IHE Announces an IPS Theme for the 2025 North America …
The IPS will be a cross-cutting theme throughout the upcoming IHE North America Connectathon week, February 3-7, 2025, in Toronto, Canada.
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HL7 CDA® R2 Implementation Guide: International Patient Summary reconciles comments
On August 16, HL7 International started the ballot on the HL7 CDA® R2 Implementation Guide: International Patient Summary, Edition 2.
Please join the discussion
We encourage you to engage in the discussion on the future of the IPS as a Global Public Good, which is being organised by the Joint Initiative Council.
Epic announces implementation of the IPS
One of the world’s largest digital health vendors, Epic®, today announced support for the International Patient Summary (IPS) scheduled for release in May of 2025.
More multimedia and IPS-athon
We have added multimedia to our website, including a video on the IPS-athon in New Zealand.
IHE publishes the Sharing of IPS (sIPS) Profile
IHE has added a profile to the IPS standards and specifications, which is a welcome addition to support both publication and on-demand access to an IPS.
Education and patient empowerment
John D'Amore has produced a great 5-minute introduction video on the IPS and e-Patient Dave shares his enthusiasm for a patient-mediated scenario to use the IPS.
New developments across the globe
New stories have been added to our Implementations across the globe section.
New IPS Tools added
We have added a new IPS Tools section under RESOURCES to provide quick access to some new exciting tools that are being provided by the community.
CEN and ISO have aligned their work
Earlier this year, CEN adopted the ISO 27269 International Patient Summary standard as a European standard.