Author: Javier Navarro, Lead Software Developer Have you ever been waiting in a line at the hospital admissions area or in a doctor office? If you have, didn’t you have the feeling that you were asked for questions that you had answered many times before? With more and more data, more and more systems, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Migrating to Epic, Cerner, Meditech? The Value of Utilizing One Vendor to Assist with All Aspects of Your EHR Migration With so many different EHR software vendors to choose from, it can be challenging for hospitals to decide which software would truly meet their best needs. Many factors typically contribute to the ultimate decision, [...]
Summit Healthcare Will Join Health Care Leaders From Across the Globe at Cerner Health Conference 2018 Health Care Conference Will Host Nearly 14,000 in Kansas City, Oct. 8-11 Braintree, MA – October 3, 2018 – Summit Healthcare will attend and exhibit at the Cerner Health Conference (CHC) 2018, an annual conference on the latest [...]
Steps to a Successful Interface Engine Migration Posted on behalf of Jeff Ford, Director, Managed Services Changing your Integration Engine vendor is a big undertaking for any Healthcare system to undertake. There are so many moving parts; downstream vendor coordination, server connectivity, learning a new Integration Engine software, not to mention the Hospital resources [...]
How Can I Use My Engine or Scripting for Alerting Specific Activities in My Hospital? Posted on behalf of Marianne Soucy, Director, Solutions Group Many of our clients find or request different ways they can leverage Summit products to fill gaps or needs in their organization. Recently, different alerting requests have come up frequently. [...]
Posted on behalf of Tom Bishop, Software Developer Having a game plan is essential before installing and configuring Summit Exchange. Here are some things to consider: 1. What are your interfacing needs? An interface is defined as “a point where two systems, subjects, organizations, etc., meet and interact.” Identify the number of interfaces. Start [...]
Posted on behalf of Jeff Ford, Outsourcing Services Manager You probably have a “set it and forget it” approach to your integration software. It’s working now, so why think about updating it? Like every other piece of Healthcare IT, integration software is ever-evolving and you don’t want to be stuck in the past. From [...]
