In addition to its usual standards creation activities, Accredited
Standards Committee X12 will be having presentations on adopting the
next generation of HIPAA transaction standards, and the National Health
Information Infrastructure and HL7's draft Electronic Health Record
Standard. Short descriptions of each of these presentations are at the
end of this message.

Information on attending these sessions at X12's Miami [Hyatt Regency
hotel] Trimester meeting the first week in October can be found at
http://x12.org/x12org/meetings/x12trimt/index.cfm . First time
non-members may attend X12 Trimester meetings for free. At
this late date, contact Diane Huber, dhuber@... , if you're
interested in this option.

The sessions described below are an excellent opportunity learn more on
these two key topics at one time. Take advantage of them, as well as
the entire X12 experience, if you can.

Dave Feinberg
Rensis Corporation [A Consulting Company]
206-617-1717
DAFeinberg@...
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X12N/TG3/WG3 "HIPAA Implementation / Coordination"
presents another installment of the
HIPAA INFORMATIONAL FORUM

Wednesday Afternoon
6 October 2004
Ashe Auditorium


3:00-4:00 HIPAA Transactions - The Next TR3's
A discussion of the materials, processes, schedules, and some of
the as-yet unanswered questions involved in creating the next
iteration of HIPAA standard transactions.

4:00-5:00 The NHII and HL7's Draft EHR-S Standard
A report on HHS' National Health Information Infrastructure
(NHII) Summit on Health Information Technology held this past
July and Health Level Seven's (HL7) recently approved Electronic
Health Record System (EHR-S) draft standard. Included is an
analysis of their potential relationships with HIPAA transaction
standards.


Note: "HIPAA and X12 -- An Introduction", a.k.a.
HIPAA-101, is scheduled for presentation
at 11:00 on Monday morning as part of the
Newcomer Orientation in Gautier; see
attachment.
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