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Reducing Manual Work through HL7 Interface Lifecycle Management

By jeanluc.morin@caristix.com | Published: April 24, 2012
Caristix was selected to present at Interconnected Health 2012 recently, and we focused on a new concept, HL7 Interface Lifecycle Management. Up till now, there’s been a sort of unspoken assumption in the industry: interfacing is a linear event based on simple drag-and-drop configuration within an interface engine. However, if you look at all of [...]
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Is HL7 Interface Trial and Error Working for You?

By sovita.chander@caristix.com | Published: February 7, 2012
Typically, when you start an interfacing project, there’s a getting-your-feet-wet stage. “Where’s the MRN in that feed? Does it have leading zeros? Who’s got the lab codes? What do the z-segments contain?” There are a whole lot of questions at this stage. One question cascades into another. You check the interface documentation. Then send an [...]
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What Every Hospital IT Director Should Know About HL7 Gaps

By sovita.chander@caristix.com | Published: November 15, 2011
HL7: What You Don’t Know Can Hurt You How many times do hospital IS/IT directors come across this scenario? Your hospital has just signed on the dotted line for a new EMR. It’s meant to streamline clinician workflows, facilitate improved quality of care, and help meet all-important Meaningful Use targets. And all you have to [...]
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Guest Post on Healthcare IT Guy

By sovita.chander@caristix.com | Published: January 12, 2011
Jean-Luc Morin, VP R&D at Caristix, has a guest post on Shahid Shah’s blog, Healthcare IT Guy. Shahid’s top-ranked blog covers healthcare IT, EMR, EHR, PHR, medical content, and document management. Jean-Luc’s article covers 6 questions hospital CIOs and IT directors should be asking vendors about interface documentation. Here’s an excerpt: At first glance, documentation [...]
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