What Happens at IHE Connectathon….

December 3, 2014IHE Connectathon Overview Session for IHE SDC

Testing Partners

Daily Events Overview

• Sunday Night set up– Can register at this time, but to be assigned

seating with other SDC testing partners the badge registration MUST be completed by December 12

• Monday AM: Finalize set-up, test network connections, ATNA, Consistent Time, etc.

• Monday – Friday: Test…Test…Test!• Wednesday: reality check on whether you can

do all the things you signed up for

Connectathon 1999 to 2014

Start Testing• Let everyone know you are ready to test your part of SDC:

– Log into Gazelle to indicate you’re ready to test SDC_x (form receiver, form manager, etc.)

– Other partners will also indicate they are ready.– Watch Gazelle to find that you have a partner.

• For each Transaction: – The requester sends the request and the Form Manager shows that they

received the request.• Revise and retest until it works according to Steve Moore’s Test Criteria

– When it works, request a monitor to verify the test.– Monitor walks through the testing criteria

• If it doesn’t match, partners fix things and request a monitor– It may be that the Test Criteria needs to be changed; Vijay, Sandy and Wendy need to

participate in this discussion.

• When it matches, the monitor will update Gazelle with success.

Connectathon Process • Assigned a set of required tests • Execute each test with 3 peer

systems – You choose your partners – Gazelle manages this process

• IHE USA’s monitors examine and evaluate individual test results

• Connectathon managers evaluate results against identified “success” criteria and determine pass or fail grades – Initial failures can be fixed and

retested

Connectathon Results

• IHE publishes results for all actor/profile pairs tested – Results published in the IHE Connectathon Results

Database – Link: http://connectathon-results.ihe.net/

• IHE never publishes failures or incomplete tests • IHE does not grantee conformance to your customers • Connectathon testing is not certification • Successful testing leads to demonstration at the

HIMSS15 Interoperability Showcase – April 13 – 15, 2015 in Chicago, IL at McCormick Place

Resources

• Introduction to Pre-Connectathon Testing:– http

://gazelle.ihe.net/content/introduction-to-pre-connectathon-testing

• 10 Connectathon Preparation Tips from the Pros:

– http://gazelle.ihe.net/content/10-connectathon-preparation-tips-pros

• ATNA Testing for Connectathon & digital certificates:

– http://gazelle.ihe.net/content/atna-testing-connectathon-digital-certificates

Daily Activities at Connectathon

• Sunday Night/Monday Morning:– Get Badge: Photo ID– Find your assigned seat.

• Seating Chart posted on IHE in January• Wendy Scharber will annotate and send it to SDC

partners

– Set up your computers: • Bring network cables, network switches, power switches.

– Server, laptop, etc.– There is intermittent internet connection problems.– Pre-requisites are done first: ATNA, CT, others

• All Week:• Be sure to keep the following things readily

available– Host name of server

• May want to set up a website at this server. • Keep track of whose in your organization are doing

what. People, responsibilities, seat, skype address

– Skype is tool of choice for Connectathon. • Make cards of Skype ID and cell phone ID’s,

etc. for partners.

• IHE Conference: Wednesday, January 28, 2015, 7:30AM – 6:30PM ET – There is a tour of Connectathon. May want to have

one set of dress clothes for this day.• Wednesday/Thursday: Start discussions on HIMSS

Showcase. They tend to get set up with 24 hours’ notice or less. John Donnelly is the Lead for this.

• Friday at NOON:• Connectathon is OVER. The internet is turned off

immediately and no further action is possible.– Be sure all of your activities in Gazelle are up to date

before noon.

Monday through Friday:• Find partners through Gazelle: Will show where

everyone is seated.– Introductions of Various members of each group and their

expertise/responsibility– Find out where people are in testing.

• What is their priority for SDC? Early in the week or later?

• Make sure you are ready to test and your partner is ready to test

• Do a real test before you call the monitor– Give the Gazelle test ID to the monitor.

• Let Monitor know that you are ready to do related tests so the monitors can use their time more efficiently.

• Be Proactive. Don’t struggle too long without asking for help.– Gazelle. View the videos.• http://gazelle.ihe.net/content/na-connectathon-2015-n

etwork-info

• Let people know if you are leaving for any length of time or when you leave for the end of the day.– Skype your partners– Put a note at your seat