On November 20, Regenstrief provided its public comments on the current (2017) edition of the Interoperability Standards Advisory (ISA) published by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC). In the last year, the ONC has iteratively edited the ISA...
Health data is best standardized right at its source. When the head waters are pristine, everyone downstream benefits. Think about clinical laboratory results, which contribute to so many health decisions. It’s time consuming, complex, and resource intensive to have...
A huge thank you to everyone who contributed to celebrating Lorrie’s 40th birthday with our big event! Lorrie was truly stunned by our surprise event: Celebrate Today. Build Tomorrow. And we were truly stunned by your generous contributions that raised over...
Making health data interoperable across different IT systems requires a few kinds of standards. Exchange standards like HL7’s Version 2, CDA, and FHIR are key to organizing information into a commonly understood structure as it moves between systems. Vocabulary...
Grouping data coded with similar LOINC codes isn’t as easy as it first seems. Perhaps you are processing data from many sources for a research project in a network like PCORnet or ODHSI. Or, maybe you’re retrieving data to fulfill a quality measure report....
