[AI] {SteveO} will contact Keith Hazelton about inviting Larry Hanrahan to be the guest speaker for the BoF.

*Participants*
Jack Buchanan, U. Tennessee - Memphis (Chair)
Michael Gettes, Duke University
Brent Putman, Georgetown University
Renee Frost, Internet2
George Brett, Internet2
Steve Olshansky, Internet2
Terrie Clark, Internet2
Ann West, EDUCAUSE/Internet2

*Discussion*

Ongoing Pilot Projects - updates
Georgetown University’s Project Sentinel Collaboratory update - University Information Services plans to set up an identity provider site. The hardware has been ordered. Installation and testing should begin soon after the hardware arrives. The institution seeks to set up a temporary Shibboleth origin for Azyxxi for a limited web based demonstration. The Shibboleth development should be completed by the beginning of October. The project raises the question of how to set up a trust fabric without the formality of a federation. This effort is a good example of business needs and could be used as a case study. For more information please see http://biodefense.georgetown.edu/project-sentinel.asp.

The group discussed the AAMC identifiers and the identifiers’ role in CME. The identifiers are not used for authentication at this time. At Duke University, a limited-use Duke ID is given to outside clinicians affiliated with Duke medical facilities, in many cases because several clinicians don’t have an AAMC identifier. The AAMC identifier program does not take into account other clinicians like nurses. However, it does account for faculty members who have positions within schools of medicine.

The BoF at the Internet2 Fall Member Meeting in Austin, TX September 27-30 has been rescheduled to Monday, September 27 from 1:00PM – 2:30PM. For more information please see http://events.internet2.edu/2004/fall-mm/. A reminder of this change will be sent to the group via the list. The BoF will focus on recent developments in public health and medical IT.
There is a Health Sciences Task Form meeting open to the public on Monday, September 27 during the Fall I2MM. Mike Ackerman will speak about the NIH Roadmap. Jack Buchanan will speak about the National Healthcare Information Infrastructure, public health informatics and electronic health records. This discussion will highlight the debate over the use of electronic medical records for research versus clinical delivery of services. The call attendees were in agreement that public health informatics is a logical direction for the MedMid WG, as it encompasses secure inter-domain access to data, and would benefit from many of the projects underway within the Internet2 Middleware and Security Initiative.

The University of Tennessee’s School of Public Health has developed a proposal in response to a request from the CDC to provide automated access to clinical data. The proposal encompasses bone density scans, collated images with text and document tracking. More information about this project will be made available soon.

The next call is Thursday, October 14, at 2:00PM ET.