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Thursday, March 11th, 2010
Posted in HL7 Messaging, HL7 Standards, Meaningful Use | View Comments
HL7 International announced that a new implementation guide for ELINCS is now available. The new guide uses HL7 2.5.1 as the foundation instead of HL7 v2.4. ELINCS stands for EHR-Lab Interoperability and Connectivity Standards, and it is a specification ... Read entry ⇒
Thursday, June 12th, 2008
Posted in CCD, EHR, EMR | View Comments
HIMSS EHRVA developed a Quick Start Guide for implementing the Continuity of Care Document (CCD). HIMSS EHRVA is a trade association of Electronic Health Record (EHR) vendors. Included in the file are two sample CCDs. The guide seems to be a useful resou... Read entry ⇒
Wednesday, January 17th, 2007
Posted in HL7 Basics, HL7 Standard | View Comments
For The Record, a leading magazine for Healthcare Information Management professionals, published an article entitled HL7 101: A Beginners Guide, essentially a “What is HL7” article. It is written by one of Corepoint Health‘s interface ... Read entry ⇒
Thursday, March 22nd, 2012
Posted in CDA, EHR, Healthcare Integration, Healthcare Standards | View Comments
... for Stage 1 of Meaningful Use, and CCD is a constraint on CDA. So what does that make Consolidated CDA? A draft Implementation Guide for CDA Release 2.0, Consolidated CDA Templates (U.S. Realm) was released in December 2011. A copy of the draft can be fo... Read entry ⇒
Thursday, February 8th, 2007
Posted in EHR, EMR, HL7 Messaging | View Comments
...y of use and value for HEDIS (Health Plan Employer Data and Information Set) reporting. (Please note: The ELINCS implementation guide was updated in March 2010, and ELINCS is now based on HL7 v2.5.1. Read more on the ELINCS HL7-R1 specification.) The only... Read entry ⇒
Friday, October 20th, 2006
Posted in HL7 Integration, HL7 Messaging, HL7 Standard, HL7 Standards | View Comments
...s no free copy of the HL7 manual. You purchase the document from the HL7 standards organization. To get the HL7 specification / guide, visit the official HL7 web site. The cost for the reference will vary based on what version(s) of HL7 you want. Figure s... Read entry ⇒
Wednesday, October 19th, 2011
Posted in Health care, Social Media | View Comments
...his, get your IT department involved in your unblocking effort very early on. They will obviously play a huge role and can help guide you through their piece of the unblocking puzzle. Like I’ve pointed out in earlier blog posts in this series, you likely ... Read entry ⇒
Thursday, December 22nd, 2011
Posted in CCD, CCR, CDA, Healthcare Integration, Healthcare IT, Healthcare Standards, Integration Insights, Meaningful Use | View Comments
... much more defined than C32, its flexibility was limited. But implementing C32 required sifting through numerous implementation guides to understand the data definitions and the structure. Mr. Asnaani indicated that the S&I ToC Community of 150 member... Read entry ⇒
Thursday, March 3rd, 2011
Posted in CCD, CDA | View Comments
..., a constraint on the CDA became a requirement for Meaningful Use. I look forward to the release of the greenCDA implementation guide in March to see if the hype lives up to the expectations of “simple and intuitive.” ... Read entry ⇒
Tuesday, October 11th, 2011
Posted in #HITsm, Healthcare IT, Social Media | View Comments
...annels available and provides an overview of how to get started. This primer is comprehensive and practical. Download this free guide today! ... Read entry ⇒
