National Actions

GMSIH

The purpose of the contract with the GMSIH (Groupement pour la Modernisation du Système d'Information Hospitalier) is to support IHE-France in its activity of promoting IHE in France. This includes education of users and vendors in France through the 2 days teaching sessions organized at the GMSIH in Paris or within University Hospitals in the regions.
In 2007, two sessions including vendors and users took place in Paris, completed by 2 day training at the CHU of Tours and the CHU of Nantes.
Promotion during congresses is also included in the contract. The team provided support for the organization of HIT in May and the JFR in October. Support includes booth staffing, presentations and realisation of posters. Some logistics is also included.
Both education and promotion are essentials to the project in order to keep in touch with the needs of the users and vendors in terms of tools.

Contact with GIP DMP

GIP DMP, or the Groupement d'Intérêt Public Dossier Médical Personel, is working on the specification and the deployement of the french Electronic Health Record. The specifications produced by the GIP DMP references the IHE publications. In 2007, the GIP DMP increased its involvement into IHE with the participation of Manuel METZ and Ana ESTERLICH to the Berlin Connectathon. Ana and Manuel participated as monitor, verifying the test performed by the vendors. In addition, Manuel METZ is now co-chairing the IHE IT-Infrastructure technical committee.
Our team is also in discussion with Alain ESPINOUX on the process for the certification of the general practitioner software in the context of the DMP.

Contact with ETSI

ETSI is the European Telecommunications Standards Institute. ETSI produces globally-applicable standards for Information and Communications Technologies (ICT), including fixed, mobile, radio, converged, broadcast and internet technologies. ETSI organize plugtest sessions for interoperability and conformance testing that are similar to the IHE connectathon event.
Contact were made with Philippe COUSIN from ETSI. Introduction of IHE activities and presentation of the Kudu tool to the Philippe COUSIN. Following the meeting, Philippe COUSIN sent 2 persons (Gaby LENHART and François FISHER) to visit the IHE European Connectathon in Berlin.