HL7 and Interoperability: What Really Defines Interoperability?
HL7 Interoperability is Critical for Success What should an open electronic health record look like? It’s something that more and more radiology IT professionals are considering today, particularly where HL7 is concerned. A lot of emphasis is being put on interoperability, because it’s becoming more important than it ever has before. There are a number […]
HL7 Interface: Increase Control, Save Time and Save Money in Your Hospital or Clinic
Improve Communication With an HL7 Interface Engine It’s not uncommon for healthcare facilities to use software from a variety of vendors. It’s also not uncommon for these software applications to experience difficulty when they try to exchange data. Today a solution for moving data between applications effectively has emerged with HL7. HL7 is the international […]
Why VNA Matters so Much to Critical Access Hospitals
What VNA Does for Medical Imaging Vendor neutral archiving: it’s a part of conversation for just about every IT professional in healthcare. VNA, as it’s more widely known, has emerged among cloud computing as a go-to solution for improving the way providers handle medical imaging. Has your facility realized the benefits of using VNA? Today, […]
Does HL7 Ease Sharing of Patient Records?
Gaining the Advantage With HL7 Health Level Seven, or are HL7, refers to the international standards for clinical and administrative data transfer between various software applications. It gets the “7” denomination due to the fact that the standards focus on layer seven of the application in the OSI model. So, how is HL7 impacting the […]
Vendor Neutral Image Access and HL7: Why the Technology is Here to Stay
What You Need to Know About Vendor Neutral Image Access and HL7 A new acronym is hitting the healthcare IT industry, it’s pronounced “fire.” Fast healthcare interoperability resource (FHIR) is combining the best features of version two of HL7 as well as version three of CDS product lines. It leverages the latest Web standards and […]
Why DICOM Helps Radiology Thrive
DICOM: The Standard That Levels the Playing Field This past couple of decades plus have been some of the most exciting and challenging for radiologists who have to try hard to keep up with the technology. Now there is a huge push for data mobility, especially with medical imaging. What role will DICOM play in […]
Improve Access to Images and Increase Efficiency With Vendor Neutral Archiving Technology
What You Need in a Vendor Neutral Archiving Solution Healthcare organizations are always looking to improve their technology, often in an attempt to provide better patient care. However, for organizations looking to replace legacy PACS, they are also looking to gain access to a vendor neutral viewer, which can improve workflow and put into action […]
HL7: Because Sharing Vital Patient Data Doesn’t Have to be so Difficult
Getting up to Speed With HL7 Health Level Seven International, which governs HL7 specification, is a not-for-profit organization that focuses on standards for the transfer of data . HL7 is important in the healthcare community because it is the conduit through which healthcare applications communicate. An HL7 message is in order every time a person […]
What’s New on the HL7 Agenda?
Healthcare Evolves and HL7 Archiving Keeps Up Technology changes at a rapid pace, and healthcare is certainly feeling that evolution. Healthcare providers strive to gain full insight into clinical operations, but are sometimes held back by proprietary processes that limit image sharing and access to HL7 transactions. What’s new on the HL7 and medical imaging […]
Physicians Want to Spend More Time with Patients (And HL7 is Part of This)
HL7 is Important in Today’s EHR Arena Guess who’s driving innovation in the healthcare industry today? If you think it’s the hardware providers, software providers, geneticists or pharmacists, you’re making good guesses, but you’re wrong. Physicians are driving innovation by following one simple ethic – improving patient care. Helping to accomplish this are offsite providers […]