For the current state of RIM-based HL7 standards XML schema is a necessary ingredient.
Category: Healthcare Providers Interoperability Vertical Industries Tags: Health Information Exchange, Health Internet, HIE, HL7, JSON, XML Schema
by Wes Rishel | December 31, 2011 | 2 Comments
For the current state of RIM-based HL7 standards XML schema is a necessary ingredient.
Category: Healthcare Providers Interoperability Vertical Industries Tags: Health Information Exchange, Health Internet, HIE, HL7, JSON, XML Schema
by Wes Rishel | December 28, 2011 | 6 Comments
Although some ascribe sainted status to XML schema, it doesn’t provide enough value to compensate for the practical difficulties it creates, not the least of which is blocking an evolution towards JSON.
Category: Healthcare Providers Interoperability Vertical Industries Tags: Health Information Exchange, Healthcare Interoperability, HIE, HL7, JSON, XML, XML Schema
by Wes Rishel | December 15, 2011 | 7 Comments
I strongly urge HL7 NOT to take a preemptive, doctrinaire “not invented here” position with respect to CIMI until the actual value of CIMI work product can be evaluated.
Category: Uncategorized Tags: CIMI, Health Information Exchange, Healthcare Interoperability, HIE, HL7, simple interop
by Wes Rishel | December 13, 2011 | 3 Comments
The Clinical Information Modeling Initiative (CIMI) is a small group of volunteers that are working to consolidate the detailed clinical models of various groups in a way that could be adapted to meet the needs of health IT standards groups.
Category: Healthcare Providers Interoperability Uncategorized Vertical Industries Tags: clinical decision support, Health Information Exchange, Health IT, Healthcare Interoperability
by Wes Rishel | November 20, 2011 | Comments Off
What beyond the Consolidated CDA is needed for meaningful use, stage 2?
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Category: Uncategorized Tags: EHR, Health Information Exchange, Healthcare Interoperability, Meaningful Use
by Wes Rishel | September 26, 2011 | Comments Off
Recently I have been peer-reviewing my colleagues’ presentations for Gartner Symposium 2011. Those of you who have attended know that it mostly dedicated to IT in general, attended by roughly 10,000 CIOs and their direct reports across all industries and government. Sunday October 16 in Orlando we are doing a track specifically for healthcare providers [...]
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Category: Healthcare Providers Interoperability Vertical Industries Tags: analytics, business intelligence, EHR, Health Information Exchange, health plans, Healthcare Interoperability, Healthcare Providers
by Wes Rishel | September 11, 2011 | 2 Comments
Creating a consumer-friendly taxonomy of the types of services provided by healthcare practices is, at best, expensive and more likely an oxymoronic challenge. Entry Level Provider Directories should solicit plain-English descriptions directly from the practices.
Category: Healthcare Providers Interoperability Tags: Direct Project, EHR, Health Information Exchange, Health IT, Healthcare Providers, NHIN Direct
by Wes Rishel | August 16, 2011 | 4 Comments
Recent blogs to the contrary, HL7 V3 has been a limited success, particularly with CDA documents. In taking up a Fresh Look, HL7 must consider the differences between CDA and V3 messaging and learn some important lessons.
Category: Healthcare Providers Interoperability Tags: EHR, Health 2.0, Health Information Exchange, Health IT, Healthcare Interoperability, Healthcare Providers, HL7 Fresh Look, simple interop
by Wes Rishel | July 26, 2011 | 2 Comments
ONC Moves on Sending Questions to the Data
Category: Interoperability Vertical Industries Tags: Direct Project, Health Information Exchange, Healthcare Interoperability, Healthcare Providers, HIE, Meaningful Use, PCAST Report, Query Health
by Wes Rishel | July 7, 2011 | 10 Comments
We all know why distributed query “can’t work.” OTOH, things are only impossible until they’re not. It’s time to decide if we are approaching a cusp of possibility. We have new resources (more EHRS, a fundamental secure communications infrastructure and standard coding systems in support of meaningful use requirements). It is time to assemble a group of users and vendors willing to look at this issue intensely but pragmatically.
Category: Healthcare Providers Interoperability Vertical Industries Tags: Direct Project, distributed query, EHR, Health Information Exchange, Healthcare Interoperability, Healthcare Providers, open source, PCAST Report, public health