2018-05-01 Meeting notes

Present:

Michael Legg, Eric Browne, Will Dampney, Vince McCauley, D. Mc,

Has been progressing the editing incluiding:

a) page orientation on the tables

b) watermark - is in the template now

c) page properties - will drive the text for the footer. Will to work with Brett and Jared to get what is needed.

ie Will is able to do the 3 main things above.

Michael asked how far off publishing. Will indicated Atlassian plug-in is up to date.

To do:

• Michael to speak Brett about HL7 Au policies for commenting.
• Michael to speak with Jared on what else needs to be done.

Present:

Michael Legg, Andrew McIntyre, Jared Davidson, Eric Browne, Richard Dixon-Hughes, Vince McCauley, D. Mc,

Objective: to review the public feedback on the draft “Australian Pathology Messaging - Localisation of HL7 Version 2.4” where the main component that has been changed is chapter 7 Patient Referral.

QH Feedback:

1) Gender identification:

• C'tee discussion included:
  • that the RCPA have a WG working on this subject.
  • this is a tricky topic and has considerable sensitivities by those involved.
  • Don't touch the administrative sex as there are established process for dealing with this and any changes will likely affect Medicare billing and a host of other standard interfaces.
  • Need to look at the clinical notes to see the detail about transitioning etc and specific patient details.
  • Vince is not aware of Gender identification being implemented in any systems.
  • It was noted that the current systems for handling Gender identification were not as good as they could be.