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Recap of the HL7 Work Group Meeting + 2023
By Tony Schueth – Point-of-Care Partners had the opportunity to attend the latest HL7 Working Group Meeting held in New Orleans. Here are our highlights of the event, the factors that may have influenced attendance, and the themes of the sessions as well as our “Aha” moments.
ONC Supports Adoption and Implementation of Bulk Data APIs
By Alex Kontur – In 2017 the Health Level Seven® standards development community began exploring the feasibility of standardizing a Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources® bulk data access application programming interface to facilitate large-scale data transfer between systems.
Moving Standards to Support SDOH Data Capture from the Sandbox to Production
By Ryan Argentieri, Samantha Meklir, & Jawanna Henry – ONC is working alongside HL7® and with a wide range of partners from health care, government (federal and states), community-based organizations, developers, providers, and industry stakeholders to launch a national Gravity Project Pilots Affinity Group.
New Testing Method Available for Standardized API Criterion
By Rob Anthony – ONC has approved the Drummond Group’s Drummond G10+ FHIR API powered by Touchstone tool, a new alternative test method (ATM) for testing conformance to ONC’s §170.315(g)(10) Standardized API for patient and population services certification criterion.
What’s New in the 2022 Approved Standards via Standards Version Advancement Process
By Rob Anthony & Avinash Shanbhag – Beginning August 29, 2022, health IT developers participating in ONC’s Health IT Certification Program can voluntarily incorporate new versions of standards approved by the national coordinator into their Certified Health IT Modules.
FAST Continues FHIR Scalability Work as a New HL7 FHIR Accelerator
By Alex Kontur & Stephen Konya – The HL7® Fast Heathcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR ®) at Scale Taskforce (FAST) initiative has officially left the nest and taken flight! In 2017, ONC spearheaded the FHIR at Scale Taskforce, a public-private partnership with industry stakeholders, to accelerate the scalability of FHIR across the industry.
Shining a Light on FHIR Implementation: Progress Toward Publishing FHIR Endpoints
By Wes Barker, Vaishali Patel, & Jeff Smith – The ONC’s Cures Act Final Rule supports patients’ and providers’ access to electronic health information through Health Level Seven Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources application programming interfaces. FHIR is ready for prime-time and the Cures Rule requires…
Calling all Beta Testers: New Opportunity to help ONC Update the Inferno Test Tool
By John Bender & Jeff Smith – Beginning March 2022, Inferno, ONC’s test tool for the “standardized API for patient and population services” certification criterion, will support beta testing for the Health Level Seven Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources US Core Implementation Guide 4.0.0.