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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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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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HIMSS 2017 Debrief – FHIR Myths and Misconceptions

After successfully navigating my way back home, the HIMSS 2017 conference is now a fading memory of a whirlwind of events – presentations, education sessions, parties and numerous conversations – not to mention thousands of steps through the exhibit hall and beyond.  My focus, as always, for the past few years has been the emerging […]

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Where’s AEGIS? March 2016

In March 2016, AEGIS.net will be attending the following events: February 29 – March 4: HIMSS 2016 – To find us, see all the details here. March 3: ODNI Industry Day March 10: GTSC Insight: Agile at USCIS March 22: Putting It All Together: EHR Interoperability We look forward to seeing you there!

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Our Contribution to the ONC Interoperability Proving Ground

Earlier this week, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) announced a new initiative where the agency will work directly with standards development organizations (SDO’s) and partner with stakeholders to “adapt and evolve ONC’s standards and technology work process” into a Tech Lab approach. This initiative – the Interoperability Proving Ground (IPG), […]

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FHIR’d Up for HIMSS16

Following the political party caucuses, the presidential candidates will be long gone from Las Vegas when HIMSS16 spins up on February 29. But the debates will only be getting started. Which electronic health record is the best? Which middleware works or doesn’t work? Whose standards are going to be adopted? How should the government fix Meaningful […]

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Supporting Veterans Career Services at HIMSS16

Next week – HIMSS16 will offer a Veterans Career Services Boot Camp for individuals transitioning from military service to a career in the Health Information Technology (IT) field. HIMSS, in collaboration with nine other leading organizations in health IT will offer round-table discussions on topics ranging from: Connected Health/Mobile Clinical Informatics & Engagement Big Data/Data […]

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AEGIS Staff Co-Moderates the HIMSS-NCA September 18th Educational Session during National Health IT Week

AEGIS’ Senior Consultant and HIMSS-NCA President-Elect, Barry Dickman, will co-moderate the monthly program – Creating the Marketplace for Health Innovation: Public-Private Partnerships – Success Stories of Transformational Models. This educational session highlights the numerous public-private partnerships (P3) as a mechanism by government to finance better healthcare infrastructure, biomedical research and clinical service delivery. They represent […]

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