Please review the attached WG formation request and edit this page to add a vote on behalf of your WG. Each WG gets one vote.
Voters should use edit mode to enter their name and add an "X" to the Agree or Disagree column, as well as adding any comments they or their WG may have and accept an update to the page.
Work Group | Voter Name | Agree with WG Formation | Disagree with WG Formation | Comment |
Arden Syntax | ||||
Biomedical Research and Regulation | HUgh Glover | We are unclear about the relationship between this proposed group and the Gravity Accelerator and its sponsoring workgroups (Patient Care and Public Health) - BR&R would like to see this clarified before we approve. GD: From the PSS: "Proposed Formal Relationships with other work groups and Accelerators: The Human Services Work Group will be intentional about identifying opportunities to cross collaborate. This work group may have work items that intersect and overlap with the following work groups: Patient Care, EHR, Public Health, Community Based Care and Privacy (CBCP), and others as identified over time. The new work group will collaborate with other work groups on sub-domains of common interest. The goal will be to ensure ongoing communication and collaboration. The Human Services Work Group will purposely collaborate with the HL7 FHIR Accelerator, the Gravity Project, through sponsorship of upcoming Gravity use cases focused on local, state, Tribal, Territories, and federal based data capture and exchange." | ||
Clinical Decision Support | Bryn Rhodes | X | Strongly support formation of this Workgroup and look forward to working with them on future CDS-related use cases. | |
Clinical Genomics | ||||
Clinical Information Modeling Initiative | Stan Huff | X | CIMI is strongly in favor of the formation of this new Workgroup. | |
Clinical Interoperability Council | Russell Leftwich | X | CIC votes in favor. | |
Clinical Quality Information | Floyd Eisenberg | X | We support the formation of this Workgroup to bring the related communities to HL7 and support interoperability. | |
Community-Based Care and Privacy | David Pyke | X | We agree with the new definition. | |
Conformance | X | We are not against the formation of this group. | ||
Cross-Group Projects | ||||
Devices | ||||
Electronic Health Records | Mark Janczewski | x | EHR WG would like to be an "interested party". | |
Emergency Care | Laura Heermann | X | Agree with others who identified the need for the work group to not be US specific and should look towards international engagement. | |
FHIR Infrastructure | Lloyd McKenzie | X | We would like to see non-US use-cases and at least one non-US chair. | |
Financial Management | MaryKay McDaniel | X | ||
Imaging Integration | X | Voted on | ||
Implementable Technology Specifications | Paul Knapp | X | We support the creation of a Workgroup to focus on the identified scope. | |
Infrastructure and Messaging | ||||
Learning Health Systems | Russell Leftwich/Bruce Bray | X |
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Mobile Health | ||||
Modeling and Methodology | Jean Duteau | X | This is a good WG that can look at some of the expanding areas of healthcare. MnM is fine with this proposal with a note that the proposal and the WG members were very US-focused. An outreach to the international community would be very appropriate. GD: Line is working on this. Email screen capture from Line: | |
Orders & Observations | Hans Buitendijk | X | OO reviewed and has various questions before finalizing its vote:
We therefore seek clarification why this need to be a new workgroup rather than one or more projects within an existing workgroup. Bandwidth of those workgroups could be a concern, but that challenge does not change and even may be more challenging having a separate workgroup that still needs the same volunteers to be successful. One would assume this community would bring a number of new volunteers to that existing workgroup that could focus and manage that work. Thus no concerns with the work, but rather with the need to have a new workgroup to achieve the work, GD: This is a valid question and one the the HHS Administration for Children and Families considered. We feel the group itself will bring in "new blood" including those who have FHIR experience who work in this domain, have not heretofore been formally involved in HL7 (besides zulip) and will have more comfort in interactions and discussions and "getting to done" than within the aforementioned groups GD: From the PSS: "Proposed Formal Relationships with other work groups and Accelerators: The Human Services Work Group will be intentional about identifying opportunities to cross collaborate. This work group may have work items that intersect and overlap with the following work groups: Patient Care, EHR, Public Health, Community Based Care and Privacy (CBCP), and others as identified over time. The new work group will collaborate with other work groups on sub-domains of common interest. The goal will be to ensure ongoing communication and collaboration. The Human Services Work Group will purposely collaborate with the HL7 FHIR Accelerator, the Gravity Project, through sponsorship of upcoming Gravity use cases focused on local, state, Tribal, Territories, and federal based data capture and exchange." | |
Patient Administration | Line Saele | X | ||
Patient Care | Emma Jones | X |
GD: From the PSS: "Proposed Formal Relationships with other work groups and Accelerators: The Human Services Work Group will be intentional about identifying opportunities to cross collaborate. This work group may have work items that intersect and overlap with the following work groups: Patient Care, EHR, Public Health, Community Based Care and Privacy (CBCP), and others as identified over time. The new work group will collaborate with other work groups on sub-domains of common interest. The goal will be to ensure ongoing communication and collaboration. The Human Services Work Group will purposely collaborate with the HL7 FHIR Accelerator, the Gravity Project, through sponsorship of upcoming Gravity use cases focused on local, state, Tribal, Territories, and federal based data capture and exchange." | |
Patient Empowerment | Virginia Lorenzi | x | The Patient Empowerment Workgroup met and approved an endorsement on the creation of the new Human and Social Services Workgroup.
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Payer/Provider Information Exchange | Russell Ott | x | Vote taken 8/31 | |
Pharmacy | Melva Peters | x | Suggest that the group add in non US use cases and bring in non-US participants GD: Line is working on this. Email screen capture from Line: | |
Public Health | Craig Newman | x | GD: Public Health Questions from email with co-chairs:
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Publishing, Electronic Services, and Tooling | Brian Pech | X | Getting more international members should be a priority for the new group. GD: Line is working on this. Email screen capture from Line: | |
Security | Chris Shawn | X | ||
Services Oriented Architecture | ||||
Structured Documents | Matt Szczepankiewicz | X | ||
Vocabulary | Carmela Couderc | X | See comment entered by Carmela Couderc below. |
8 Comments
John Moehrke
There seems to be significant overlap with the declared scope of CBCP (except for the Privacy part of CBCP). Is there an intent to carve out these responsibilities from CBCP?
Gay Dolin
Yes - we have met with them several times and intend to collaborate fully. These scope has been edited several times with CBCP and reviewed to be sure the difference is clear. This should be evident if scopes are compared.
Carmela A. Couderc
Vocab is ok with creating the new work group, however similar to John's comment about CBCP, we see overlap with Patient Care and Public Health work group scope, as well as with Gravity. What is the plan to coordinate with those groups? Second the comments about international representation and participation.
Gay Dolin
From the PSS:
"Proposed Formal Relationships with other work groups and Accelerators: The Human Services Work Group will be intentional about identifying opportunities to cross collaborate. This work group may have work items that intersect and overlap with the following work groups: Patient Care, EHR, Public Health, Community Based Care and Privacy (CBCP), and others as identified over time. The new work group will collaborate with other work groups on sub-domains of common interest. The goal will be to ensure ongoing communication and collaboration. The Human Services Work Group will purposely collaborate with the HL7 FHIR Accelerator, the Gravity Project, through sponsorship of upcoming Gravity use cases focused on local, state, Tribal, Territories, and federal based data capture and exchange."
Gay Dolin
Lloyd McKenzie - Do you have any suggestions for an international person who might like to serve as one of the assigned interim co-chairs?
Lloyd McKenzie
No. The proponents will need to reach out to the community - perhaps start with the international council? It's just important that the work group doesn't have an overly US-centric perspective/focus.
Gay Dolin
OK. Good idea. Thanks
Gay Dolin
Hello Conformance WG, Thanks for your consideration and for taking this up on a vote at the end of the month. The focus is beyond children - but IS highly focused on families, including services needed by adults to be functioning adults whether or not they have children.