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Introduction to Interoperability 101

September 5, 2020
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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…

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The Strengths and Weaknesses of the HL7 FHIR Messaging Standard

September 5, 2020
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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…

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The Story of State Immunization Registries

September 4, 2020
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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…

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A Brief Review of CMS and ONC Rulings

September 4, 2020
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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…

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Reduce Risk & Fiduciary Exposure using Electronic Data Exchange

September 4, 2020
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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…

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Who is the Healthcare Services Platform Consortium?

September 4, 2020
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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…

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HL7 Da Vinci Project: Industry Analysis of Communications

September 4, 2020
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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…

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J P Systems Wins Award for Fairfax County Business Hall of Fame

September 4, 2020
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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. 

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VA Accepted into DirectTrust ATAB to Improve Interoperability

September 4, 2020
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 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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