Question from Greg Meyer, distinguished engineer at Cerner: Optionality vs Extensibility: What effect is the large selection of standards and technology in the health IT…
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HL7 ADT Q&A with Dave Shaver
Is there a national standard to what the baseline structure for what an ADT (A28, A31) message should include? Are there national specifications/schematics that say…
Philosophical and Structural Differences Between HL7 and X12
Even though the interfaces that handle both types of documents live side by side, keeping some of the high-level differences in mind when designing them…
The Standardization of Data and the Personal Health Record
Health data standards are part of almost every discipline and industry. Within healthcare, there are standards from laboratory and radiology procedures to network protocols. With…
New ONC Leader Karen DeSalvo Discusses Priorities, Current Health IT Landscape at HIMSS14
This year’s HIMSS Annual Conference and Exhibition saw Karen DeSalvo, the new National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, take the stage and it was clear…
5 Questions With Tim Dawson, Chief Architect at Vital Images
Radiology has always had the most innovative technology in healthcare, with CT scanners that can capture a 3D image of a patient’s heart between heart…
Growth of Quantified Self, Part 4: The Future of Health Design
Part 4 of Angela’s quantified self series explores a platform that enables users to design health “projects” for tracking across all devices, the RWJF’s Project…
Stories From The Walking Gallery: Keith Boone
Part 3 in the Walking Gallery series. See Part 1, Part 2. Regina Holliday, founder of the The Walking Gallery, began the social movement because…
Stories From The Walking Gallery: Fred Trotter
Part 3 in the Walking Gallery series. See Part 1 and Part 2. Regina Holliday, founder of the The Walking Gallery, began the social movement because…
5 Questions With Dan Haley, VP of Government And Regulatory Affairs at athenahealth
Athenahealth was right in the middle of the biggest industry news stories to come out of HIMSS13. While the CommonWell Health Alliance announcement sucked the…
