JPSYS BLOG
In Healthcare IT, clinical data needs to move! Electronic Health Record systems (EHRs) need to send data both internally, such as other domain-focused applications like the Blood Bank, PACS System, Nurse Staffing, Sepsis Management, Respiratory, Wound Care, and Fetal Monitoring and and externally to another provider or the CDC. If your EHR can’t effectively exchange data within…
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This coronavirus, SARS CoV-2 (COVID-19), has changed our way of life. For many of us, we’re tired of social distancing, wearing masks, and economic uncertainty. We really want to know when things will get back to normal! Unfortunately, it is hard to put an end date on a pandemic. In the U.S., uncertainty is heightened around…
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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, 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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