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Practical guides, integration best practices, and healthcare data strategy — written by engineers and strategists who live in this space every day.
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Cloud Data Integration for Supply Chain Efficiency
In recent times, the advancement in technology and rapid global digitalization is disrupting almost all sectors of the economy, and the cloud based data integration supply chain industry isn €™t left out. Changing consumers €™ behaviors and various market disruptions are also affecting how organizations carry out their day-to-day activities. From monitoring, assessment and optimization, … Read more
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Retail Data Integration: The Key to Unlocking Insights
Data integration gets a bad name. Many believe that data integration is a boring process that is only important when it comes to archival work or transferring information between multiple sources. What people fail to realize is just how important data integration can be and the information it can reveal. Retail businesses amass gargantuan amounts … Read more
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Data Integration: Not A Technology Problem
Do you feel like the world of IT is becoming less human? Recently, Forbes published an article expressing concern about data integration trends. The article stated that it is more than a technology issue, stating that “the human factor is crucial.” To the dismay of many developers, there is an inordinate amount of competition when … Read more
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Data Marketplaces and Exchanges: A Summary
The term ‘data marketplaces’ may bring to mind images of leather-clad Matrix hackers selling your data in the city’s seedy underbelly, but in reality, it is a lot less nefarious. A data marketplace is an online platform for buying and selling data. It allows users to compare prices, get the best deal, or maximize their … Read more
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Augmented Data Management: Empower Your Data
In an article from Gartner (1), augmented data management was identified as a trend to watch in data analytics. This is the concept of using Machine Learning (ML) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) concepts around not only the actual data but also the associated metadata. Using the metadata allows the creation of very efficient robotic processes. … Read more
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Smart Buildings: IoT and the Future of Facility Management
The Internet of Things (IoT) may be a popular marketing term, but it is much more than just a buzzword. The Internet of Things is a phrase that describes the way that (nearly) every device can be connected to one another via the internet, putting it front-and-center for the present and future of facility management. … Read more
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Integrating Facility Management (FM): A Cornerstone for Healthcare
Facility Management (FM) is a broad area that has become increasingly important to many organizations. Every business has property, assets, or inventory that it must maintain for staff or customers, no matter the industry. However, FM is particularly important in healthcare because providers strive to provide a clean, safe environment for the staff and their … Read more
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Have you had your daily dose of FHIR today?
Are there real projects waiting to be done today? If the answer is no, then you have lived in a basement for a year. Oh wait- yeah, right. Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resource, or FHIR, has become a hot topic lately, pun intended. Most recently, the Chesapeake Regional Information System (CRISP)is deploying a solution with a … Read more
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Don’t Overlook Metadata Management: Key to Effective Data Strategy
Do you have a plan for metadata management? Do you know what metadata is? As the professional world has shifted online to platforms like Microsoft Teams and other business collaboration websites and apps, the data companies produce has proliferated exponentially, in the form of emails, chats, notes, documents, spreadsheets, and more. Domo has reported that … Read more
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FHIR Standard: Don’t Get Burned
We’ll admit it, it’s true: FHIR standard isn’t exactly new. The initial draft of FHIR was published in 2011, which in tech years is ancient. HL7, which it’s built on top of, is decades old. Although it’s been adopted here and there for a decade, it’s still not exactly everywhere. So why should you care … Read more
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FHIR, who cares?
My effort for this article was to do some research on past literature concerning data integration. My findings are not really surprising but are very predictive. Let ‘s look at a prediction from nine years ago by a leader in health data integration, Eliot Muir, CEO of Interfaceware. Eliot penned this as a comment to … Read more
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Ready? Aim and FHIR with Vorro
The 21st Century Cures Act mandates that healthcare providers support increasing interoperability and access to patient-level data. Much of this takes effect in July 2021. In addition, healthcare professionals must provide patient access to data by December 2022. Despite the pandemic making implementing new interoperability methods difficult, there is a simple solution: the Fast Healthcare … Read more
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Why Data Integration in Healthcare Matters?
Let’s face it: Between patient files that need to be faxed to legal documents that need to be signed, the amount of data healthcare professionals deal with daily can be overwhelming. With new technological advancements like digital imaging and electronic medical records, the amount of data produced in the healthcare industry is growing exponentially, and … Read more
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Surviving Without Data Not in Today’s World
Every transaction, interaction, and communication between a business and its customers leads to one thing: data. Businesses will often collect this data and store it without knowing what it can be used for. Some companies may even choose to ignore this data, completely unaware of all of the benefits that it can provide. Surviving without … Read more
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FHIR Implementation and Healthcare
More than ever, data interoperability has become paramount for healthcare providers who need a quick and accurate way to exchange information. FHIR in Healthcare is essential for achieving seamless data exchange. This is where the Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resource, or FHIR, comes in. After its introduction, it quickly became one of the most popular methods … Read more
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Vorro participates in FHIR Connectathon 25
Vorro is proud to participate as a track lead for this fall’s virtual HL7 Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR) Connectathon 25. The conference is three days (September 9-11) of hands-on FHIR development and testing. It provides a great opportunity for implementers and developers to gain experience developing FHIR-based solutions. Vorro has participated previously in the … Read more
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Visit Vorro at SHIEC!
The SHIEC Conference is virtual this year! From August 17 – September 15, Vorro will be attending and participating in various events and invites you to stop by our virtual booth! Learn more here. SHIEC is a national collaborative representing more than 81 health information exchanges (HIEs). This meeting brings together the HIE community … Read more
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Data Automation: Simplifying Business Processes
The good Captain’s signature phrase. It is actually a common phrase in military history. A commander often uses it when acknowledging and agreeing with a subordinate’s suggestion or proposed course of action. The commander simply responds, Make it so. If only it were that easy in this era of intense competition. One in which it … Read more
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Easy Data Integration, Myth, Lies, or Legend
Data is taking over the world and making sure that you have a firm understanding of your data can help your business gain a key competitive advantage. Specific sectors such as health care can truly take advantage of their data and improve their overall customer experience and business efficiencies. However, some people perceive data integration … Read more
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Three Pitfalls of Integration Projects
Why do integration projects fail? Budget, human resources, technology, regulatory issues and timing all impact a project. These are all details that have to be considered. However, I want to ask you to take a step back. If you get mired down in the details too soon, your projects will flail about aimlessly. There are … Read more
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Reinventing Education
April 2020 set unprecedented records in school closures, impacting an estimated 124,000 public and private K-12 schools. Yes, the pandemic is a healthcare crisis the likes of which we have not seen in many years, which has also caused unprecedented disruption in the field of education. This highlights the urgent need for reinventing education to … Read more
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Data-Driven Retail Solutions in the Wake of Covid-19
The rapid spread of the COVID-19 crisis has brought with it dire consequences. The disruption to daily life has been astonishing. Schools are closed, employees are working remotely, and overall economic uncertainty exists as the world wrestles with a new normal. Unfortunately, businesses are closing rapidly as states enforce “stay at home” orders as part … Read more
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A Revolution in Healthcare – Telehealth Today
We all look forward to the next piece of cutting-edge technology. With constant upgrades in smartphones, operating systems, gaming consoles, and television sets, our “speed of light” society intrinsically anticipates the next advancement. When it comes to our healthcare, especially in today’s climate, there is no exception. That’s why both providers and the patients they … Read more
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Vorro: Fast and Easy
Traditionally, integrating your data involves a costly and complex process to turn unusable and unstructured data into a clunky dashboard. Vorro solves this problem by turning the once tedious data integration and management task into a simple, streamlined process. Thus, your data doesn’t turn into a labor-intensive task needing significant time and money before showing … Read more
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