Archive for September 2020
Introduction to Interoperability 101
by Jackie Mulrooney, President, J P Systems, Inc. What is meant by the interoperability of clinical data? Interoperability (IOP) is a multifaceted IT architectural capability which harmoniously orchestrates the exchange of clinical data. In Healthcare IT (HIT), according to HIMSS: “interoperability is the ability of different information technology systems and software applications to communicate, exchange data, and…
Read MoreThe Strengths and Weaknesses of the HL7 FHIR Messaging Standard
Healthcare IT Data Standards: FHIR Health Level Seven’s (HL7) Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR) is a new interoperability standard that has rapidly captured the mind-share of the Health Information Technology (HIT) standards community. FHIR is a standard that enables healthcare data sharing between systems in a manner that is more easily implemented and more expressive…
Read MoreThe Story of State Immunization Registries
By Lisa Erickson Have the sending or receiving of COVID-19 immunization data at the top of your mind? J P Systems works to connect organizations using standardized HL7 messaging for vaccine reporting purposes. We thought the story of the birth of the first immunization registry would be a timely topic. This is the story of…
Read MoreA Brief Review of CMS and ONC Rulings
By David C. Kibbe, MD MBA, Healthcare IT Subject Matter Expert Having scanned the ONC and CMS Final Rules, two things pop out right away in regard to requirements for provider notifications, interoperability and Direct Secure Messaging for clinical data. The first is that ONC decided NOT to remove the “secure messaging” criterion from its…
Read MoreReduce Risk & Fiduciary Exposure using Electronic Data Exchange
The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that patient harm is the 14th leading cause of global disease burden, comparable to malaria and tuberculosis, with 42.7 million adverse events occurring during hospitalizations. It is unsettling to learn that according to a scientific study in 2018, incoming Consolidated Clinical Document Architecture (C-CDA) data had a 100% error rate. Are the…
Read MoreWho is the Healthcare Services Platform Consortium?
The Healthcare Services Platform Consortium (HSPC) was founded in 2013 by Intermountain Healthcare, Louisiana State University and the Veterans Administration to refocus how healthcare applications are developed. Since HSPC launched, more than 270 contributors have joined their cause – including leading healthcare and government organizations, healthcare technology vendors and a venture-led group of investors supporting…
Read MoreHL7 Da Vinci Project: Industry Analysis of Communications
by Jackie Mulrooney, President, J P Systems, Inc. Healthcare IT Industry Analysis Payer and Provider Collaboration: What it Could Mean for Your Hospital Mining Payer Data for Better Patient Care Coordination Clinical information must move to best serve the needs of patients and providers. In all the Healthcare IT ecosystem, it is often the payers…
Read MoreJ P Systems Wins Award for Fairfax County Business Hall of Fame
J P Systems, Inc. is among a very small group of companies that have won the Best of Fairfax County Award for nine consecutive years. This distinction has qualified J P Systems, Inc. for the 2019 Fairfax County Business Hall of Fame. We won in the category of Computer Consulting.
Read MoreVA Accepted into DirectTrust ATAB to Improve Interoperability
4/2/19 VA Fully Onboarded into the DirectTrust ATAB J P Systems, Inc. is pleased to announce that the VA has received acceptance into the DirectTrust Accredited Trust Anchor Bundle (ATAB) which dramatically improves the potential to increase care coordination and expands the exchange of veteran’s health information between VA clinics, and hospitals and community-based private-sector providers of…
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