Interoperability in Action Post #2: A Tale of Two Connectathons
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 in Action Post #1: Immunization Records
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…
Our kind of town: Staying social at HIMSS15
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…
HIMSS15 Chicago: Winds of change in Health IT
Conferences are tricky things. They’re exciting, chaotic and thoroughly exhausting. But, when that final session comes to a close, it’s an open question whether meaningful connections are made…
Transition of Care documents: Easing the burden
In a recent HITECH Answers post, Meaningful Use expert Jim Tate draws attention to the major stumbling block presented by “Transition of Care” (TOC) requirements. In Stage 2…
What We Learned at FHIR Connect-a-thon 8
Coding away at the FHIR Connect-a-thon Dynamic Health IT was on the scene at FHIR Connectathon 8 in San Antonio. Over two days of furious coding and interfacing,…
