In June 2019 INTEROPen presented its OneLondon Hackathon, offering members of the INTEROPen community the chance to ‘hack’ solutions to challenges facing this and other LCHRE areas and test LHCRE-toLHCRE connectivity. Below is a summary of the event and feedback received from those who took part.
Amir has been leading the INTEROPen community alongside Co-Chair, Luke Readman, for over three years and his energy, determination and ability to raise a smile while pushing people out of our comfort zones will be dearly missed. Often to be seen donning pink socks and a t-shirt from our unforgettable INTEROP SUMMIT (or even a Robin Hood cap), Amir has lived the spirit of INTEROPen principles of openness and transparency since its inception.
We are very excited to see the developments that can be achieved as we look to a future with a new Co-Chair and greater focus on giving a voice to the vendor members of our community – with a firm ally at the helm of NHS Digital and an even greater emphasis on delivering interoperability across health and social care.
Below is the letter announcing this news from INTEROPen Co-Chairs, Luke and Amir:
Earlier this month, INTEROPen delivered an interoperability update to the Royal College of GPs, looking at the work and progress made by the INTEROPen community, including FHIR curation with the RCGP Health Informatics Group, over the last year. The result is this link-packed review, including considerations, challenges and next steps.
Our event partner Digital Health Rewired has published full packed programme revealing the 80+ speakers who will be taking part across the eight tracks over two days.
CareConnect Guidance for Developers and Provider Organisations
The INTEROPen CareConnect FHIR profiles and Transfer of Care specifications are now ready for First of Type implementation, with the CareConnect API following soon!
The term “CareConnect” – coined by HL7 UK – has become a recognised “brand” describing UK interoperability assets. These may be vendor-led, NHS Digital-led, or curated by members of the INTEROPen community. The INTEROPen FHIR curation process exemplifies the application of our values of openness, transparency and collaboration.
Digital Health and INTEROPen have formed a partnership to accelerate the adoption of interoperability in UK healthcare.
Update: We received an amazing 133 responses to our Interoperability Priorities Questionnaire – THANK YOU!
Feedback has been positive on the INTEROPen FHIR curation process used to create CareConnect FHIR profiles to support UK clinical interoperability. The curation process was initially designed as a pilot for structured information sharing for Transfer of Care and GPConnect. This pilot has now come to an end and has been successful. As you will appreciate, the FHIR curation process, which underpins multiple NHS England and Digital work programmes, will need a suitable business case going forward.
The BETA versions of the Transfer of Care message specifications are now published; these are sufficiently mature to enable suppliers to development against. There are no plans to change the specifications other than to react to defects reported by implementers. The specifications can be found here
The Transfer of Care FHIR messages will use the ITK3 (Interoperability Toolkit) specification available here.
