The OpenHIE Connectathon is a merger of two exciting types of meetings. This is a technical space for software teams and architects to engage and get their “hands-in” or “on” OpenHIE itself and see it materialised. Combining the principles of a connectathon and a hackathon we are excited to provide a space for teams to connect their existing tools to OpenHIE workflows and use-cases as well as give the community an opportunity to propose low hanging fruit use cases for the groups to work on. Recognising that many attendees may be new to OpenHIE there is no better way than actively engaging in designing, developing, configuring, implementing and connecting to an OpenHIE architecture to learn the fundamentals and build the relationships that you will need going forward.

Objectives

The attendees of the connect-a-thon are aiming to:

• Connect existing tools to OpenHIE foundational registries

• Learn how to implement workflows within their tools

• Jointly work together to implement common use-cases within an OpenHIE architecture

• Self-organise into learning sessions and create breakaway groups to discuss topics / show ideas

The schedule

The connect-a-thon schedule follows a looser flow than a formal agenda with the introduction sessions being sharp and pointed to get the teams aligned to the technical tasks at hand. For the duration of the event all 3 rooms will be open and available for teams to engage in and create breakaway sessions of informal discussions and learnings. Leveraging the unconferencing style the attendees will propose and create their own agendas and topics and “vote with their feet” as to what is of interest.

Expected outputs

Members will be familiar with the OpenHIE communities, architecture, patterns and persons involved. We would have made significant contributions to a real world use case that was proposed in the main event or pre-event polling. We have systems that are able to leverage OpenHIE workflows and connections.