Wes Rishel

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OK, XML Schema Does Earn its Keep in HL7

by Wes Rishel  |  December 31, 2011  |  2 Comments

For the current state of RIM-based HL7 standards XML schema is a necessary ingredient.

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Does XML Schema Earn its Keep?

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.

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HL7′s Position on CIMI

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.

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ELINCS: Doing Lab Orders Standards Right

by Wes Rishel  |  December 8, 2011  |  3 Comments

On Wednesday the California Healthcare Foundation published Request for Proposals: Using Electronic Data Standards to Communicate Laboratory Orders. CHCF actually lives up to an important but seldom-followed precept of standards: producing a spec is only the start of getting a working standard. Someone has to nurse it through initial implementations, reflect on the lessons learned [...]

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ONC Moves on Sending Questions to the Data

by Wes Rishel  |  July 26, 2011  |  2 Comments

ONC Moves on Sending Questions to the Data

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Simple Provider Directories for Simple Interop

by Wes Rishel  |  May 27, 2011  |  5 Comments

Ideas about provider directories to support The Direct Project are getting quite complex. Here is an approach that matches Direct itself for simplicity and the potential for rapid completion.

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Surescripts Announcement Confirms Simple Interop Incremental Approach

by Wes Rishel  |  October 28, 2010  |  Comments Off

Our feeling was that the simple Interop would attract companies that would start up without grants and creatively find value propositions to repay their investment. This notion of enabling free enterprise seems to have paid off.

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retweet: WOO HOO! #NHINDirect wins @InformationWeek 500 Gov Innovators Award

by Wes Rishel  |  September 24, 2010  |  Comments Off

All award programs are hooey — except when something you care about wins the award. I am happy to be associated with NHIN direct and my hat’s off to four key people who are showing us how to use the Internet to advance standards development.

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Plug for Motorcycle Guy’s Map of CDA/XDS

by Wes Rishel  |  July 5, 2010  |  Comments Off

If you follow health IT standards and haven’t seen it, I recommend a look Keith Boone’s Where in the World is CDA and XDS. This is a sexy presentation and a  great use of simple and effective collaboration. More important, it is a massive job to get this data and keep it up to date. [...]

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NHIN Direct: Response to Comment on Vendor Positions

by Wes Rishel  |  June 17, 2010  |  1 Comment

Today Anand Shroff replied to my prior post with some very provoking questions. I have added emphasis in quoting his reply. Wes – are you detecting a split between EMR vendors and HIE vendors? From where I sit, the HIE vendors should be fairly neutral about what gets picked, as long as there is a single [...]

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