NwHIN Direct Project Java Reference implementation uses Apache James for its mail server of choice. Obviously, if you are running James on a production Health Information Service Provider you want to have more than one instance of James serving messages to balance the load and eliminate a point of failure to maximize service availability. The...
By Richard Braman CTO OPC – You Know Me By now, if you haven’t been hiding under a rock somewhere, you have probably heard of OPM (Other People’s Money), and OPP (Other People’s (relationship) Partners). But today, I want to talk to you about what I like to refer to as OPC “Other People’s Code”,...
That’sMMMM Good! During HIMSS 12 in Las Vegas, Midland Memorial Hospital announced that it has met the requirements for Stage One Meaningful Use. Midland uses EHR Doctors Medibridge.net for exchange of clinical information, and has received an initial ARRA Meaningful Use incentive payment for EHR adoption from the federal government. Midland Memorial, a public hospital...
By Gerard Reeder Health care organizations often overlook the use of Health Information Exchange to reduce uncompensated care because of all the Government’s other Health IT incentive programs currently underway (Meaningful Use, ACOs) . The health care industry is undergoing a huge transformation and part of that evolution is the increasing reach and power of...
We often hear talk about Patient Privacy in the HIE and there seems to be alot of confusion about this very important issue as it relates to both policy and technolgy. This post explores patient privacy in the context of health information exchange technology, and the mechanisms for enforcing and maintaining privacy rules in an...
