CMMI Level 3 – We still got it!

We are thrilled to announce that our recent CMMI SCAMPI Class A appraisal results are now official. We were once again appraised at Maturity Level 3 in two constellations – Development (DEV) and Services including Service System Development (SVC+SSD). When we were first appraised this way in 2012 (building on our 2009 CMMI-DEV ML3 appraisal), we […]

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Touchstone for FHIR Press Release

We issued a press release this week about the AEGIS Touchstone Project, an HL7® FHIR® initiative. It has generated quite a response so far! Check it out on PR Newswire or one of several thousand news outlets that have picked it up in the past few days. For even more details, see the Touchstone page […]

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New AEGIS Newsletter, More Gartner Research

The latest issue of the AEGIS newsletter is now available once again featuring content from Gartner Research. In this edition, we highlight Gartner’s “Top Ten Strategic Technology Trends for Government” by Rick Howard published in April. That list includes Scalable Interoperability and mentions AEGIS’ name. Check it out! We’ve also included in this issue a few […]

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Who uses CMMI? AEGIS!

AEGIS was first appraised against the Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) in 2009. The CMMI helps us deliver consistently high-quality information technology services in both agile and traditional environments. We are currently credited with operating at Maturity Level 3 in both the Development (DEV) and Services (SVC) constellations including Service System Development (SSD). It turns […]

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Join the AEGIS Odyssey at HIMSS15

The AEGIS team is packing our bags for Chicago and getting set to attend HIMSS15 next week. Our goal this year is simple: foster dialog around “getting it done” when it comes to health information exchange interoperability. There is plenty of discussion in our industry around why interoperability is hard – some even claim it’s […]

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It’s Never Too Late to Change Your Major

I was recently asked by CIO Story magazine to provide a short article on some thoughts that apply to organizational leadership. A couple of things came to mind immediately as they have been frequent conversation topics of mine lately, both professionally and personally. Check out the article here – and let me know your own […]

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@Interopguy Featured in CIO Review Magazine

CIO Review’s 20 Most Promising Healthcare Consulting Providers edition published in October features AEGIS Founder and Senior Vice President, Mario Hyland, or “@Interopguy” as he’s known in the Twitter universe. Mario was interviewed by CIO Review and provided his insights as to how better testing of health IT systems leads to improved patient safety. In […]

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Interoperability – Why is it Taking So Long?

AEGIS invests a lot of resources in support of advancing interoperability of electronic health information. The AEGIS DIL provides an unparalleled platform for helping EHR vendors, exchanges, standards organizations, and certification bodies test for interoperability and conformance. But there is one critical aspect of interoperability that no technology can fix – that is, the inertia of […]

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Talking Health IT on Capitol Hill

Yesterday I participated on behalf of AEGIS in a briefing to U.S. House Representative Gene Green who represents the Houston area. I was invited by HIMSS along with executives from a few other member companies including Orion Health, Allscripts, Humetrix, and the Institute for e-Health Policy. The purpose of the session was to help Rep. Green […]

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