Australian representatives on the International Health Terminology Standards Development Organisation committees announced
16 November 2011. The International Health Terminology Standards Development Organisation (IHTSDO) has four Standing Committees (Content, Technical, Quality Assurance, Implementation and Innovation) which provide advice to the IHTSDO Management Board.
The result of this year's election was announced at the recent IHSTDO conference in October. Australia had put forward four nominees, all of whom were successful:
- Robyn Richards NEHTA
- David Evans Queensland Health and NEHTA Clinical Lead
- Dion McMurtrie (re-standing) NEHTA
- Prof Jon Patrick (re-standing) University of Sydney
These Australian nominees will now represent Australia on the relevant committees for 2012 and 2013.
The full list of ongoing Australian representatives is as follows.
Technical Committee
Dion McMurtrie NEHTA
Michael Lawley CSIRO Australia eHealth Research Centre
Quality Assurance Committee
David Evans Queensland Health and NEHTA Clinical Lead
Implementation and Innovation Committee
Prof Jon Patrick University of Sydney
Karen Gibson Queensland Health
Content Committee
Michael Osborne Mater Health Services
Robyn Richards NEHTA
Three of Australia's current representatives Donna Truran, Heather Grain and David Rowlands will not be continuing into 2012. These representatives have provided a valuable contribution to the international work programme.
SNOMED CT-AU is a standard clinical terminology enabling the terms used as part of clinical communications to be clearly recorded and interpreted and gives healthcare providers and developers of eHealth applications a common language to ensure consistency and clarity in information that is recorded and exchanged.
NEHTA administers SNOMED CT licensing in Australia on behalf of the IHTSDO and makes it available for use within the Australian eHealth community.
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About IHTSDO
The International Health Terminology Standards Development Organisation is an international not-for-profit organization based in Denmark. IHTSDO acquires, owns and administers the rights to SNOMED CT and other health terminologies and related standards.