IPS Theme

Discover the IPS theme at the IHE Connectathon Week 2025 with the "IPS Focus Pack" and more.

Are you ready to join the global movement enabling seamless Patient Summary exchange across borders, organizations, and systems?  

This year’s IHE North America Connectathon Week embraces IPS as a cross-cutting theme, highlighting its transformative impact. IHE has contributed two specifications that can be tested at IHE Connectathon:  the IPS content profile facilitates the exchange of structured, internationally accepted patient summary data.
Whether you’re an innovator, vendor, or user, IPS is a crucial topic in the Healthcare Interoperability landscape.

Experience the IPS at the Connectathon Week in Toronto February 3-7, 2025! What are you looking for? Different events for different needs and experiences of the IPS


Join the Webinar “IPS Theme at the IHE North America Connectathon Week 2025, Dec 3 at 12:00 PM EST (9:00 AM PST)” with Michael Nusbaum (IHE International Board), Daniel Berezeanu (IHE Catalyst) and John D’Amore (More Informatics)

Take a deeper look at IPS during the IHE North America Connectathon week. Secure your spot!

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For the vendors interested in the IPS only: if you wish to limit your focus at CONNECTATHON WEEK to IPS and you are specifically interested in testing and achieving the IPS IHE SEAL, the globally recognized mark of excellence on the IPS, this opportunity is for you!

Exclusive Access with
The IPS FOCUS PACK  

This IPS FOCUS PACK is a special invitation that offers a focused pathway to success:

  • Get an overview of IPS profiles and their role in the Connectathon.  
  • Understand the steps to test IPS profiles and earn the IPS IHE SEAL, a globally recognized mark of excellence.  
  • Explore the IPS PACK and its tailored benefits for vendors.  


Taking part to this focus pack grants you:

  • 2 days of testing at the IHE North America Connectathon Floor
  • gaining the IPS IHE SEAL, for the IPS profile
  • taking part to the IPS PLUGATHON TRACK
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The registration Fee

The access fee to the focus pack includes the registration of one system and two staff persons… all at a special fee of $5.000,00 CAD 

The registration fee includes:
 

  • One registered system specifically testing an IPS profile on IHE Gazelle
  • Badges for 2 participants, giving include access to the testing floor, breakfast, lunch, snacks and beverages throughout the week
  • Registration to the IHE Plugathon track “Patient-Mediated Access and Verifiable Health Links via IPS” (2 participants)

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Take the first step toward ensuring your product readiness for global competition

 

For Health IT Developers and Implementers: if you are looking to test your products in a real-world environment and advance your health IT solutions to meet IPS requirements, but not limited to them, this opportunity is for you
The IHE Connectathon Testing Floor

Test IPS profiles including in the Domains at the floor!
The domains in the IHE North America Connectathon 2025 are: 

  • Devices Domain
  • Ai in Radiology
  • ITI 
  • PCC

Check out more details here and take part to the IHE North America Connectathon

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For Health IT Developers and Implementers: If you are looking to test your products in a real-world environment and advance your health IT solutions to meet pan-Canadian requirements, including but not limited to the pan-Canadian Patient Summary (PS-CA), this opportunity is for you.

The IHE Projectathon Testing Floor
Did you know? The PS-CA is aligned with the International Patient Summary (IPS) and provides Canadian health context. The scope for the IHE Projectathon 2025 is focused on pan-Canadian specifications developed using IHE and IPS foundations: 

  • pan-Canadian eReferral/eConsult
  • pan-Canadian Patient Summary
  • pan-Canadian FHIR exchange
  • Mobile access to Health Documents
  • Reference Architecture including: 
    • IUA (with CA:Fex)
    • IUA (with MHD)
    • CA:Sec
    • CA:Aud
    • CT
    • CA:SHL

Check out more details here and take part in testing your systems capabilities to support pan-Canadian interoperability efforts. 
 

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For those who want to propel its projects on IPS forward and showcase novel innovations on IPS, that are rarely seen on an international stage at such an early stage of development.
The IHE Plugathon Tracks

Join IPS-themed tracks, such as:  

  • FHIR-based IHE profiles, including IPS  
  • IPS and Trust Framework integration  
  • Cross-border IPS demonstrations 
  • Evolving pan-Canadian specifications (including FHIR exchange, eReferral, etc)


See the entire program here.

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For those who want to go deep into the IPS evolution worldwide and learn about global interoperability initiatives and pan-Canadian digital health innovations through conference-style presentations

The IHE Experience Days

Join insightful conferences centered on Digital Health Interoperability: An International Team Sport.  Attend presentations on IPS themes, including:  

  • How IPS has been leveraged by the WHO to facilitate access to patient summary information at scale during the Hajj pilgrimage 
  • How IHE and HL7 FHIR fit together, and the IPS experience
     

….and much more.
See the entire program here.

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