Opportunity to join the new NEHTA Australian Clinical Terminology User Group (Au-CTUG).

The purpose of the group is to:

  • Harness the Australian Clinical Informatics Community’s interest and willingness to contribute to the development of clinical terminology components that support the national e-health agenda.
  • Support safe, effective and efficient implementation of clinical terminology in Australian healthcare.
  • Disseminate information and feedback between the IHTSDO, other relevant clinical terminology standards bodies and the Australian Clinical Informatics Community.
  • Through the above, help expand the pool of clinical terminology expertise available in Australia to support the national e-health agenda.

The first meeting of the Au-CTUG will be held on 30 June 2010, via web and teleconference, with agenda items covering rationale for the group; terms of reference, meeting schedules and calls for Co-Chair nominations. We will also use this opportunity to brief participants on current NEHTA and IHTSDO structures and goals. For those who would prefer to attend in either Sydney, Brisbane or Canberra meetings rooms can be made available. Please advise if you do wish to use this facility.

The second user group meeting will be held during HIC ’10 with a view to electing a Co-Chair, discussing the recent IHTSDO meeting held in April, in Copenhagen, and debating key issues raised at the June meeting. Subsequent meetings will be held via web and teleconference with a view to organising an annual face to face meeting.

The group will communicate on a regular basis and use the NEHTA’s e-health collaborative portal for document sharing and discussion forums to deliver key updates and to understand what issues you would like to see progressed to the International Health Terminology Standards Development Organisation (IHTSDO).  Once your interested has been registered you will receive access to this portal.

If you would like to attend these first meetings, or to be part of this newly formed group, please email your interest to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it