January 2011

HL7 Standards to Host Grand Rounds

January 31, 2011

February is almost here and to start things off, HL7 Standards is pleased to announce it will host Grand Rounds Vol. 7 No. 19 on Tuesday, February 1, 2011. For those unfamiliar with the program, Grand Rounds is a weekly blog sharing movement for health care professionals (physicians, nurses, CIOs, students, researchers, etc.) to share [...]

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Health Level Seven Highlights Successes of 2005, Important 2006 Initiatives at HIMSS – Support for Hurricane Katrina evacuees, collaboration with ASTM International and other groups, and the recent release of HL7 Version 3 Normative Edition top list of im

January 30, 2011

Health Level Seven, Inc. (HL7), now beginning its 20th year of healthcare standards development, is using its 2,000 square feet of exhibit space at the Healthcare Information and ManagementSystems Society’s (HIMSS) Annual Conference and Exhibition to highlight how its standards provide real-life solutions, to educate attendees on the plethora of HL7 standards activities and to [...]

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What’s in a Word?

January 30, 2011

Each week, CMIO Magazine publishes a note from the editor, Mary Stevens, who takes the opportunity to comment on current events and trends in the healthcare IT industry. This past week, Stevens reflected upon an interview with Dr. David Blumenthal from the Office of the National Coordinator on health IT initiatives and the anticipated direction [...]

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HL7: Dr. David Brailer’s Accomplishments Helped Pave the Road for A National Health Information Network

January 28, 2011

Upon news of his resignation, Health Level Seven, Inc. (HL7) expressed its sincere gratitude to David Brailer, MD, PhD, for his exceptional work as the nation’s first health IT coordinator. While in office, Dr. Brailer was instrumental in raising the awareness of the critical role that IT plays in the U.S. healthcare system. He stressed [...]

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Meaningful Use Stage 2: What’s the Story?

January 26, 2011

As HITECH and Meaningful Use Stage 1 incentive payments begin distribution, there is a lot of discussion around the next phase of Meaningful Use. When will it be implemented, and what will be covered in the requirements? GEN I Feed

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HL7 Names Two New Advisory Committee Members

January 25, 2011

The HL7 Board of Directors has named two new members to serve on its advisory committee: Philip Burstein, MD, Vice President Therapeutic Area Management, Biometrics and Data at GlaxoSmithKline; and Richard Dixon-Hughes, Managing Director, DH4 Pty Limited, and Deputy Chairman, Standards Australia. HL7 Press Releases

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HL7 Announces QuadraMed Corporation Becomes Newest Benefactor

January 24, 2011

Health Level Seven, Inc. (HL7) today announced that QuadraMed Corporation (Amex: QD) has become the organization’s latest HL7 benefactor member. As an HL7 benefactor member, QuadraMed provides financial support to HL7 for development of industry-critical standards and products. HL7 Press Releases

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HL7 Acknowledgements and Interface Pacing

January 22, 2011

The HL7 ACK Message. What are my options? When sending and receiving HL7 messages, the sender connections may be configured in one of two ways: to wait for an acknowledgement before sending the next message (HL7 ACK message) to wait a specified amount of time before sending the next message (interface pacing) How do HL7 [...]

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HL7 Names Three New Advisory Committee Members

January 22, 2011

The HL7 Board of Directors has named three new members to serve on its Advisory Committee: Mitch Hansen, Vice President for Enterprise Systems and Services at Quest Diagnostics; Nicholas Hilger, Senior Vice President, Strategic Development at UnitedHealthcare; and Andrew Updegrove, Co-founder and Partner, Gesmer Updegrove LLP. HL7 Press Releases

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How Do You Learn?

January 20, 2011

One of my favorite questions to ask job applicants is, “How do you learn new things?” For anyone whom I have ever interviewed or will ever interview, there isn’t a right or wrong answer, but it does tell me a lot about the person. Their answer tells me something about the type of learner they [...]

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HL7 Applauds CCHIT for Reaching Certification Milestone

January 20, 2011

Health Level Seven (HL7) today congratulates the Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology (CCHIT), upon announcing the first list of ambulatory Electronic Health Records (EHR) products to achieve the CCHIT Certified seal. Products that are CCHIT Certified comply with 100 percent of the tests for functionality and security and included an initial step in interoperability: [...]

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HL7 Continues Strengthening Ties with the Clinical Community

January 18, 2011

The HL7 Board of Directors has named James Dove, MD, FAAC, to serve on its Advisory Committee. Dr. Dove currently serves as President Emeritus, Prairie Cardiovascular Consultants, Ltd (PCCL) and is also the president-elect of the American College of Cardiology. HL7 Press Releases

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HL7 Reference Information Model Becomes ISO Standard

January 18, 2011

Health Level Seven (HL7), one of the world’s most prolific healthcare standards developers, today announced the August 3, 2006 publication of ISO/HL7 21731:2006 – Health Informatics – HL7 Version 3 – Reference Information Model (RIM) – Release 1. HL7 became a Standards Partner of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) through the American National Standards [...]

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Health Level Seven Announces Booz Allen Hamilton as Newest Benefactor

January 16, 2011

Health Level Seven, Inc. (HL7) today announced that Booz Allen Hamilton has become the organization’s latest benefactor member. As an HL7 benefactor member, Booz Allen Hamilton provides financial support to HL7 for development of industry-critical standards and products. HL7 Press Releases

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4th Annual SOA in Healthcare Conference: Save the Date and Call for Participation

January 15, 2011

Needham, MA, USA and Ann Arbor, MI, USA – January 13, 2011 – OMG® and Health Level Seven® International (HL7) today announced that the fourth annual SOA in Healthcare Conference: “SOA Road-map to Integration: Architecting Interoperability in Healthcare” will be held June 14-16, 2011 in Washington, D.C. The Review Committee has issued the Call for [...]

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Radiology Strategy & Workflow – Blue Ocean Style

January 14, 2011

The concept behind Blue Ocean Strategy has been in the market for a few years now. With the changes happening in radiology (and health IT, in general), it may be a good time to re-visit the thoughts and practices around utilizing a Blue Ocean strategy. For a quick overview of Blue Ocean Strategy, the people [...]

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Interfacing Challenge: Patient Matching Examples in Healthcare Integration

January 13, 2011

After a physician’s office receives a new Electronic Medical Record (EMR) system, the business is primed to begin electronic exchange of clinical data with their imaging or laboratory service provider. The benefits of electronic results include reducing errors due to manual entry, improving turn-around time for reporting, increased potential revenue due to greater efficiency and [...]

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The Goal: Simplify Complexity

January 12, 2011

Many health IT professionals may not be active with Twitter yet, but there are many health care professionals (e.g., physicians, nurses) who are. Without a doubt, Twitter is a major force in the evolving world of social media. It is playing a growing role in health care. GEN I Feed

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Health Level Seven Names New Board Members and Volunteers of the Year

January 9, 2011

Health Level Seven, Inc. (HL7) today announced the results of its Board of Directors elections at its 20th Annual Plenary and Working Group Meeting, which convened last month in Boca Raton, Florida. The 2006 recipients of the organization’s Tenth Annual W. Edward Hammond, PhD Volunteer of the Year Award were also recognized at the event. [...]

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Monday Night #HITsm Tweet Chats

January 8, 2011

Starting this Monday, January 10, 2011, from 8-9 p.m. CT, leaders in the health IT social media space will host a weekly #HITsm tweet chat to discuss Meaningful Use, HL7 and other health standards, in addition to social media uses for health IT professionals. Questions may be submitted to the moderator prior to the event [...]

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CEN TC, ISO TC and HL7 Chairs Announce Broad Agreement on Coordination and Collaboration

January 8, 2011

Health Level Seven, Inc. (HL7) today announced that the European Committee for Standardization (CEN) Technical Committee (TC) 251, International Organization for Standardization (ISO) Technical Committee (TC) 215 and HL7 chairs recently met in Geneva to further advance shared plans to coordinate and collaborate in delivering global standards that enable interoperable capabilities in the healthcare domain. [...]

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