Jan 2, 2011 | EHR, HL7, MESSAGING, SNOMED, STANDARDS
It’s interesting that there is such a emphasis on xml as the solution when its just an encoding format. I implemented HL7V2 (classic) <–> HL7V2 (xml) functionality about 7 years ago but have found no real world use cases or demand for it as all it does is bloat...
Oct 16, 2010 | Announcements
Did you know the Medical Objects Capricorn client can be configured to output your incoming results or reports into PDF format? Providing an ideal solution for Allied Health providers or those practices without practice management software incapable of importing HL7...
Oct 13, 2010 | DECISION SUPPORT, EHR, HL7, STANDARDS
There are some who feel that a move to CDA for electronic prescribing is a better option than using HL7 V2 messages. I would contend that this is seriously misguided. Prescribing is in effect an ordering activity and orders have line items and are not documents in any...
Sep 25, 2010 | EHR, HL7, MESSAGING, SOAP, STANDARDS
Like many people, the idea of e-Health excited me in the mid 1990’s and I got the bug, and wanted to contribute to it. After 15 years, countless standards meetings and international plane trips to attend meetings I would expect us to be further ahead than we are. In...
Sep 13, 2010 | DECISION SUPPORT, EHR, HL7, STANDARDS
We are often faced with organizations wanting to transmit PDF documents. This is superficially attractive as the presentation is usually good and it’s a single file. Is there a problem going down this path? I think it’s a huge dead end. Australia started eHealth with...
