxxx> offline so that
we can prepare enough resources to support everyone. (Kindly
include your affiliation and job title if you aren't already a
member of the Ontolog community.) Before participating, please
also make sure you are aware of our IPR policy (ref:
http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?WikiHomePage#nid32). (023)
Regards. =ppy (024)
Peter P. Yim co-convener, Ontolog (025)
P.S. Please note that we are taking a break between now and New
Year's Day. See our listing of other exciting events at Ontolog
that we have planned for the New Year, under our "News &
Announcements" section at:
http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?WikiHomePage#nidW (026)
In particular, there will be a planning meeting (conference call)
on an possible Open Ontology Repository initiative on
03-Jan-2008. Those who are interested to participate and
contribute are welcomed to join. See details on the session page
at:
http://ontolog.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?ConferenceCall_2008_01_03 (027)
In the mean time, Happy Holidays, Everyone!
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