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Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008
Posted in CCD, CDA, HL7 Standards | View Comments
The Continuity of Care Document (CCD) defines a detailed set of constraints, or templates, for CDA elements. Each template may have further supporting templates as required. The data contained in each of the templates is set by CCR. Below is an overview ... Read entry ⇒
Thursday, March 4th, 2010
Posted in HL7 Integration, HL7 Messaging, HL7 Standard | View Comments
With the discussion on healthcare interoperability escalating, it is good to take a step back and outline some basics of an HL7 interface. Understanding an HL7 interface is essential as well as approaches to take in implementing a growing number of HL7 ... Read entry ⇒
Thursday, January 13th, 2011
Posted in Radiology Workflow | View Comments
..., in general), it may be a good time to re-visit the thoughts and practices around utilizing a Blue Ocean strategy. For a quick overview of Blue Ocean Strategy, the people behind it have an eight slide presentation which provides an excellent overview. Ta... Read entry ⇒
Tuesday, June 19th, 2007
Posted in HL7 Standard | View Comments
...; this is helpful when someone says, “The PID segment is defined in Chapter Three.” BTW, are you looking to gain an overview of HL7? If so, visit the Corepoint Health Resource Center for white papers, recorded HL7 insights, etc. or attend an H... Read entry ⇒
Thursday, March 25th, 2010
Posted in Healthcare Standards | View Comments
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 AHIMA, and it is entitled The Standards Value Chain. It provides an excellent overview of the proces... Read entry ⇒
Wednesday, January 17th, 2007
Posted in HL7 Basics, HL7 Standard | View Comments
...connected healthcare initiatives. The HL7 Standard plays a key role in these clinical data exchanges. If you are looking for an overview article on HL7 and the standard’s direction, this is a good foundation article. If you would like to read more d... Read entry ⇒
Tuesday, February 1st, 2011
Posted in Blogroll, Health care | View Comments
...ough the content of Meaningful Use can be a daunting task. Lucky for those individuals, as well as others simply looking for an overview of the requirements, Margo Williams of the American college of Physicians has organized an easy-to-follow guide writte... Read entry ⇒
An instructor-led, web-based course that delivers an overview of HL7 Clinical Document Architecture (CDA) and the Continuity of Care Document (CCD). ... Read entry ⇒
Thursday, March 31st, 2011
Posted in ACO | View Comments
...8221; Included in the article is a summary of the Proposed Measures for ACO Quality-Performance Standards. This delivers a good overview. Again, much more information will begin pouring into the health care community over the next few days and weeks. Stay... Read entry ⇒
Wednesday, September 14th, 2011
Posted in #HITsm, Social Media, Weekly Blotter | View Comments
...ional Health IT Week, which is this week. Gwenn Darlinger, an employee of Blue Cross and Blue Shield, presented a comprehensive overview of the history of healthcare IT, including the federal initiatives that spurred the move toward the modernization of t... Read entry ⇒
