February 2012
- 21: IT of The Tiger: TIGER Initiative supports nurses using technology
- 20: You’re Invited: HIMSS12 to Host Live #HITsm Chat, Wed., Feb. 22 at 11 AM, PT
- 16: Women in mHealth: Rebecca Woodcock of Cake Health
- 15: HIMSS12: Sessions and Connections
- 14: Blue Button Interoperability – A Step Backward?
- 9: New Experiences – Lab Work & Patient Interaction
- 7: Intubate, Rinse, Repeat: Does patient simulation teach real-world nursing skills?
- 2: Links to HIMSS12 Activities
- 2: Pioneer ACO Update: Q&A With Health IT Leaders from Eastern Maine Healthcare System
January 2012
- 31: Healthcare Technology: A Competitive Advantage in Improving the Patient Experience
- 26: Major Milestones – White Coat & Hands-on Work
- 24: Six Questions to Consider About Merging a CCD
- 19: Join us For Another ‘Special Edition’ #HITsm TweetChat. This Week’s Topic: ACOs
- 19: BJ Fogg’s Tiny Habits: An Idea for mHealth App Success
- 18: A Peek Inside IHE Connectathon
- 17: Are ACOs Like Chasing Unicorns? 32 Health Systems Don’t Believe So
- 12: Join us for a ‘Special Edition’ HIMSS #HITsm TweetChat, Jan. 13
- 10: Happy Birthday, #HITsm TweetChat!
- 4: Great Hope for 2012 Begins With a Look Back at The 10 Most Popular Posts From 2011
December 2011
- 28: 2011: 6 Health IT Shifts + 3 Disappointments
- 22: Creedence, The Dude and Consolidated CDA
- 20: 2011 Top #HITsm Contributors
- 15: Only 38% Have a Mobile Policy: HIMSS Releases Survey, Launches mHIMSS
- 12: They’re Back! The 2011 #HITsm Awards – A Call for Nominations
- 8: HIT Quiz Results! Your Knowledge of The New ACO Ruling
- 6: The Human Readability of CDA
- 1: How To Get Started in the Healthcare Conversation with the Healthcare Hashtag Project
November 2011
- 29: Meaningful Use & Radiology – Dive In, All Clear
- 18: Dr. Wal-Mart
- 17: mHealth and Social Fitness: Why Tweet Workouts or Your Weight?
- 15: Health Information Exchange: Bridging the Digital Divide
- 10: Recommended Reading on the IOM Health IT Report
- 8: IT’s Role in Measuring Social Media ROI For Health Care Organizations
- 3: HIT Quiz: Test Your Knowledge of the New ACO Ruling
- 1: How to Identify and Avoid ‘Social Media Sweatshops’
October 2011
- 27: Patients 2.0 – An Interview & Survey
- 26: Allow Access to Social Media, a Recap
- 25: Notes From Class: Med School 101
- 21: 4 Reasons You’re Still Blocking Social Media and Why You Should Reconsider, Part 4
- 20: mHealth Targeting Healthcare Professionals
- 19: Social Media in the Workplace Poses a Risk to Information and Network Security, Part 3
- 18: 4 Reasons You’re Still Blocking Social Media and Why You Should Reconsider, Part 2
- 17: 4 Reasons You’re Still Blocking Social Media and Why You Should Reconsider
- 13: 5 Questions With a Medical Software Implementation Engineer
- 12: New iPhone 4s features expand potential for medical use
- 11: “Don’t Have Time” Is the Wrong Answer
- 6: Meaningful Support: Capture and Interpret Complete Clinical Picture in Real Time for Increased EMR Adoption
- 5: Wednesday Blotter, October 4 Edition
- 4: Should We Treat the Patient or the Patients?
September 2011
- 29: Vocabulary Recommendation, A Step Towards Semantic Interoperability
- 28: Wednesday Blotter: 5 Quick Hits. Sept 28
- 27: Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is: Investing in Health Innovation Benefits More than the Bottom Line
- 22: mHealth and Data: 88 Percent of Doctors Want Patients to Track Their Health at Home
- 21: Sept. 21. Wednesday Blotter
- 20: Interface Documentation: Huh? What? Come Again?
- 15: How To Innovate in mHealth: Drchrono Plus ONC Health 2.0 Challenges
- 14: Sept. 14: Wednesday Blotter
- 13: Healthcare IT: On the Road to Reform, Regardless of What Happens in Court
- 8: “Meaningful Use” of Social Media at Stanford Medicine 2.0
- 7: Sept. 7: Wednesday Blotter
- 6: Note from the Field: Meditech 6.0 HL7 Integration
- 1: mHealth: Meaningful Use and the Pursuit of App-iness
August 2011
- 31: Aug. 31: Wednesday Blotter
- 30: Adding to the Team: Welcome, Chad Johnson!
- 26: Useful Links from #HITsm Tweet Chat – August 26, 2011
- 25: Why Are Millennials Vital to Health Care?
- 23: The Patient’s Role in Health Information Management
- 18: Docs and ACOs: Embrace Them or Not?
- 16: The Role of Physicians in Driving Toward Unified Patient Information Management
- 11: Would You Like a Personality With That?
- 9: The Role of Health Plans in Effective Patient Information Management
- 4: A View from the CLOUD: Building a Virtual Geography of Healthcare for the 21st Century
- 2: How Patient Information Management is Affecting Care Coordination
July 2011
- 27: A View from the CLOUD: Are Privacy and Transparency on a Collision Course or Two Sides of the Same Coin?
- 21: A view from the CLOUD: Is Health IT Trapped in the Physical Geography of Healthcare?
- 19: Impatient on Meaningful Use Stages
- 14: The Mystery of Meaningful Use and Radiology
- 12: Walking the Tightrope
- 7: Radiology Needs to Reassert Their IT Leadership
- 5: Job Titles for HL7 Engine Users
June 2011
- 28: CDA Implementation Interpretations and the Impact on Interoperability
- 26: Google Health – Too Early to Market?
- 22: How Much Would You Pay for Your Medical Record?
- 16: 2011 #HITsm Mid-Year Report
- 14: What do you think is the most promising initiative in health IT? Poll Results
- 9: Remember Your Story
- 7: Why Electronic Attachments will become an Industry Standard Solution
- 2: CDA Levels of Interoperability
May 2011
- 31: HL7 v3 RIM: Is It Really that Intimidating?
- 25: Remember Your Manners
- 20: Kudos to a Physician for Transferring to an EHR
- 17: #HITsm Tweet Chat Summary from May 16, 2011
- 16: Modular EHR Certification for an Interface Engine – What Does It Mean?
- 12: iPatient: The New Citizen-Patient?
- 10: Radiology Workflow: Integrated
- 4: Keeping Your Health Stats On Track
April 2011
- 28: Apathy in Health IT
- 26: How Much Do Doctors Really Make?
- 21: Synergy, Community and Engagement in the #HITsm Community
- 19: And then there was… #HITsm
- 12: Philosophical and Structural Differences between HL7 and X12
- 8: If Air Travel Was Like The Health Care Industry
- 6: It Takes Some Time to Turn the Ship Around
- 4: Accountable Care April
March 2011
- 31: Accountable Care Organizations: The Proposed Rule
- 28: One Day Without Shoes – April 5
- 24: Business or Healing?
- 22: ELINCS Orders Draft Specification Released for Public Comment
- 17: Liquid Data and the Health Information Economy: Is 2011 Finally the Year?
- 16: What was your impression of social media at HIMSS11?
- 10: Would growth in EHR use continue if Meaningful Use stopped?
- 8: Supporting CDA in Clinical Applications, Part 2: XML and HTML Rendering
- 4: Popular tracks at HIMSS11? Poll Results
- 3: greenCDA: Will It Live Up to Expectations?
- 1: Supporting CDA in Clinical Applications, Part 1: Introduction
February 2011
- 24: Twitter Created the New Radio Star
- 21: Spring Cleaning in Health IT
- 17: The State of the EHR – Recent Studies and Stats
- 15: The EMR Is Dead, Long Live EHR
- 11: An #HITsm Valentine
- 10: ACO – Another Three Letters in the Alphabet Soup
- 8: Reflections on One Semester of Medical School
- 4: Healthcare Interoperability Insights: Log Files
- 1: Grand Rounds
January 2011
- 31: Will you be at HIMSS11? Poll Results
- 28: What’s in a Word?
- 25: HL7 Standards to Host Grand Rounds
- 25: IHE Connectathon – A Chance to Test Interoperability
- 20: How Do You Learn?
- 18: HL7 Acknowledgements and Interface Pacing
- 13: Radiology Strategy & Workflow – Blue Ocean Style
- 11: Interfacing Challenge: Patient Matching Examples in Healthcare Integration
- 7: Monday Night #HITsm Tweet Chats
- 6: Does Health IT Social Media Matter?
- 4: My First Patient, My Perpetual Patient
December 2010
- 17: ‘Tis the season…2010 #HITsm Awards
- 14: Interfacing Challenge: Monitoring and Alerting for HL7 Interfaces
- 13: The 2010 #HITsm Awards – Call for nominations!
- 9: Character Matters in Health Care Social Media
- 7: Public Health: The Business of Putting Oneself Out of Business
- 3: Does Education Empower?
- 2: Interfacing Challenge: Patient Data Matching with HL7 Messages
November 2010
- 30: Up Close and Personal with Electronic Medical Records
- 24: Preparing for RSNA
- 23: Images Play a Vital Role in Creating a Complete Patient Record
- 18: Health Care Social Media – My Confession
- 16: Converting from an HL7 Version 2 Message to CDA
- 11: Cloud Computing: A Developer Perspective
- 9: Streamlining a Radiology Practice: Balancing Brand & Efficiency
- 4: Simply Workflow
- 2: A New Cure: Where Medications Fall Short
- 1: A Message to our Readers: HL7 Standards Website Update
October 2010
- 28: Evaluating Two Approaches to HL7 Interfacing
- 26: Engaging Conversations on Healthcare using Social Media
- 22: ELINCS EDGE Testing Tool
- 19: Support Structure for HITECH Initiatives
- 14: Recent Information on HIEs
- 13: What is an HIE?
- 7: Do you get an annual physical exam by your physician? Poll Results
- 1: Part 5: The Radiology Economy, Interview with Joe Moore, CIO, RCI
September 2010
- 30: Part 4: Integration & Radiology, Interview with Joe Moore, CIO, RCI
- 29: Part 3: HITECH & Radiology, Interview with Joe Moore, CIO, RCI
- 28: Part 2: HIE Activity & Radiology, Interview with Joe Moore, CIO, RCI
- 27: Part 1: State of Radiology, Interview with Joe Moore, CIO, RCI
- 24: The Important Role of a Radiology CIO
- 24: Enhancing TAT with HL7
- 22: This Time It’s Personal…
- 20: Build Your Radiology Brand with IT Infrastructure
- 20: ONC Adds Third EHR Certifier
- 16: Steps to EMR Interfacing
- 15: Lessons Learned in EMR Interfacing
- 9: Use the Mint Model to Empower Patients
- 7: How do you learn best? Poll Results
- 3: Healthcare Interfaces: Then and Now
- 1: Three Things to Consider when Moving an Interface into Production
August 2010
- 31: ONC Announces EHR Testing & Certification Bodies
- 23: Who do you believe is the real winner with Meaningful Use? Poll Results
- 17: Lean or McDonald’s: Is the Concept Applicable to Radiology Workflow?
- 9: What do you think about the meaningful use and standards final rules? Poll Results
July 2010
- 29: What three things should everyone know about working with HL7 standards?
- 19: Distributing Results: Report Message Structure
- 16: Meaningful Use Resources
- 16: “Finding My Way to Electronic Health Records” – A Testimonial by the U.S. Surgeon General
- 12: Three Things to Keep in Mind When Developing an HL7 Interface
- 12: Distributing Results: Message Routing
June 2010
- 24: Should the Proposed Health IT Certification Program Include PHR and HIE? Poll Results
- 21: Top 10 Twitter Feeds to Follow for News on Healthcare IT
- 18: Healthcare IT Current Events – A Week in Review
- 14: New Media in the Healthcare Industry
May 2010
- 27: Certification Programs for Health Information Technology
- 18: Health Care Reform and Health IT Reform – 2 Interesting Articles
- 4: Sources for Meaningful Use & HITECH information Poll Results
April 2010
- 22: Keep Meaningful Use Strong – New Perspectives
- 15: HL7 International Submits Comments on Proposed Certification Programs
- 6: Meaningful Use Proposed Rules Unite Partisan Senators
- 2: Social Media in Healthcare Poll Results
March 2010
- 31: How Do You Educate Someone to be a Health IT Team Member?
- 25: How Are Healthcare Standards Made Anyway?
- 22: Two Basic Approaches to HL7 Interface Conversions
- 19: Social Media’s Impact on Health IT
- 11: ELINCS Update: Version 2.5.1 Implementation Guide Now Available
- 10: CCD and CCR – The Discussion Continues
- 9: Green CDA Equals Simplifying CDA
- 4: HL7 Interface – An Overview
February 2010
- 25: Real Change with HITECH and EHRs
- 18: CCR Fading According to Chilmark Research
- 17: Defining Meaningful Use – H&HN Article
- 16: Recent Poll Results: Looking ahead to 2015, what percentage realization of the HITECH Act goals do you believe will be achieved?
- 10: CCD vs. CCR – Meaningful Use Options
- 3: View Public Comments on Meaningful Use IFR
January 2010
- 28: HL7 Quality Reporting Document Architecture (QRDA) Defined
- 14: HL7 Version Ambiguity? Just Say No!
- 13: Meaningful Use Rules Published
- 11: Recent Poll Results: Are you electronically exchanging Continuity of Care Documents (CCD) today?
- 5: Meaningful Use Regulations Issued – Reaction Begins
- 4: Stalled EMR/EHR innovation Due to Stimulus Focus?
- 1: Meaningful Use’s Impact on Interoperability: Analysis of the Interim Final Rule (IFR)
December 2009
- 30: Keep Healthcare Standards the Same Say HL7 CEO & CTO
- 16: What It Takes to Successfully Complete IHE Connectathon
- 10: HL7 EHR-System Functional Model Becomes International Standard
- 8: CCD Usage
- 4: Poll Results: Which HL7 Version Do You Encounter the Most in Your Interfacing Projects?
- 4: Troubleshooting Approaches – A List
November 2009
- 25: Keep Healthcare Standards Simple
- 18: New Polling Feature Added to HL7Standards.com
- 13: Healthcare XML Standards Discussed
- 6: HL7 Specifies Functional Requirements for Clinical Research in an EHR
October 2009
- 28: Sending Lab Results – Challenges & Needed Changes
- 16: Health IT Standards – A Week in Review
- 9: CCHIT Updates EHR Certification Program
- 7: International Classification of Diseases (ICD)
September 2009
- 24: HL7 News from Working Group Meeting
- 17: What is HQMF – Health Quality Measures Format?
- 13: Next HL7 Working Group Meeting
- 2: Summary of ICD-10
August 2009
June 2009
May 2009
April 2009
January 2009
October 2008
September 2008
- 16: HL7 Working Group Meeting Includes Strong International Attendance
- 3: Integrating EMRs with Reference Labs
August 2008
- 18: Hospitals Creating Their Own Networks
- 13: Massachusetts Hospitals Must Have CPOE by 2012 and CCHIT-Certified EHRs by 2015
July 2008
- 29: Continuity of Care Document for Clinical Data Exchange
- 25: HL7 Dates and Times
- 25: HL7 Time Zone Qualification
- 23: An Overview of CCD Templates
- 18: What is an HL7 ADT Feed?
- 11: RHIOs vs. Peer-to-Peer Communications
June 2008
May 2008
- 27: Healthcare IT Definitions Released
- 23: Radiology CIO Play a Strategic Role
- 15: CDA – The American Bridge from HL7 V2.X to V3?
April 2008
March 2008
February 2008
- 12: Formatted Documents: HL7 2.X vs. HL7 CDA vs. Wishes
- 11: Sending Text Documents or Reports via an HL7 Interface
- 8: What If There Was an Election on Healthcare Standards?
- 8: FDA Proposes Less Stringent Controls on Medical Device Software
January 2008
- 25: Comparing HL7 Messages to HL7 Documents
- 17: HL7 2.6 and HL7 2.7
- 4: HL7 Messages in Healthcare Billing Environments
December 2007
- 18: What Are LOINC Codes?
- 12: Key Differences Between HL7 V2 and V3
- 7: How Manual Is Your Billing Workflow?
November 2007
- 27: PDF Attachment in HL7 Message
- 15: PACS Administrator Responsibilities
- 6: Bridging the Device Divide
October 2007
September 2007
- 28: Placer Order Number vs. Filler Order Number
- 24: HL7 Separator Characters
- 10: Variations of the HL7 ORU^R01 Message Format
- 9: Radiology Consultants of Iowa
- 7: Considering the Move to Team Leader or IT Manager?
- 4: Henry County Health Center
August 2007
- 31: EMR Interfacing Best Practices
- 30: How Widely Adopted Is HL7?
- 20: DRA: Growing the Radiology Business
- 16: Getting Started with Your HL7 Interface
- 13: What Is CDISC?
- 10: How Do HL7 and XML Co-Exist in Clinical Interfacing?
- 8: DRA: Attaining Operational Excellence
- 3: Streamline the Billing Workflow with HL7
- 3: What Is a BAR Message?
- 1: DRA: Leading Your Imaging Center
July 2007
- 18: ELINCS
- 11: DRA’s Impact on Imaging Centers
- 5: Medical Device Interfacing
- 2: ORM vs. RDE for HL7 Pharmacy Orders
- 2: What Is an RDE Message?
June 2007
May 2007
- 23: HL7 Publishing Schedule
- 18: HL7 2.5
- 14: Why Use an HL7 Engine?
- 14: HL7 Engine Mapping
- 14: Why Map HL7 Messages?
- 7: Why Filter HL7 Messages?
- 3: Rene Spronk on “Where Is HL7 Deployed or Used Across the World?”
- 2: HL7 Minimum Layer Protocol (MLP) Defined
- 2: Where Is HL7 Deployed or Used Across the World?
- 1: HL7 Conference
- 1: HL7 Working Group Meeting (WGM)
April 2007
- 30: HL7 Tutorial
- 27: Use of National Provider Identifier (NPI) in HL7
- 17: HL7 Z-Segment: Questions and Answers
March 2007
February 2007
- 15: EMR Standards – A “C” Change
- 15: What Is the HL7 Continuity of Care Document?
- 8: ELINCS Standard: Laboratory Results to EMRs
- 1: ACK Message – Real World Scenario
- 1: ACK Message – Original Mode Acknowledgement
- 1: HL7 Acknowledgement (ACK) Messages – Guaranteed Message Delivery
- 1: Who Uses HL7?
January 2007
- 17: HL7 Beginners Guide Article
- 12: Still Using Point-to-Point Interfacing?
- 5: Introduction to HL7 Field Cardinality and Field Lengths
December 2006
- 5: Overlapping Clinical Integration Standards
- 5: What Is HL7?
- 1: Sending Images or Formatted Documents via HL7 Messaging
- 1: Does XML and/or UML Solve All of Our Healthcare Integration Issues?
November 2006
- 30: All Healthcare Integration Is Local
- 29: Sharing Patient Information and Images
- 28: Interoperability, RSNA, and Standards – What Do They Have in Common?
- 21: Procedure Code Mapping for Imaging Centers with HL7
- 15: The Many Roles of a PACS Administrator
- 13: Increasing Radiologist Efficiency and Productivity
- 8: HL7 2.X Interoperability and Conformance Profiles
- 3: Radiological Interpretation Process
- 3: What Is an SIU Message?
- 2: How Do I Determine if HL7 Messages Are Conformant?
- 2: What Causes HL7 Messages to be Nonconformant?
- 2: What Is Cardinality in HL7?
- 2: HL7 Escape Sequences
October 2006
- 31: HL7 Specifications Defined
- 26: HL7 3.0 Considerations for Healthcare Providers (Clinics, Hospitals, Labs, Diagnostic Imaging)
- 26: HL7 3.0 Considerations for Healthcare Vendors
- 24: Interesting Article About HL7 V3 in Canada
- 23: When Will Clinical Interfacing Switch, Convert, Map, or Move to HL7 3.0?
- 23: Who Is Using HL7 3.X Messaging?
- 22: Formal Article / Publication Comparing CDA and CCR
- 20: How Do I Get a Copy of the HL7 Specification / Manual?
- 18: Embedding or Sending a CCR Document Inside an HL7 2.X Message
- 18: How Do I Send a Binary File Inside of an HL7 Message?
- 18: How Do CCR and CDA Compare?
- 18: What is the Relationship Between the Continuity of Care Record (CCR) and HL7 2.X Messaging?
- 18: What Is the Continuity of Care Record (CCR)?
- 11: HL7 Beginner’s Perspective – Day 1 of Training
- 11: HL7 Beginner’s Perspective – Day 2 of Training
- 11: What Are the Different Standards in Healthcare?
- 10: HL7 Beginner’s Perspective – Day 3 of Training
- 5: What Are the Primary Benefits of HL7 V2 versus HL7 V3?
- 5: What Is HL7 Version 3 or V3?
- 5: What Is an ACK?
- 5: What Are Z Segments?
- 5: What Is a DFT Message?
- 5: What Is an ORU Message?
- 5: What Is an ORM Message?
- 5: What Is an ADT Message?
- 5: What Are the HL7 Message Types?
- 5: What Are the Components of an HL7 Message?
- 5: What Is the HL7 Standard?
