HL7 Electronic Health Records Work Group
HL7 Electronic Health Records Work Group
SWOT Analysis
July 31, 2012
Strengths
High interest nationally and internationally in use of electronic health records and personal health records
Excellent HL7 staff support
Good historical continuity in the current set of Work Group co-chairs
Building succession of strong leadership within the Work Group and in the development of new Work Groups
Long-term, continued participation by several volunteers
Access to Subject Matter Experts (SMEs), health information technology vendors and industry thought-leaders
Good focus on long term tasks such as creating models and frameworks
Models, profiles and other work products are expressed in easily readable terms, understandable to clinical, business, and technical communities
Visibility of EHR Work Group standards to the HL7 board and the healthcare industry
Introduces new opportunities to HL7 regarding public policy and other healthcare issues
Effective communication and outreach efforts
Alignment of functions and data related artifacts; excellent collaboration with other HL7 Work Groups
Excellent adoption by industry
Weaknesses
Overuse/extensive use of the same volunteers
New attendees do not necessarily stay with the Work Group and such do not become involved in activities
Gaining depth of international input and participation in Work Group efforts
Lack of administrative support for co-chair duties, e.g., notes and meeting announcements
Work group processes for publishing and moving work products via the GOM requirements and HL7 calendar need to be documented.
Need for greater direct participation by healthcare providers
Tooling to support work product creation, maintenance, and reuse
Requests by the industry for increased granularity – products that can be used off of the shelf.
Continuing concerns about the scope and structure of the functional models---are they too granular/not granular enough.
Opportunities
The ability to expand the use
SWOT Analysis
July 31, 2012
Strengths
High interest nationally and internationally in use of electronic health records and personal health records
Excellent HL7 staff support
Good historical continuity in the current set of Work Group co-chairs
Building succession of strong leadership within the Work Group and in the development of new Work Groups
Long-term, continued participation by several volunteers
Access to Subject Matter Experts (SMEs), health information technology vendors and industry thought-leaders
Good focus on long term tasks such as creating models and frameworks
Models, profiles and other work products are expressed in easily readable terms, understandable to clinical, business, and technical communities
Visibility of EHR Work Group standards to the HL7 board and the healthcare industry
Introduces new opportunities to HL7 regarding public policy and other healthcare issues
Effective communication and outreach efforts
Alignment of functions and data related artifacts; excellent collaboration with other HL7 Work Groups
Excellent adoption by industry
Weaknesses
Overuse/extensive use of the same volunteers
New attendees do not necessarily stay with the Work Group and such do not become involved in activities
Gaining depth of international input and participation in Work Group efforts
Lack of administrative support for co-chair duties, e.g., notes and meeting announcements
Work group processes for publishing and moving work products via the GOM requirements and HL7 calendar need to be documented.
Need for greater direct participation by healthcare providers
Tooling to support work product creation, maintenance, and reuse
Requests by the industry for increased granularity – products that can be used off of the shelf.
Continuing concerns about the scope and structure of the functional models---are they too granular/not granular enough.
Opportunities
The ability to expand the use