There has been much controversy in the Health IT world over the issue of “data blocking” – to what extent it truly exists and, if so, what to…

Interface engines are largely hidden to healthcare practitioners, but they can be vital to the exchange of healthcare data. Among the benefits of a good HL7 engine is…

Believe it or not, interoperability is happening. You just have to know where to look. A recent post by John Halamka, Chief Information Officer of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical…

HL7 International held Connectathon 9 in Paris on May 10 and followed up with a FHIR Clinician Connect-a-thon on May 15. Both events came at the challenge of interoperability…

Interoperability is a mammoth, catchall topic on the minds of healthcare IT stakeholders everywhere. For most providers, however, the term remains an abstraction. For patients, it likely has…

At HIMSS15 in Chicago, there were the usual wall-to-wall session offerings, evening events and impromptu chances to meet with colleagues. Increasingly, there is also a virtual space for…