EU Connectathon 2018 Monitor Resources

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

1. Monitor recruitment
2. Monitor Email list
3. Logistics: Travel, Expenses, Non-Disclosure & Confict of Interest forms 
4. WHERE & WHEN? Schedule, Gazelle, Table Assignments
5. WHO & WHAT? Monitors' Profile Assignments
6. HOW? Training Material
7. IHE Technical Framework Documentation
8. Our FAQ for vendor participants
9. Nice video on the benefits of being a monitor
10. Contact us

Monitor recruitment

The application period for being a monitor at The Hague is now closed.

Monitor Email list

All monitors shall join the Google group dedicated to monitors. No personal email will be sent. Google group

Logistics

Please carefully review the following material:

• Test assignments:
• Google spreadsheet
• Gazelle Test Management
• Training
• Slides
• Streaming

If you have questions about travel or other logistics, Anne-Gaëlle Bergé  is happy to help.

WHEN & WHERE? Schedule, Gazelle & Table Assignments

The 2018 European Connectathon, IHE's week-long interoperability testing event, is held in The Hague.

•  Get details on the event
• Pre-register for the social event on Thursday evening, it's free for monitors

Table Assignments

show where monitors & tests systems will be located in April.

• Spreadsheet with table assignments: To be published
• PDF of table layout at the Connectathon: To be published

HOW? Training Material

We expect additional profile- and tool-specific training to be available here.

Audience	Topic	Date-Time / Duration
Req'd for new monitors Returing monitors are welcome	Connectathon monitor - process overview - Monitor responsibilities - Connectathon process for monitors - Q&A	mp4 | pdf
Req'd for new monitors Returing monitors are welcome	Gazelle walk-through We have two resources for you. - Webex training on how monitors use gazelle & the proxy during connectathon week to work with participants and verify tests.
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)	0:11
	...
**optional** educational material for monitors	IHE 2017 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. IT Infrastructure domain training material These presentations *are not* connectathon-specific. They are geared to an audience which is familiar with healthcare interoperability problems in general but is not familiar with the way IHE addresses problems or the specific profiles provided by ITI. You may find topics of interest to you in your "day job".	multiple presentations available; duration varies
	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 our Training Page.

 

IHE Technical Framework Documentation

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

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

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

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 Us

For help with logistics (travel, hotel, expenses), please contact TBD
For questions about Connectathon processes & tools, or your assignment, contact Anne-Gaëlle Bergé.