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The government is pushing standards for interoperability. The organization responsible is HITSP. The standards that they are pushing are the typical designed-by
by absconditus 16y ago
The government is pushing standards for interoperability. The organization responsible is HITSP. The standards that they are pushing are the typical designed-by-committee mess.
HL7 2.x is the only standard that is widely supported in the industry. I have not come across many systems that offer no HL7 2.x interface options. The IHE monstrosity is picking up steam too.
- absconditus 16y agoI forgot to mention that the government is pushing the HITSP-chosen standards by making them part of "meaningful use" standards that are required for ARRA funds.
- siculars 16y agoI've been wading through this muck for quite a while, I'm well aware of these "standards". I'm not looking for standards, per se, I would be far more interested for a product specific api. Think Twitter, FB or Google. Standards by committee especially when doctors are involved is a recipe for utter disaster as we have seen time and time again. We are in the midst of deploying some of your competitors. Ping me offline to chat some more.
- noonespecial 16y agoUnfortunately, it seems to be a catch-22. If you don't involve doctors in the design, you'll end up with something that doesn't cover enough ground to be usable, if you do involve them, they'll mistake their (admittedly large) domain expertise in medicine for expertise in system design and bike-shed the thing into boondoggle territory. Any standard is going to be a tough proposition.