Thank you, Ed. I was not able to get there, but it sounds like lots of activity.
--- Ed Dodds <dodds at conmergence.com> wrote: > Bruce et. al.: > > Excellent timing. Check out this April 18th event > please. > > ExpeditionWorkshop/OpenCollaboration > NetworkingHealthInformationTechnology > 2006 04 18 > > http://colab.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?ExpeditionWorkshop/ > OpenCollaboration_NetworkingHealthInformationTechnology_2006_04_18 > > > Or http://tinyurl.com/qejyw > > Purpose / Description (32LP) > Participants will explore opportunities for > multi-disciplinary and > community-based collaboration around national > challenges. By drawing on > strategic leadership and "best practices" underway > in the health arena, > participants will learn how to conduct open > collaboration in their own > settings. Presentations will illustrate exemplary > collaboration that is > transforming healthcare services delivery today. > Growing Communities of > Practice will benefit from knowledge-sharing > including: (33PG) > > open standards development (33PH) > web-based collaboration environments (33O1) > ontologies for efficient information-sharing and > (33O2) > Federal Enterprise Architecture Data Reference Model > V2.0 (32LQ) > In Light of this Purpose, How are We Building > Collaboration Readiness and > Discernment? Key Workshop Questions: (32LR) > How can multiple communities from diverse sectors > work together using > relevant scenarios to build stewardship practices > that support readiness and > realization of shared missions? (32LS) > How is the emerging maturity of notation systems > generally, including the > DRM abstract model, enabling multiple notation > (modeling) systems to > reinforce and map to one another, while contributing > to current demands for > real-time readiness and visibility of the "whole > picture"? (32LT) > How can the capacities of trust, agility, and > accountability be achieved > through federated stewardship among communities > still building common ground > and understanding? (32LU) > How can Communities of Practice (or Interest) define > their identities, > roles, and governance relationships in a manner that > reinforces their > individual and collective capacities? (32LV) > The President's Management Agenda (PMA) requires all > federal agencies to > transform the roles and relationships among people, > processes, and > technology in order to become a citizen-centered > government. The PMA > emphasizes bringing value and productivity results > to citizens, businesses, > and public managers. The Federal Enterprise > Architecture (FEA) is emerging > as an important collaborative organizing process to > promote the delivery of > effective, efficient services. FEA Reference Models > serve as catalysts for > foresight and discernment around improved mission > and business performance, > including data and information-sharing. The Data > Reference Model, in > particular, will provide a concrete means for > improving the capacity for > mission-related sharing, while also increasing the > downstream value of > strategic information assets. (32LW) > > /AdditionalContextualBackground - from the Network > of Communities of > Practice (32LX) > 8:30am - Check-in and Coffee (32LY) > > 8:40am - Welcome and Overview (32LZ) > > SusanTurnbull, GSA, Co-chair, Emerging Technology > Subcommittee, and > Co-chair, Social, Economic and Workforce > Implications of IT and IT Workforce > Development Coordinating Group, Subcommittee on > Networking and Information > Technology Research and Development (32M0) > > JohnThonasian, National Governors Association, State > Views on Collaboration > and Initiatives for Health Information Technology > (33WR) > > MarcWine, GSA, Intergovernmental Solutions Division, > Health Information > Technology (32N9) > > BrandNiemann, EPA, Chair, Semantic Interoperability > Community of Practice, > SICoP, EPA Data Architecture with DRM 2.0. See new > pilot to incorporate the > CHI Vocabularlies into the NCI Ontology > Infrastructure. See April 3, 2006, > Federal Computer Week, Framework could aid global > information exchange UDEF > attracting interest of National Cancer Institute, IT > groups (330N) > > 9:00am - Introductions: What are your interests in > light of the workshop > purpose? (32M2) > > 9:30am - Overview of Health IT Sharing Project, > MarcWine, GSA > Intergovernmental Solutions Division, Health > Information Technology > (32M3) > > 9:40am - Federal Health IT Initiatives: Enabling > Collaboration, J. Michael > Fitzmaurice, Ph.D., FACMI, Senior Science Advisor > for Information > Technology, Office of the Director, Agency for > Healthcare Research and > Quality (33LE) > > 10:00 - Questions and Discussion (33LC) > > 10:10 - BREAK (33LG) > > 10:20 - Health Care Standards Landscape Web-based > Tool, Tom Rhodes, NIST > (33LI) > > 10:40 - Open Collaboration and the Harmonization of > Standards -- Open > Discussion (33WS) > > 11:00 - Healthcare Services Specification Project > (HSSP): Toward Open, > Interoperable Health Service Standards for > Interoperability, Ken Rubin, > Chief Healthcare Architect, EDS Civilian Government > & DoD Healthcare > Portfolio and member HL7 Service-oriented > Architecture SIG and Object > Management Group's Healthcare Domain Task Force > (33PM) > > 11:20 - VA-DoD Health IT Sharing: Collaboration > Among Agencies, Fred McLain, > VA-DoD Health IT Sharing Program (33PC) > > 11:40 - Questions and Discussion (33LO) > > 11:50 - NASA Electronic Medical Record Project - > Collaboration between NASA > and Indian Health Service, Wycliff Hoffler, NASA > (33NS) > > 12:10 - Networking Lunch (on own) (33PD) > > 1:10 - caCORE: A Common Framework for Cancer Data > Management, Denise Warzel, > Associate Director, Core Infrastructure, National > Cancer Institute, Center > for Bioinformatics, NIH (33NB) > > 1:10 - Health IT: Value for Medicaid, Richard > Friedman, Director, Division > of State Systems, Center for Medicaid and State > Operations, The Centers for > Medicare and Medicaid Services, DHHS and Jared > Adair, Computer Science > Corporation (33PE) > > 1:30 - Questions and Discussion (33PF) > > 1:40 - Perspectives on Public - Private Open > Collaboration, Ned McColloch, > Federal Health Group Director, IBM (33NM) > > 2:0 - BREAK (33NK) > > 2:10 - Virtual Open Collaboration,Tom Jones, Tolven > Health and former VP > Medical Information, Oracle Corporation (33NI) > === message truncated === Bruce L. 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