Wes Rishel

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Further on the US Healthcare IT Standards Debate

November 9th, 2009 · 8 Comments

In A Singular Opportunity for Health Interoperability I summarized a metaphor based on the Web standards HTTP and HTML which was “get HL7 and other SDOs out of the HTTP business.”
Metaphors gain their power from poetic ambiguity. One of the great things about a metaphor is that it can rally so many folks to believe [...]

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Tags: Healthcare Providers · Interoperability · Vertical Industries

A Singular Opportunity for Health Interoperability

November 2nd, 2009 · 7 Comments

Healthcare SDOs should “get out of the HTTP business, but we still need transport standards.

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Tags: Healthcare Providers · Interoperability · Uncategorized · Vertical Industries

Healthcare Interop and the ARRA: Hope Happens

February 16th, 2009 · 18 Comments

For a while, we will all be trying to estimate how the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) will impact our bailiwicks. On list servers some writers read the tea leaves to see a much broader and more systematic look at healthcare informatics and interoperability than has been pursued by the ONCHIT. They argue [...]

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Tags: Healthcare Providers · Interoperability · Vertical Industries