IHE North American Connectathons

What is an IHE Connectathon?

An IHE Connectathon is a cross-vendor, live, supervised, and structured testing event with over 150 participating vendors and 600+ engineers and IT architects. All these organizations and IT experts converge on-site in Chicago, IL, for one full week of interoperability testing and problem resolution. Participants test their products against multiple vendors using real-world clinical scenarioscontained in IHE's Integration Profiles.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interesting Facts about the IHE NA Connectathon

• The first Connectathon was held in 1999 in Chicago, IL, within the basement of the Radiological Society of North America's (RSNA) parking garage.
• At the first Connectathon there were 23 vendors, 47 applications tested, and 1 IHE Integration Profile tested.
• Connectathons are held globally in the North America, Europe, Asia, Australia, and Japan year-round. Visit IHE.net for information about other global Connectathons taking place.
• The IHE NA Connectathon 2012 held over 150 organizations and has grown dramatically to include over 450 participants, which is held annually at the Hyatt Regency Chicago.