There is an impending health IT labor shortage coming soon. The Federal government is issuing grants to develop a health IT curriculum. Learn more about…
Archive | March, 2010
How Are Healthcare Standards Made Anyway?
If you really want to know, Glen Marshall wrote an excellent overview of how Healthcare Standards become Healthcare Standards. It is a paper published by…
Two Basic Approaches to HL7 Interface Conversions
Many healthcare organizations are migrating to new integration platform to better meet the rising healthcare interfacing demands and requirements. Approaching the interface conversion project in…
Social Media’s Impact on Health IT
Interesting articles are populating online journals, magazines and blogs that describe social media’s growing impact on healthcare and health IT. The following is a collection…
ELINCS Update: Version 2.5.1 Implementation Guide Now Available
ELINCS is a specification which constrains HL7 to “standardize” sending lab results to EHRs. This blog post highlights the changes made in the updated ELINCS…
CCD and CCR – The Discussion Continues
There has been a great deal of discussion on what is happening – and will happen – with the two continuity of care standards. As…
Green CDA Equals Simplifying CDA
Green CDA is a simplification project for a key healthcare standard. It is a worthwhile effort to simplify working with CDA.
HL7 Interface – An Overview
The number of HL7 interfaces will grow tremendously over the next few years, driven by HITECH and other healthcare interoperability initiatives. This blog post defines…