Where’s AEGIS? July 2018
In July 2018, AEGIS.net will be attending the following event: July 16-20: IHE ITI Technical Committee Meeting We look forward to demonstrating and discussing interoperability with you!
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Healthcare Interoperability Testing with FHIR Just Got Easier!
AEGIS has enhanced its Healthcare Interoperability Testing platform – Touchstone – just in time for HL7 FHIR Dev Days!
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Where’s AEGIS? June 2018
In June 2018, AEGIS.net will be attending the following events: June 5-6: Meteoric Interoperability Connecathon June 19-21: FHIR Dev Days AEGIS’s Richard Ettema will be leading the following sessions: General Introduction to FHIR – 6/19, 10:15am-10:55am Location: Cityside 1 Test Driven Development I – 6/19, 1:30pm-2:10pm Location: Harborside 3 Test Driven Development II – 6/20, […]
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FHIR Connectathon Links Health Technology Efforts From 17 Countries
AEGIS supported testing for electronic health record vendors using the Touchstone testing platform, enabling them to connect and use terminology servers…The management and proper use of terminology is fundamental to effective, interoperable data exchange. AEGIS assisted in the coordination of the 18th HL7 FHIR Connectathon in Cologne, Germany May 12-13, 2018. There were nearly 100 […]
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Dammit, Jim, I’m a Doctor Not an EHR Software Tester!
Have you seen ONC’s latest challenge? I was all ready to ease into a long Memorial Day weekend when I saw the news, now I’m annoyed. The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT has identified a problem with end users of EHR software needing to report concerns they observe while using the system. […]
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Band-Aids for Bullet Holes: Windows Print Spooler Security
Is the Windows Print Spooler Any Safer 8 Years After Stuxnet? While completing my masters program in Information Assurance at University of Maryland this past Spring , I was asked to research the Windows Print Spooler for vulnerabilities. It was during this research I was surprised to see Microsoft conducting less-than robust patching practices against […]
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CMMI 2.0 Brings Big Changes
The CMMI Institute’s annual conference, Capability Counts, was held this year on May 1-2 in Reston, VA. The major news that I anticipated was the formal rolling out of CMMI 2.0. The new version of the model – the first major release since the original version 1.1 debuted in 2002 – is also the first […]
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DevDays June 2018 Boston & Touchstone and FHIR Testing, Take 2…
Well, here we are – just 2 short months away from the next HL7 FHIR DevDays event. This time kicking off Summer in June on our side of the pond in Boston, MA. And, once again the Firely (formerly Furore) team have given me the honor of presenting one of the opening sessions “A General […]
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Bipartisan Report Promotes Testing Tools and Standards for Interoperability
Just in time for HIMSS 18, the Bipartisan Policy Center and Health IT Now have published a new report, The Future Role of Government in Health Information Technology and Digital Health, that assess efforts to date by the federal government to improve health IT. The National Coordinator for Health IT, Dr. Don Rucker, spoke this […]
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Ready, FHIR, Test! Set your sights on testing
Why FHIR implementations need a special kind of testing to ensure success – and how to do it So, you’ve heard about, and maybe even started investigating, this Health IT specification called HL7® FHIR®. Maybe you’ve been playing with FHIR (yes, pun intended) now for weeks, months or even years. Perhaps you’ve attended at least […]
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