How the FHIR Community of Practice Empowers VA Transitions of Care

By Jay Lyle, Ph.D., FHL7 Background HL7 FHIR® is an international industry data standard for the exchange of healthcare data. The development of FHIR was highly beneficial because it supports the seamless integration of separate electronic health systems. However, seamless integration is not an “out-of-the-box” feature inherent to FHIR. Significant effort must still be expended…

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Learning the Language of AI

Learning the Language of AI

Learning the Language of AI In our previous blog, we discussed how to effectively chat with a chatbot. This blog will explore additional ways to improve how you can communicate with an AI chatbot. As we discussed before, the two main ways to troubleshoot communication issues with a chatbot are to add more restrictions and…

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Leadership: Cruise Ship or Sinking Ship?

Cruise ship

By Jackie Mulrooney, President J P Systems, Inc. Are you a born leader? Maybe you have a picture in your head of a successful leader who is smart, confident, and self assured. They always know what to do next and make wise decisions. They point out the way to go and everyone rushes after them.…

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Laboratory Data Aggregation

Healthcare worker examining tubes and viles

By Pamela Noble MSHI MLS (ASCP) CM Laboratory data is an increasingly valuable tool in healthcare. Organizations are shifting towards the integration of data in health care information systems. A major challenge to this is in automating the aggregation of data from different sources. The core problem is the code sets used in the underlying…

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