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Recent Blogs


 

January 21

Why Compare Apples to Guanabanas?
I always tend to “cringe” when I read about comparisons between Health IT, medical devices and other healthcare related software with respect to other verticals (e.g., finance, insurance, retail). Why compare? Saying that the financial industry is many “light years” ahead is extremely inaccurate. Comparing the processing of debits, credits, interests, etc. with medical information [...]

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January 20

Response from Senator Sherrod Brown Regarding SOPA and PIPA
Dear Mr. Planchart: Thank you for sharing your thoughts about legislation to combat online infringement and digital theft. Last Congress, the Senate considered, but did not pass, legislation entitled the Combating Online Infringement and Counterfeits Act (COICA). The aim of this legislation was to assist the Department of Justice in tracking and shutting down “rogue [...]

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July 04

5 Things a Healthcare CIO Must do Right Now
Healthcare IT is in fierce flux, it’s evolving and at lightning speed and losing track isn’t something you can afford at this moment unless you want many fingers to be pointed at you for being the culprit of hefty penalties and lost incentives within a couple of years from now.  Two years is very little time to straighten things out in [...]

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July 01

Midwest Interoperability Crusade, HL7 CCOW, EMPI, and Single Sign-On (SSO)
It’s been a great week!  I also have to admit that I am happy that it’s coming to an end by tomorrow. Yes, I said tomorrow since I’m heading back to Arizona to celebrate the 4th of July with my family and friends. But I still have pending 2 more stops: one more in Detroit and another one in [...]

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June 30

The Open Source Software Dilemma in Healthcare IT
I have nothing against open source software, as a matter of a fact I am a fan of it, and I use many applications developed under this paradigm for my daily activities, I even enjoy them as weekend projects (e.g. ClearCanvas, PatientOS, Mirth Project, OpenDICOM, etcetera), but I just don’t see them fit for the demanding and critical healthcare IT domain.  VistA is [...]

11:36 PM GMT  |  Read comments(0)

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Interoperability Links

 

Healthcare Domain Interoperability Links

 

Certification Commission for Healthcare Integration Technologies (CCHIT)

Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine (DICOM)

EHR-Laboratory Interoperability and Connectivity Specification (ELINCS)

Electronic Healthcare Network Accreditation Commission (EHNAC)

Health Level Seven (HL7)

Healthcare Information Technology Standards Panel (HITSP)

Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS)

HL7 Training and Consulting

HIMSS Electronic Health Record Association (EHRA)

Healthcare Services Specification Project (HSSP)

Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise (IHE)

MARKLE FOUNDATION

National eHealth Collaborative (NeHC)

National Health Information Network (NHIN)

 

EHR Links

 

Certification Commission for Healthcare Integration Technologies (CCHIT)

EHR-Laboratory Interoperability and Connectivity Specification (ELINCS)

Electronic Healthcare Network Accreditation Commission (EHNAC)

Medical Strategic Planning EHR Selector (MSP EHR)

  

CCR Links

 

ASTM International Standards Worldwide (CCR)

Continuity of Care Record (CCR) Standard - Resource Site

 

Security and Privacy Standards Links

Health Insurance and Portability and Accountability (HIPAA)

OASIS eXtensible Access Control Markup Languagel (XACML) TC

Online community for the Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML OASIS Standard)

 


 

Other Relevant and Useful Links

 

Accredited Standards Committee (ASC) X12

American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP)

California Healthcare Foundation (ELINCS)

CONNECTING FOR HEALTH (MARKLE FOUNDATION)

E-Grants Initiative (GRANTS.GOV)

Federal Business Opportunities (FedBizOpps)

Health Insurance and Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)

Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)

Healthcare Financial Management Association (hfma)

HIMSS Connect

International Health Terminology SDO (IHTSDO)

KLAS Research (KLAS)

Logical Observation Identifiers Names and Codes (LOINC®)

MBProject Medical Banking Policy Research (C.O.M.B.A.T.)

MITRE Healthcare Mission Area (HMA)

National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics (NCVHS)

Object Management Group (OMG)

Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC)

Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SiiM)

Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine-Clinical Terms (SNOMED CT)

U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA)

 


 

SOFTWARE

 

Open Source 


Open Source Healthcare IT Initiative

 

eclipse Open Healthcare Framework (OHF) Project

 

Mirth Project

Open eHealth

Open Health Tools (OHT)

Project Laika - CCHIT Sponsored Project (Laika)

 

Open Source Medical Imaging Initiative

 

ClearCanvas (ClearCanvas)

VTK - The Visualization Toolkit (VTK)

 

Proprietary


Microsoft Healthcare Initiative

 

MedStory Intelligent Search for Health & Medicine (Medstory)

Microsoft Amalga Unified Intelligence System (Amalga UIS)

Microsoft Connected Health Framework Architecture and Design Blueprint

Microsoft for the Health Industry (MS Health)

Microsoft Health Common User Interface (MS CUI)

Microsoft Health Common User Interface (MSCUI)

Microsoft Health Connection Engine (HCE)

Microsoft Health Users Group (MSHUG)

Microsoft HealthVault (HV)


Intel Healthcare Initiative

 

healthcare GOESMOBILE.com

Intel in the Healthcare Industry (Intel)

 


Sun Microsystems Healthcare Initiatives

 

Sun in the Healthcare Industry (Sun)

 


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 IHE, HITSP, and HL7 Training and Consulting

 

 

 

 

 

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eMagazines

 

Healthcare IT & IS Magazine Links

 

Center for Health IT

FOR THE RecorD - COMMITTED TO ENHANCING THE HEALTH INFORMATION PROFESSION

Healthcare IT News - PUBLISHED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH HiMSS

iHealthBeat - REPORTING TECHNOLOGY'S IMPACT ON HEALTH CARE

NHINWatch - Your comprehensive guide to the Nationwide Health Information Network

 

Radiology Magazine Links

 

AuntMinnie.com

 

PR*URGENT - A Free Press Release Service 


Healthcare IT Jobs

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HIMSS JobMine - The HIT Industry's # 1 Career Source

med iT jobs - Healthcare Information Management & Techonolgy Jobs

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 IHE, HITSP, and HL7 Consulting and Training

 

 

 

 

 DICOM and HL7 Training


 

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Disclaimer:

 

This is a personal weblog. The opinions expressed here represent my own and not those of my employer.

 

In addition, my thoughts and opinions change from time to time and I consider this a necessary consequence of having an open mind. This weblog is intended to provide a semi-permanent point in time snapshot and manifestation of the various thoughts I have, and as such any opinions expressed within out-of-date posts may not the same, nor even similar, to those I may have presently or in the future.