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FHIR Starter #2

This is the second installment of our “FHIR Starter” series, which we are writing to help teams filter out the noise and excitement of the burgeoning FHIR community so they can focus on the signal–how to be successful with real-world FHIR implementations. If you missed our first installment, check that out here. In this installment, […]

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FHIR Starter #1

As the HL7® Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR®) community grows, an increasing volume of FHIR information and a ballooning community of self-appointed FHIR experts are bursting onto the scene. This is a welcome sign of the emergence of a robust FHIR ecosystem, and we celebrate that. Health IT is hard; as a technical domain, its […]

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HL7® FHIR® and Touchstone Virtual Training October 11-12, 2023

Join us once again October 11-12, 2023 for two days of hands-on HL7® FHIR® and AEGIS Touchstone training with our expert team of FHIR developers. AEGIS has trained hundreds of developers to build with HL7 FHIR using Touchstone, our cloud-based platform that supports FHIR conformance as you build. Whether you are new to HL7 FHIR or looking […]

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FHIR Implementation Quality: Preventing the Great Escape

“Escaped Defects” are defects that are discovered in production. Wow. Let that sink in for a moment. This is healthcare we’re talking about; people’s lives are on the line. Although the certainty of catastrophe is not the same as with a faulty space shuttle O-ring, the potential for patient tragedy is the payload of each […]

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ONC Approves AEGIS Touchstone for Certification of (g)(10) Criteria

Drummond’s G10 FHIR® API+ Certification Program is powered by the AEGIS Touchstone FHIR® testing ecosystem. Rockville, Maryland, July 7, 2022 – Approval by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT ( ONC) of Drummond’s 170.315(g)(10) conformance test suites on the AEGIS.net Touchstone FHIR® test tool and developer platform gives health IT developers two […]

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HIMSS 2022 Preview

We are looking forward to being back in Orlando this year for HIMSS22. Join the AEGIS team at Booth 2029 to learn more about: How to accelerate your FHIR implementations and leverage Test Driven Development (TDD) How to know your FHIR implementations are actually interoperable How to make your QA team more effective Advanced cloud-based approaches […]

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The AEGIS Interoperability Scorecard: What is your number?

Introducing the AEGIS Interoperability Scorecard As passionate advocates for health IT interoperability, the AEGIS team is not shy about about calling for faster progress (what are we waiting for? and 2014 Health IT Week rant)–nor are we shy about celebrating success (OPA’s thought leadership) when we see it. One difficulty with providing this kind of feedback, however, has been […]

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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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