HL7 Connection

Are There Any HL7 Jobs?

Matthew — Thu, 22 May 2008 20:43:23 +0000

Around this time last year, I did a little unscientific research to see where the HL7 jobs were - you can see my results here. With the U.S. economy in a recession, I’m not really concerned where the HL7 jobs are but if there are any jobs at all. Again, using only HL7 as a [...]

Google Health Launches

Matthew — Tue, 20 May 2008 02:53:26 +0000

This is a bit off-topic, but very interesting. From Lifehacker, “Lots of people search the internet to self-diagnose health problems, look up medications, and find doctors and hospitals, and Google hopes to consolidate all that info for you in the newly-launched Google Health. Enter your medical conditions, allergies, medications, test results, and more into Google [...]

Class I Medical Devices?

Matthew — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 22:50:46 +0000

The last time I checked, the FDA web site defines a Class I medical device as presenting, “minimal potential for harm to the user and often simpler in design.” The examples used are, “elastic bandages, examination gloves, and hand-held surgical instruments.” However, FDA is now proposing that the software that goes into Class III devices [...]

Learn From the Best

Matthew — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 17:45:37 +0000

The HL7 organization is offering online courses to learn … HL7. Sounds pretty cool. I especially like the “online” part. This is from their press release: Taught by HL7 certified professionals, participants will work on real-world exercises to learn how to confront a project involving interoperability among disparate healthcare information systems. They will also learn how [...]

Is HL7 3 High Risk?

Matthew — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 00:51:23 +0000

An interesting post by Dr. Barry Smith on his blog, HL7 Watch. Smith quotes a recent House of Commons meeting in the U.K. where at least one official remarks that HL7 3 is far from complete and considers its use “high risk”. Smith also raises concerns about how truly multilingual the standard is: “The HL7 Reference [...]