Call for Nominations for Co-Chair Elections at the May WGM

18 February 2010

Running for co-chair of a work group is an excellent way to get a real understanding of how health informatics is moving, and what the new trends are. Being responsible for managing the agenda of a committee is an important role, and provides an opportunity to meet and deal with people from around the world who share your interest in health informatics, outside of the usual contractual or employment relationships. It entails a commitment to attend the Working Group Meetings - which are in any case a good networking opportunity.

HL7 UK Members regularly attend Working Group Meetings and also play an important role within the Technical Committees and Special Interest Groups.

The following HL7 work groups will be conducting co-chair elections at the HL7 working group meeting May 16-21, 2010 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The deadline for nominations is COB, Friday, March 19, 2010. Nominations submitted after the deadline will not be accepted; however, write-ins will be accepted during the May WGM.

• Clinical Genomics - electing one co-chair to fill the position currently held by Amnon Shabo (who may be re-elected)
• Clinical Interoperability Council- electing one co-chair to fill the position currently held by Meredith Nahm (who may be re-elected)
• Community Based Collaborative Care - electing one co-chair to fill the position currently held by Richard Thoreson (who may be re-elected)
• Electronic Services - electing one co-chair to fill the position currently held by Patrick Loyd (who may be re-elected)
• Health Care Devices - electing one co-chair to fill the position currently held by Melvin Reynolds (INTERIM) (who may be re-elected)
• Implementation/Conformance - electing one co-chair to fill the position currently held by Jason Rock (who may be re-elected)
• Implementable Technology Specifications - electing one co-chair to fill the position currently held by Ann Wrightson (INTERIM) (who may be re-elected)
• Modeling & Methodology- electing one co-chair to fill the position currently held by Dale Nelson (who may be re-elected)
• Patient Care - electing one co-chair to fill the position currently held by Kevin Coonan (who may be re-elected)
• Process Improvement Committee - electing one co-chair to fill the position currently held by Robert Stegwee (INTERIM) (who may be re-elected)
• RIM Based Application Architecture - electing one co-chair to fill the position currently held by Peter Hendler (who may be re-elected)
• Security - electing one co-chair to fill the position currently held by Bernd Blobel (who may be re-elected)
• Service Oriented Architecture - electing two co-chairs to fill the positions currently held by Galen Mulrooney and Ann Wrightson (INTERIM) (both of whom may be re-elected)
• Templates - electing one co-chair to fill the position currently held by Mark Shafarman (who may be re-elected)

The full announcement and formalized process for electing co-chair can be retrieved from the HL7 website with the following link: http://www.hl7.org/documentcenter/public/membership/CallForNominations_2010MAY.pdf