By James Proctor, Director of Integration Services When reviewing the state of integration engines in the healthcare vertical it is easy to underestimate the value and criticality of the nature of such technology. We are often of two minds when looking at these, depending on the size of the organization where it is to [...]
By Christine Duval, Director of Marketing With almost all US hospitals now dependent on an electronic health record (EHR) system, there has been a dramatic uptick in technological capabilities meant to improve interoperability and provide better patient care. On-demand access to view and share patient data from anywhere is becoming easier. The ability to [...]
Posted on behalf of Jeff Ford, Senior Director of Client Services The push for COVID-19 testing is at the forefront of the healthcare industry right now. Nationwide daily tests total more than 700,000. These tests are carried out at pharmacies, pop-up testing sites, urgent care facilities, and, most importantly to you, hospitals. Many vendors [...]
Multiple Hospitals Implementing the Summit All Access platform to Support Secure Patient Data Availability and Exchange Summit Healthcare Clients Ensure 24/7 Access to Critical Patient Data Throughout the Care Community Braintree, Mass., July 28, 2020 – Summit Healthcare, a leader in healthcare system integration and automation solutions, today announced multiple new signings from clients [...]
Posted on behalf of Jeff Ford, Director, Client Services In an ideal world, all your vendor systems are communicating in the same protocols and using the same patient identifier. Patient A1234 in your HCIS would be patient A1234 in your affiliated physician practice systems, telehealth platforms, and any other integrated solution used outside the [...]
Posted on behalf of Paul Actis, SVP Research & Development 1st Gear - Time is of the essence When you open an application, do you want to wait 10 seconds before you start working on it? Of course not, but a lot of automation processes will. The 10 seconds is a buffer due to a slow [...]
Posted on behalf of Marianne Soucy, Director, Client Solutions Remote monitoring capability of your automation and integration products is something that we thought might be good to spotlight this month. This capability is included with your products standardly, it is simply a matter of turning it on and using it well! The last few [...]
Posted on behalf of Jeff Ford, Director, Services In Healthcare, IT initiatives are always happening. New imaging software, an admissions application, a community integration initiative, the list of projects never ends. However, in recent months priorities have shifted. Hospitals are putting many projects on hold as the focus is on their COVID response. In [...]
Posted on behalf of Marianne Soucy, Director Client Solutions With many hospitals preparing for influxes of COVID patients, how to handle Patient moves and bed transfers has seen a sudden spike. LTC patients being moved to different units is one good example of this activity, moving patients to isolation units is another. While most [...]
This is a question we are asked periodically: how can I process a non-HL7 batch file, such as a CSV, into individual HL7 messages for delivery via the interface engine? Recently, we helped a local hospital on one of our free Ask a Trainer sessions with setting up such a process for handling COVID [...]
