Modeling Tutorial Track Added to SOA in Healthcare Conference July 13-15, 2011 in Herndon, VA

NEEDHAM, Mass. and ANN ARBOR, Mich., June 13, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- OMG^® and Health Level Seven^® International (HL7), along with Open Health Tools and the Business Ecology® Initiative, today announced that a Modeling Tutorial track has been added to the fourth annual SOA in Healthcare conference: "SOA Road-map to Integration: Architecting Interoperability in Healthcare." The conference will be held July 13-15, 2011 at the Hyatt Dulles, in Herndon, VA. Registration and program details may be found online at http://www.omg.org/hc-pr.

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The modeling tutorial track on day two of the conference provides training on Unified Modeling Language™ (UML^®), Business Process Model & Notation (BPMN™), Unified Profile for DoDAF and MODAF (UPDM), Systems Modeling Language (SysML™), and Service Oriented Architecture Modeling Language (SoaML™). Presenters are from No Magic, Inc., Atego, and Model Driven Solutions.

"Successful enterprise architectures take into account the needs of all the stakeholders across the enterprise, and focus on many different viewpoints. There are a number of models and modeling techniques that can be used to articulate these stakeholder views of the enterprise architecture," said Robert Lario, CEO, Visumpoint; and program chair, SOA in Healthcare Conference. "We added this modeling tutorial track to help business people gain a better understanding of open modeling standards that may be used to capture and communicate an enterprise architecture in a clear and repeatable manner."

Registration & Information

Software AG is the Platinum sponsor and Mayo Clinic is the Silver Sponsor for the SOA in Healthcare event. Registration information is available at http://www.omg.org/hc-pr. Exhibit space is available, for more information email [email protected]. Sponsorship opportunities are available; contact Ken Berk at [email protected] or +1-781-444-0404.

About Health Level Seven (HL7) International

Founded in 1987, Health Level Seven International (www.HL7.org) is the global authority for healthcare Information interoperability and standards with affiliates established in more than 30 countries. HL7 is a non-profit, ANSI accredited standards development organization dedicated to providing a comprehensive framework and related standards for the exchange, integration, sharing, and retrieval of electronic health information that supports clinical practice and the management, delivery and evaluation of health services. HL7's more than 2,300 members represent approximately 500 corporate members, which include more than 90 percent of the information systems vendors serving healthcare. HL7 collaborates with other standards developers and provider, payer, philanthropic and government agencies at the highest levels to ensure the development of comprehensive and reliable standards and successful interoperability efforts.

About OMG

OMG^® is an international, open membership, not-for-profit computer industry standards consortium. OMG Task Forces develop enterprise integration standards for a wide range of technologies and an even wider range of industries. OMG's modeling standards enable powerful visual design, execution and maintenance of software and other processes. For more information, visit www.omg.org.

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