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The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is using an API program called Lighthouse to create innovative applications that improve care. Lighthouse is an API program that gives developers secure access to VA data to develop innovative tools and services to support Veterans’ needs. VA created a streamlined, modern API development experience to build services that provide Veterans…
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Last week, J P Systems President, Jackie Mulrooney, had the opportunity to speak at Delaware State University’s Hornets Leadership Academy Leadership Development Session. The session was hosted by DSU’s Office of Undergraduate Research, Experiential Learning and Honors (URELAH), which prepares students for graduate school and the workforce. Because we are so passionate about leadership at…
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What exactly is Health Level 7’s FHIR®? Healthcare data has to move. FHIR and other HL7 data standards provide guidelines and data structures so clinical data can move out of Electronic Health Records systems to the other providers who make up a care team. Clinicians need a complete picture of patient data for patient safety…
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We interviewed Ryan, our Cybersecurity lead and Senior Technical consultant to gain insights into staying safe at work and online. He guides our procedure and policy development here at JPSys to help them align to the ISO standard’s requirements. He does due diligence on scanning for vulnerabilities and performs remediation for information security systems. In this…
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Interview with Sandi Mitchell, Claire English & Gay Stahr By Kayla Krawzyk Special Feature for the JPSys Pulse Newsletter reprinted for our blog. Sandi Mitchell and the Clinical Data Quality Team have been focused on the VA’s Journey to become a High Reliability Organization (HRO). Excitement rose when J P Systems, the VHIE Analytics and…
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By Teresa Saxon, R.N. Healthcare data quality analysis has many layers of complexity ranging from discovery of anomalies to how they are repaired. In simplified terms, poor data quality can be characterized by missing, miscoded or misplaced data in a patient’s record. Data quality is especially important in the nursing field since nurses interact with…
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Vaccination records (sometimes called immunization records) provide a history of all the vaccines a patient has received. These records are important as they may be required for jobs, travel, or school. Immunization records are compiled by a patient’s medical providers consolidating their vaccinations and reporting them to Immunization Information Systems (IIS). IIS’s are usually run…
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By Jackie Mulrooney,President J P Systems, Inc.On my farm in Virginia, we have some rules. My dog can come inside the house. Foster dogs can come inside. But skunks may not come in the house. We do not have enough tomato juice for that. Skunks must stay outside on the porch. It is better to…
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Overview of Direct Secure MessagingDirect Secure Messaging (DSM), also known as Direct Exchange or Direct, is a method to securely exchange patient records between healthcare organizations through a Health Internet Service Provider (HISP). DSM uses digital certificates and Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) to encrypt messages, ensuring only intended recipients may access the contents of a…
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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. They are 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. Well…
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