IHE USA sponsors the North American Connectathon and manages the schedule and logistics for the event.  Pointers to details are gathered here. If you have questions or need help, please contact the IHE USA staff at connectathon@ihe.net 

LINK:	SUMMARY:
Connectathon location & dates	Cleveland Convention Center & HIMSS Innovation Center -- Cleveland, Ohio January 25-29, 2016
Email list for Connectathon announcements	All participants in the NA Connectathon must join this group. It is used for technical and logistical announcements from the NA Connectathon sponsors and technical managers. To subscribe, send an email to NA_connectathon+subscribe@googlegroups.com. Please note that you need to sign in to a Google account (or create one) in order to join this group.
Detailed Connectathon schedule	This schedule will help you stay on track from October through January!  We also have the Weekly Reminder page containing technical preparation steps.
Contracts, Fees, Payment	Four steps to register for the Connectathon.
Policies & Guidelines	IHE USA publishes these policies for contracting, payment, and participation in the IHE North American Connectathon 2016.
Connectathon badges	Order badges for your staff that will attend the Connectathon.  Order early; badge prices increase after November 21.
Hotel info	http://iheusa.org/connectathon-participantresources.aspx#hotelandtravel
Shipping & extra electrical service	Service kit for Cleveland Convention Center
Seating assignments	Seating assignments (TBA)- There are two tabs in this spreadsheet. First tab: each cell represents one table with two chairs; table locations are identified by a letter/number, eg L28. Second tab: seating assignments sorted by Organization. Connectathon floor plan (TBA)
NA Connectathon Conference 2016	January 27, 2016 - a one-day educational & networking event at the HIMSS Innovation Center.
Connectathon Technical Resources	Find details about technical preparation for connectathon:  tools, network, training, and much more.
Connecthon FAQ	Answers to questions many first-time participants ask.

  Contact Us! Get help when you need it.

   Go Back! to the NA Connectathon 2016 main page

   

Contact Information

Connectathon Technical Project Manager (Steve Moore) Use the email address at the right for any kind of Connectathon technical support question. Your email will be entered into a Jira tracking system	naconnectathon.helpdesk@gmail.com
IHE USA Connectathon Management and Logistics	connectathon@ihe.net
Domain Technical Project Managers (by Last Name) Contact a Domain Technical Project Manager if your question is specific to a profile in a particular domain.
Paul Dow + Cardiology	pdow@acc.org
Lynn Felhofer + IT Infrastructure + Quality, Research and Public Health + Radiology	felhofer.lynn@gmail.com
Steve Moore + Patient Care Coordination + Consolidated CDA testing	naconnectathon.helpdesk@gmail.com
Eric Poiseau + Anatomic Pathology + Laboratory + Pharmacy	eric.poiseau@inria.fr
Paul Sherman + Patient Care Devices	paulrshermancce@gmail.com

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Welcome! We gather resources here for our extraordinary volunteer monitors.

Table of Contents:

• On-site logistics: Daily schedule, Gazelle, Table assignments, Network,
• Tools at Connectathon
• Profile Assignments
• Technical Specs:  IHE Technical Framework Documentation
• Training Material
• Preparation Logistics: pre-Connectathon timeline, Travel, Expenses, Profile assignments, Non-Disclosure & Conflict of Interest forms
• Nice video on the benefits of being a monitor
• Our FAQ for vendor participants
• Contact Info

On-Site Logistics

Connectathon Schedule:

Mon Jan 25, 8:30-9:00am	Monitors arrive at the Cleveland Convention Center.
Monday 9:00 am	Meeting Room 21 on the Exhibit Floor level, adjacent to the Registration/Check-in: Badge & monitor packet pick-up. Monitor welcome/orientation meeting. If you cannot arrive by 9am, don't worry; you can get your badge at the main Connectathon registration desk when you arrive.
Monday 9:30am	Monitors find their table on the Connectathon floor and get hooked up to the network. The Connectathon managers will then turn their attention to welcoming vendor participants until testing starts at 10am.
Monday  10 am - 5:30 pm	Connectathon testing begins promptly at 10am
Tue Jan 26 Wed Jan 27 Thu Jan 28 9am-5:30	Connectathon testing session FYI: Off-Hours Access + Participants in the Connectathon will have support from staff (technical managers and volunteer monitors) during regular testing session hours. + The Connectathon testing floor is staffed by hotel security 24/7.  + The Connectathon floor will be open at 7am Tues through Friday. Entry/re-entry will be allowed until 9pm each evening. No re-entry after 9pm. If you happen to be working very late, you will be asked to leave the Connectathon floor at 11pm.
Fri Jan 29 8am-noon	- Final Connectathon testing session. - Connectathon ends promptly at noon.

 

Gazelle:

• Off-site & on-site (same as before the Connectathon): http://ihe.wustl.edu/gazelle-na/home.seam

Network Info

• Wireless / General
• SSID:  NA2016
• Password: cleveland16
• Security type:  TBD
• NetworkDescriptionNA2016.pdf - this is the description of the Connectathon testing network.  Target audience for this document is testing participants.  FYI-only for Monitors.

Seating assignments:

• CAT16_Table_Assignments_For_Monitors.pdf

Ask Questions.  Get Help:

Monitor Logistics support -

• IHE USA staff - Help Desk
• Network staff - (J31)

Monitor Technical Support -

• Steve Moore - (K28)
• PCC & Consolidated CDA tests
• Paul Sherman - (F35)
• PCD tests
• Eric Poiseau - (L27)
• LAB & PHARM tests
• Gazelle support
• Lynn Felhofer - (H28)
• ITI, RAD, and QRPH tests, requirements & grading
• Gazelle support
• Tool help
• See Tools - location & support (we maintain one copy on the participant resources page)

Tools - locations & support

See this Tools Information (we maintain this in one place -- on the vendor's information page)

Training material on various tools is here: http://gazelle.ihe.net/training#ToolTraining

Profile assignments 

PROFILE ASSIGNMENTS:  Monitor profile assignments are in this google spreadsheet.  

We group IHE profiles into "clusters" with common characteristics, and then we assign monitors to evaluate tests in one "cluster" (perhaps two).  The google spreadsheet contains the first draft of monitor assignments.  We try to assign you to profiles that match your expertise.  We hope that some assignments allow you to learn something new.  In fact, each monitor has the capability to evaluate tests in almost any profile.

There are two tabs in the spreadsheet:

• The first "Assignments" tab contains a row for each monitor.  The columns identify the profile "clusters".  The numbers in the column indicate how you will spend your time, eg a "1" indicates you will devote all of your time evaluating tests in that cluster.
• The second "Cluster-Profiles" tab identifies the profiles in each cluster.  Each profile listed in Column D contains a link to that profile's documentation.  If the link is to Technical Framework Volume 1, then there is one chapter per profile.  If the link is to a Trial Implementation Supplement, then the entire profile is contained within one document.

IHE Technical Framework Documentation 

The specifications we test at the Connectathon are contained in IHE Technical Framework documentation.  Each IHE domain's Technical Framework is segmented into multiple volumes; Volume 1 contains the use cases the profile addresses, the process flow and a diagram of the actors & transactions in the profiles. The technical details of the transactions are not in Volume 1, and as a monitor, you do not need to be an expert at that level. If you are reading a Trial Implementation Supplement, you will see that the contents are separated into Volume 1 and Volume 2 within the supplement. 

To prepare for the connectathon, we recommend you read the chapter in Technical Framework "Volume 1" for the profiles you are assigned to evaluate. 

If you are not familiar with IHE documentation, we recommend you view the "Interpreting the IHE Technical Framework" video in the training section below before you read the documentation.

IHE publishes its Technical Framework documents, organized by domain, on the Technical Framework page of ihe.net.

Training Material

Audience	Topic	Date-Time / Duration
New monitors	Interpreting the IHE Technical Framework This covers terminology used in IHE Technical Frameworks explains the structure of IHE documentation, and describes IHE's publication cycle. If you've never read IHE documentation before, you will find this background information helpful. (Streaming link) (.mp4)	0:40
New monitors	Connectathon Terminology: Definitions needed to understand using Gazelle during a connectathon (known to most returning participants; highly recommended for new participants & monitors) (Streaming link) (.mp4)	0:11
All monitors	Using gazelle to review Connectathon tests How to use gazelle to read test definitions for IHE profiles you're assigned to. (.mp4)	0:08
All monitors	Connectathon monitor - process overview - Monitor responsibilities - Connectathon process for monitors - Q&A Gazelle walk-through - How monitors use gazelle during connectathon week to verify tests.  recording | slides	Jan 13, 2016 10am CST
All monitors	Some profile 'clusters' have additional training material prepared by IHE Technical Project Managers.  This content will become available througout Jan 2016.  Find it on the Cluster-Profiles tab of the monitor assignments google spreadsheet.
**optional**	Some of you may be interested in the training material we compile for vendor participants, but monitors do not need to review it. We collect participants' material on this Training Page.
**optional**	IHE 2015 Educational Webinar Series IHE sponsored its annual educational webinar series during summer and fall. You will find overview presentations for each IHE domain as well as 'speciality' presentations on topics like security, cross-community sharing of healthcare information, etc. These presentations *are not* connectathon-specific.	multiple presentations available; duration varies

 

 

Pre-Connectathon Logistics  

Wed Nov 11	Monitors submit Travel Survey, Non-Disclosure Form and Conflict of Interest Forms to Nick.
Fri Nov 120	Monitor Travel Guide is available here.
Fri Nov 20	Monitor profile assignments are here.
Wed Dec 18	Deadlines from the Monitor Travel Guide: - Monitors book flight to Cleveland through HIMSS Travel Agency (if applicable) - Monitors register for Connectathon badge and obtain Social Event Ticket  - Monitors submit Advance Per Diem form (if applicable)
December	General monitor preparation -->  If you have time, read the Vol 1 chapter for the profiles you have been assigned to.
January	General monitor preparation --> If you have time, review some of the Connectathon tests for your profiles.
Wed Jan 13 10am CST	Monitor Training Webinar  - Click this link to first register and then attend - Event Number: 928 306 265    Password:  Meeting1 This webinar will be recorded for those unable to attend.
Mon Jan 25 - Fri Jan 29	Connectathon!  Daily schedule is detailed below.
Mon Feb 15	Monitors submit Post-Event Per Diem form (if applicable)

Our FAQ for vendor participants 

We have put together this FAQ with answers to questions we frequently receive from our vendor participants. You may find it informative.

Video

This is a great welcome to new monitors captured on video. While it is was done by a SIIM board member at the beginning of Connectathon monitor training in 2009, his points about the benefits of your volunteer service stand true today. We invite you to watch this 5 minute video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&feature=endscreen&v=6SrkvyB1EPs

 

Contact Info 

• Logistics help (travel, hotel, expenses), please contact Nick Druzbanski (ndruzbanski@himss.org)
• Technical help (Connectathon processes & tools, or your assignment), please contact Lynn Felhofer (felhofer.lynn@gmail.com)
• Monitor Email List: We use this google group to communicate with monitors: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/ihe-na-2016-connectathon-monitors

New Supplements

The following table contains new supplements that are published for the first time. We include only those supplements that have been published after January 2015.  

We purposely omit supplements that have been re-published.

 

Cardiology	Registry Content Submission - Electrophysiology (RCS-EP)
IT Infrastructure	Cross-Community Document Reliable Interchange (XCDR)
IT Infrastructure	Mobile Alert Communication Management (mACM)
IT Infrastructure	Patient Identifier Cross-reference for Modile (PIXm)
IT Infrastructure	Add RESTful Query to ATNA (update to ATNA profile)
IT Infrastructure	Cross-Enterprise Document Workflow Extension to Cross-Community Environment (XDW for XCA & XCDR)
Patient Care Coordination	Clinical Mapping (CMAP)
Patient Care Coordination	Data Access Framework (DAF)
Patient Care Coordination	Guideline Appropriate Ordering (GAO)
Patient Care Coordination	Remote Patient Monitoring
Quality, Research, Public Health	Aggregate Data Exchange (ADX)
Quality, Research, Public Health	Data Element Exchange (DEX)
Radiology	Clinical Decision Support - Order Appropriateness Tracking (CDS-OAT)
Radiology	Web-based Image Capture (WIC)

 

 

 

 

  Bookmark this page for easy access to resources used to support your Connectathon testing.

• Testing schedule for the week
• Daily
• After-hours access
• Daily 'need to know' announcements
• Seating assignments
• Network information
• Network Description & "I need another fixed IP address!"
• Wireless
• Printer
• Gazelle
• Guidance for Monday's session
• Assigned partners
• XDS, XDS-I, ATNA
• XCA, XCPD, XCA-I
• Ask questions. Get help.
• Tools - location & support

Testing schedule for the week

Daily:

Mon, Jan 25, 2016	7:30 am -  4:00 pm EST	On-site check-in / badge pickup
Mon, Jan 25, 2016	8:00 am - 10:00 am	Connectathon Participant system set-up
Mon, Jan 25, 2016	10:00 am -  5:30 pm	Connectathon Test Session 1
Tue, Jan 26, 2016	9:00 am -  5:30 pm	Connectathon Test Session 2
Wed, Jan 27, 2016	9:00 am -  5:30 pm	Connectathon Test Session 3
Thu, Jan 28, 2016	9:00 am -  5:30 pm	Connectathon Test Sesson 4
Fri, Jan 29, 2016	8:00 am -  noon	Connectathon Teset Session 5: Hard stop at noon

 

After-hours access:

Participants with a valid badge will have access to the Connectathon Floor...

• mornings starting at 8am on Monday, and at 7am on Tues-Fri
• evenings until 11pm Mon-Thurs.   No re-entry is permitted after 9pm.  All Participants must leave the test floor at 11pm.

There is no support from volunteer monitors or technical management outside of the daily Testing Sessions; during after-hours, will be preparing for the next day.

Daily 'need to know' announcements

The Connectathon venue makes oral announcements impractical.

Please check your email at 9am and 1:30pm each day. We will send twice-daily "need to know" announcements to the na_connectathon email list.

Seating Assignments

-- Seating assignments - There are two tabs in this spreadsheet. On the first tab, each cell represents one table with two chairs; table locations are identified by a letter/number, eg L28. The second tab shows seating assignments sorted by Organization.
-- Connectathon floor plan

Network Info

• NetworkDescriptionNA2016.pdf: Read the Connectathon Network Description before arriving in Cleveland
• "I need another fixed IP address!"

Wireless / General

• SSID:  NA2016
• Password:  cleveland16
• Security type:  TBD

Wireless / PCD Testers

• SSID:  PCD
• Password:  cleveland16
• Security type:  TBD

Printer (table )

PLEASE PRINT A TEST PAGE AFTER CONFIGURING THE PRINTER AS FOLLOWS

• IP Address: TBD
• Model:  TBD
• Driver:  TBD 

Gazelle

Gazelle on-site: http://10.242.100.100/gazelle-na/home.seam

Outside of Connectathon floor, URL remains the same: http://ihe.wustl.edu/gazelle-na/home.seam

Guidance for Monday's session

We hope you've already reviewed the 10 Connectathon Tips from the Pros.

Monday 8-10am is for system set-up.  After 10am, we expect you to perform testing. Here is guidance on goals to accomplish during Monday's testing session:

• Configure and connect to tools for your profiles.
• Complete the 5-minute Consistent Time "CT_Client" test
• Content Creators -- submit CDA/C-CDA docs into the samples area of gazelle for evaluation
• Modalities/Evidence Creators -- submit DICOM samples into gazelle and the Central Archive
• Submit media you create to the assigned Monitor -->  XDM and PDI media to monitor Penny at table H24 
• It is good practice to hand a monitor your media rather than just dropping it at the table.
• Any other tests labeled "*_Do_This_First" or "*_Read_This_First"
• In general, work on other no-peer tests.
• Then, move on to peer-to-peer tests.

Ask questions. Get help:

IHE USA staff - Help desk

• logistics, "I'm lost", shipping...

Network staff - (J31)

Tool help - see next section

Steve Moore - (K28)

• First & last resource for technical support.  Ask me anything.
• PCC and C-CDA/HealthStory tests, test requirements & grading
• "I need to drop a profile/actor"
• Gazelle help

Eric Poiseau - (L28)

• LAB, PATH, PHARM tests, test requirements & grading
• Gazelle support

Lynn Felhofer - (H28)

• ITI, QRPH, and Radiology tests, test requirements & grading
• Monitor support

Paul Sherman - (F35)

• PCD tests, test requirements & grading

Assigned partners for some profiles

• Red, Green, Blue assignments for Registries & Gateways 
• XDS, XDS-I, ATNA: Tue-Wed-Assigned-Partners (see all 4 tabs in the spreadsheet)
• XCA, XCPD, XCDR, XCA-I on Tues, Wed, Thurs: Cross-CommunityTesting Schedule (several tabs; read the 'Instructions' tab first)

Tools - locations & support

Training material on various tools is here: http://gazelle.ihe.net/training#ToolTraining

Tool errata - as we find issues with tools, we will document them here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/14flrFx47V3OKwzHIhH8TU3DEg09ks9l51041_D0SQNk/pub

Integral Tools

The tools listed in the first table below are considered an integral part of Connectathon testing. These tools are referenced in Connectathon tests and are part of the test procedure.

Tool	Used for	Location / Config info	Support
Gazelle Itself	Test Management	http://10.242.100.100/gazelle-na	Eric (L28)
Gazelle Security Suite	TLS client / server simulator	http://vm-tools-na-2016/gss	Eric (L28)
CDA Validation (several)	PCC, QRPH and C-CDA Testing	IHE CDA Overview of Testing Procedure	Steve (K28)
Clunie DICOM Tools	DICOM validation	See configuration in gazelle for OTHER_IHEUSA_Clunie_DICOM_2016	David C (L23)
DICOM Central Archive	Archive for DICOM objects	GUI front-end: http://10.242.100.11:8080/dcm4chee-web3/ password: admin/admin (to add your AE title so the archive will accept your association) IP addr / port: 10.242.100.11 /  11112 AET: DCM4CHEE	Steve (K28)
Gazelle EVS Client	Home page	http://gazelle.ihe.net/EVSClient/home.seam	Eric (L28)
	DICOM validators (DCCHECK, dcm4che, Dicom3Tools, Pixelmed-REM, dcmcheck)	http://gazelle.ihe.net/EVSClient/dicom/validator.seam	Eric (L28)
	HL7v2 validator HL7v3 validator	http://gazelle.ihe.net/EVSClient/hl7v2/validator.seam http://gazelle.ihe.net/EVSClient/hl7v3/validator.seam	Eric (L28)
	PDF/A validator (XDS-SD)	http://gazelle.ihe.net/EVSClient/pdf/validator.seam	Eric (L28)
	XDW validator	http://gazelle.ihe.net/EVSClient/xdw/validator.seam	Abderrazek (L27)
Gazelle proxy	message capture/validation (non-TLS)	http://10.242.100.100/proxy/home.seam	Eric (L28)
NIST HL7 v2.x	For 2 QRPH messages	http://hl7v2-cf-validator.nist.gov/cf-validator/#/home	Rob S (H32)
Patient Generation	Patient Generation and Sharing	Gazelle menu: Connectathon -> Connectathon -> Patient Generation & Sharing	Abderrazek (L27)
PCD Tools	PCD Message Validation	http://ihe-pcd-con.nist.gov/PCD-HL7WebCon/#home.htm	John (F37)
SAML STS	SAML assertion provider - XUA and SeR testing	https://gazelle.ihe.net/content/sts	Abderrazek (L27)
XDS Tools	XD* profile testing	- Endpoints for the XDS Public Registry - Red, Green, and Blue - are on: http://nist1:9080/ - XDS toolkit: TBD - XDS Registry Dashboard: from the toolkit home page, select Connectathon Tools --> Dashboard	Bill (K27)
XDS Toolkit 2016		10.242.52.12	Bill (K27)

Backup or Experimental Tools

The tools listed in the table below are considered as backups or possibly experimental.

Tool	Status	Used for	Location / Config info	Support
Clunie DICOM Tools	Backup	DICOM Object Validation	See configuration in gazelle for OTHER_IHEUSA_Clunie_DICOM_2016	David C (L23)
Gazelle EVS / HPD validator	Backup			Abderrazek (L27)
Gazelle EVS / DSUB validator	Backup			Abderrazek (L27)
Gazelle EVS / WADO validator (XDS-I.b)	Backup			Abderrazek (L27)
Gazelle XDStar Client	Backup		http://vm-tools-na-2016/XDStarClient	Abderrazek (L27)
HPD Provider Directory Test Tool	Backup	HPD Federation Option	http://sitenv.org	None
Order Manager Simulator	Backup	Send HL7v2 orders DICOM MWL SCP	http://vm-tools-na-2016/OrderManager	Anne-Gaëlle (L27)
Patient Manager	Backup	PAM, Patient Management	http://vm-tools-na-2016/PatientManager	Anne-Gaëlle (L27)
RFD Simulator	Experimental	RFD based profiles	http://10.242.11.14	Ralph (J26)
XCA Tools	Experimental	XCA testing	Beta testing: Conformity Assessment	Bill (K27)
XCPD	Experimental		Beta testing: Conformity Assessment
XDS-I.b Conformity Assessment	Experimental	XDS-I.b testing	Best testing: Conformity Assessment	Steve (K28)