What the “Heck-a-thon”

Connectathons are at risk of devolving into check-the-box participation and demonstration events. Let’s fix that. Not that long ago, health IT implementers attended annual (IHE) Connectathon events to test and polish their nearly-ready-for-production (most advanced) implementations. This was (and they still are) a big deal, with significant costs to register, prepare and attend. IHE Connectathon […]

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FHIR Testing Helps Healthcare Projects Accelerate Adoption

Several large healthcare payers will make history this weekend at a Hyatt in San Antonio as the HL7 Da Vinci Project sets out to test their first four use cases at the HL7 FHIR Connectathon. The membership of this highly collaborative project consists of several large payers, providers, and partner technology companies that have set […]

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Where’s AEGIS? September 2018

In September 2018, AEGIS.net will be attending the following events: September 24th – Virtual Connectathon September 28th – FHIR Round Table  Presentation: Touchstone Author: Sandra Vance (@SandyVanceMHA)  Time: 2:00pm Location: G-39 September 29th – October 5th: HL7 Working Group Meeting  October 2nd – Presentation: HL7 FHIR for Developers  Author: Richard Ettema (@techknowman) Time: 1:45pm – […]

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7 Things I Learned at the 2015 IHE NA Connectathon

The 2015 North American IHE Connectathon ran from January 26 through January 30 in a new venue at the Cleveland Convention Center near the Lake Erie waterfront. I mention “near the waterfront” because, unlike the Chicago basement dungeon of years past, we had a floor-to-ceiling wall of windows at this Connectathon. What a difference it is to […]

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2015 Connectathon Countdown: Preparation Best Practices

This is the second in our series about success at the 2015 IHE Connectathon. If you haven’t read the first post about the urgency of registration (and getting that right), you really need to. Now. Really. (I’ll wait.) Technical Preparation Now that you have read that post and are hopefully in high gear on completing the […]

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2015 Connectathon Countdown: Action Required (NOW!)

Thinking about joining the AEGIS DIL team in attending the 2015 IHE Connecathon? It’s that time of year again, and we are reminded that this annual January event can really sneak up on you if you don’t start taking action–immediately. To appreciate why we say “immediately,” take a look at this 2015 Connectathon timeline overview: System registration has […]

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