In the healthcare world, security and privacy issues are extremely critical, especially in terms of HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) compliance. Although cloud computing can alleviate some of the stress regarding this topic, regulations to secure Protected Health Information (ePHI) are very strict, and complying with them can be very difficult. We suggest you use the... Source

HL7 (Health Level Seven) is a standard for exchanging health information between medical applications. This standard defines a format for the transmission of health-related information. Information sent using the HL7 standard is sent as a collection of one or more messages. Each message transmits one record or item of health-related information. Examples of HL7 messages include patient records... Source

By convention, a standard segment grammar notation is defined to provide a convenient way to indicate the segments that can be included in a particular type of HL7 message. Many vendors use this segment grammar notation to specify what segments may be included with each type of HL7 message that they send. In the standard segment grammar notation, segments...

We’re extremely proud to have hosted part one of our four-part Iguana ‘Did You Know?’ webinar series. In yesterday’s webinar, we explored some of Iguana’s hidden tools and features that play a crucial role in optimizing the development, administration, and workflow design processes. Listen to iNTERFACEWARE’s own Solutions Architect, Lianne So, as she outlines common EMR integration workflows... Source

The HL7 Delimiter Characters shown in the table below lists the default delimiter characters that are normally used in HL7 messages. An HL7 message can choose to employ HL7 delimiter redefinitions. If the standard characters are not convenient to use, the HL7 message can use different delimiter characters. In any HL7 message, the delimiter characters used by the message...