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HealthLX Supports Gravity Project in Advancing Interoperability with Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) Data

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Tuesday, March 9, 2021

GRAFTON, Wis., March 9, 2021 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- HealthLX announced today that it is supporting the growing collaboration of health care systems, digital health companies, community-based organizations, government agencies, and consumer advocacy groups leading national efforts to accelerate social determinants of health (SDOH) data interoperability through the Gravity Project.

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  • GRAFTON, Wis., March 9, 2021 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- HealthLX announced today that it is supporting the growing collaboration of health care systems, digital health companies, community-based organizations, government agencies, and consumer advocacy groups leading national efforts to accelerate social determinants of health (SDOH) data interoperability through the Gravity Project.
  • "SDOH data interoperability is one of the most complex interoperability challenges faced by the healthcare industry, and we're delighted to help solve it," said Will Tesch, CEO of HealthLX.
  • The Gravity Project is defining coded data elements and associated value sets to represent social determinants of health data documented in EHRs across four clinical activities: screening, diagnosis, goals setting, and interventions.
  • The HealthLX platform supports FHIR natively, and also supports an array of older healthcare data standards (HL7 v2, EDI, CDA).

Dräger Partners with Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory on Medical Device Interoperability Initiative

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Wednesday, March 3, 2021

Drger is contributing expertise in standardized medical device interoperability based on the service-oriented device connectivity IEEE 11073 SDC .

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  • Drger is contributing expertise in standardized medical device interoperability based on the service-oriented device connectivity IEEE 11073 SDC .
  • This web services-based architecture facilitates interoperability among point-of-care medical devices and data exchange between point-of-care devices and HL7 compatible clinical and hospital information systems.
  • Medical device interoperability (MDI) can improve patient safety through standardization of healthcare delivery, but medical device industry contribution is needed to define technical aspects of interoperable platforms, architecture, medical devices, standards and data models that can be used across multiple medical areas, said Tobias Klotz, Systems Architect at Drger.
  • The Johns Hopkins University APL team, in collaboration with Drger, the Massachusetts General Hospital Medical Device Interoperability and Cybersecurity Program (MD PnP) and others, is conducting research to develop the MDIRA framework for military healthcare interoperability that can subsequently be applied to the civilian healthcare system.

EdiFabric's legendary software for B2B and Healthcare data interoperability just got better

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Thursday, February 25, 2021

The changes were a step forward in unifying all international healthcare standards, and extend the existing support for X12 HIPAA.

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  • The changes were a step forward in unifying all international healthcare standards, and extend the existing support for X12 HIPAA.
  • Hospitals and other health institutions use HL7 files to exchange everything from billing records to patient data.
  • Businesses are trying to optimize their expenses, increase their ROI, and at the same time gain more control over how they exchange B2B and healthcare data.
  • EdiFabric can empower any organization to utilize EDI, the standards that govern 75% of the global B2B and healthcare data, in the most cost-effective, flexible, and scalable way possible.

Particle Health's FHIR API emerges from Beta to bring healthcare industry one step closer to interoperability

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Tuesday, February 16, 2021

Healthcare systems can use Particle Health's FHIR API to pull specific data from patient records.

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  • Healthcare systems can use Particle Health's FHIR API to pull specific data from patient records.
  • FHIR, or Fast Health Interoperability Resources, has been widely adopted as the industry standard for the exchange, integration, sharing, and retrieval of electronic health information.
  • Its RESTful framework provides a simple and digestible way for developers to interact with healthcare data and build out tools, even if they have never before worked with healthcare data.
  • Healthcare systems can now use Particle Health's API to easily enable a search for the exact information they need within a patient record.

Idaho Health Data Exchange Announces Mental Health and Substance Use Data Initiative

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Tuesday, February 2, 2021

Today, Idaho Health Data Exchange (IHDE), Idahos statewide Health Information Exchange (HIE), announced a new partnership with Leap Orbit to implement its Consentric granular consent management toolkit built on HL7s Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR) specification.

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  • Today, Idaho Health Data Exchange (IHDE), Idahos statewide Health Information Exchange (HIE), announced a new partnership with Leap Orbit to implement its Consentric granular consent management toolkit built on HL7s Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR) specification.
  • As a result, clinicians across Idaho will be able to obtain patient consent quickly and easily during any patient encounter.
  • Given the sensitive nature of behavioral health data, it is paramount that IHDE addresses barriers to the appropriate sharing of mental health and SUD information, said Hans Kastensmith, IHDE Executive Director.
  • Idaho Health Data Exchange (IHDE), a non-profit 501(c)(3) company, is Idahos statewide Health Information Exchange, dedicated to meeting the needs of healthcare providers and ensuring that Idahos citizens receive the most effective health services possible.

Broad Coalition of Health and Technology Industry Leaders Announce Vaccination Credential Initiative to Accelerate Digital Access to COVID-19 Vaccination Records

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Thursday, January 14, 2021

A broad coalition of health and technology leaders today announced the creation of the Vaccination Credential Initiative (VCI), committed to empowering individuals with digital access to their vaccination records based on open, interoperable standards.

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  • A broad coalition of health and technology leaders today announced the creation of the Vaccination Credential Initiative (VCI), committed to empowering individuals with digital access to their vaccination records based on open, interoperable standards.
  • The current vaccination record system does not readily support convenient access, control and sharing of verifiable vaccination records.
  • VCI coalition members are working to enable digital access to vaccination records using the open, interoperable SMART Health Cards specification , based on W3C Verifiable Credential and HL7 FHIR standards.
  • Just as COVID-19 does not discriminate based on socio-economic status, we must ensure that convenient access to records crosses the digital divide.

InterSystems IRIS for Health™ was selected by Konica Minolta Japan for Rapid FHIR-Based Data Integration for Imaging Devices

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Wednesday, January 13, 2021

Utilizing the HL7 FHIR standard, the software supports the automated connection, visualization and use of medical data between Konica Minolta Japans devices and other hospital systems such as the electronic medical record (EMR).

Key Points: 
  • Utilizing the HL7 FHIR standard, the software supports the automated connection, visualization and use of medical data between Konica Minolta Japans devices and other hospital systems such as the electronic medical record (EMR).
  • InterSystems IRIS for Health is the worlds first and only data platform specifically engineered to extract value from healthcare data.
  • Konica Minolta Japan is a mission-driven digital company offering a wide range of solutions spanning different markets.
  • Through this partnership, InterSystems supports Konica Minolta Japans aims to contribute to improved patient care quality and safety, in addition to efficiency gains.

Ready Computing Becomes a Benefactor Member of HL7 International

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Tuesday, December 22, 2020

NEW YORK, Dec. 22, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Ready Computing ,a leader in delivering powerful IT solutions and end-to-end technology services, has become one of the latest Health Level Seven International (HL7) Benefactor Members.

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  • NEW YORK, Dec. 22, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Ready Computing ,a leader in delivering powerful IT solutions and end-to-end technology services, has become one of the latest Health Level Seven International (HL7) Benefactor Members.
  • There are several levels of HL7 membership, and Benefactor membership to HL7 offers the highest level of support to HL7.
  • Accordingly, Benefactor membership provides Ready Computing with the ability to vote on national and international HL7 standards.
  • Becoming an HL7 Benefactor member is another move towards positioning Ready at the forefront of the next generation of large-scale Healthcare IT solutions.

Direct Pharmacy Connections Now Available for Therap eMAR

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Tuesday, December 15, 2020

WATERBURY, Conn., Dec. 15, 2020 /PRNewswire/ --Therap's suite of applications includes the Pharmacy Interface module which allows users to receive pharmacy messages directly from pharmacies in HL7 format.

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  • WATERBURY, Conn., Dec. 15, 2020 /PRNewswire/ --Therap's suite of applications includes the Pharmacy Interface module which allows users to receive pharmacy messages directly from pharmacies in HL7 format.
  • The Pharmacy Interface module is integrated with Therap's Medication History and the Medication Administration (MAR) module so that Medication History forms for individuals can easily be generated from Pharmacy Messages and then tracked using the MAR.
  • The Pharmacy Interface module allows provider agencies to directly receive updated medication and/or treatment information of individuals from pharmacies.
  • Additionally, Therap's Medication History, which can function in sync with the Pharmacy Interface module, allows Registered Nurses and Licensed Practical Nurses to maintain records of medications and keep medication information updated in correspondence to the received Pharmacy messages.

Summit Healthcare Partners with NextGate to Offer Cutting-Edge EMPI Solution

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Tuesday, December 1, 2020

NextGate is the global leader in healthcare enterprise identification and Enterprise Master Patient Index (EMPI) solutions.

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  • NextGate is the global leader in healthcare enterprise identification and Enterprise Master Patient Index (EMPI) solutions.
  • NextGates EMPI technology helps all types of healthcare organizations deliver better and more efficient care by providing a comprehensive view of each patient.
  • Summit Healthcare offers cutting-edge integration, data exchange, workflow automation, legacy archiving, and business continuity products and services.
  • Summit Healthcares powerful interoperability platform, Summit Exchange , feeds HL7 data into the NextGate EMPI system in real-time, allowing for automatic updating and cross-walk mapping of records between systems.