Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise will hold its 11th annual European interoperability testing event, known as the IHE Connectathon, in Pisa, Italy.
The five day event will bring together more than 200 IT engineers from 90 different companies to test the interoperability of applications provided by multiple vendors in health information systems.
All companies implementing IHE Technical Framework specifications in their products will be able to test them with systems and products from other vendors in a real-time interoperability environment.
Peter Kuenecke, IHE-Europe vendor co-chair, said: “After 10 years of steady progress, Connectathon is now seen as the right place at the right moment for people to share experiences on e-health implementations.”
The results of the Connectathon will be published on the IHE-Europe website and application vendors may refer to the IHE Integration Statements to show compliance of their products with IHE Integration Profiles.
A parallel interoperability testing event, organised by the epSOS (Smart Open Services for European Patients) and known as a Projectathon, will take place at the same time: 11-15 April.
This event will be part of the large-scale European pilot program for the cross-border exchange of patient summaries and electronic prescriptions.
In addition to the two testing events, Connectathon 2011 will offer a conference program of workshops and seminars gathering key stakeholders from European health IT programs.