OAK BROOK, IL, Dec.16, 2020 — Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise (IHE) International, an organization dedicated to the secure exchange of health information, has published for public comment a white paper titled, Enabling Document Sharing Health Information Exchange Using IHE Profiles. In recent years, developments like cloud computing, mobile access to information and the use of […]
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It is with great pleasure that IHE International announces publication of a new IPS Profile, recently released for trial implementation. This profile is the latest in a series of artifacts developed by a collaboration of standards development organizations (SDOs) to support the global adoption of the International Patient Summary (IPS), considered an essential ingredient in […]
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IHE International Statement on the COVID-19 Pandemic Like every organization involved in healthcare, and indeed as all citizens around the globe, IHE International’s leadership has been closely monitoring the spread of the COVID-19 Coronavirus as it has become a declared global pandemic. IHE International has taken measures consistent with the guidance of the WHO and […]
True healthcare interoperability means that information can flow wherever it is needed, across borders and health systems. The International Patient Summary (IPS) standardizes clinical data content and messaging technology worldwide, facilitating the movement of clinical information needed to support the care of an increasingly mobile population. The IPS specifications were originally developed as a joint […]
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Project Gemini, named after a historic U.S. spaceflight program, leverages the combined strength of HL7 and IHE to implement HL7 FHIR® and advance healthcare interoperability. IHE profiles facilitate the implementation of standards, like FHIR, necessary to achieve interoperability. HL7 FHIR offers an innovative base standard that enables the acquisition and exchange of healthcare data using […]
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Contributors: Raymond Peter Zambuto, CCE-e FHIMSS FACCE, Paul Sherman, CCE FACCE, Elliot B. Sloane, PhD CCE FACCE FHIMSS, and Todd Cooper The IHE Patient Care Devices (PCD) domain traces its origins to 2001 when a task force of the American College of Clinical Engineering (ACCE) began working with IHE’s Strategic Development Committee (SDC) to develop a […]
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IHE continued its international presence in healthcare interoperability at the 6th Asia eHealth Information Network (AeHIN) General Meeting and Conference on Interoperable Digital Health for Universal Health Coverage. The event, held October 7-9 in Colombo, Sri Lanka, hosted more than 300 government officials and health IT stakeholders from more than 40 different countries. The event […]
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Written by Niki Wirsz The inception of the IHE “start-up” goes back to October 13-14, 1998 when RSNA and HIMSS organized the first IHE workshop hosting 13 (!) lucky companies as this slightly stained old piece of paper shows: The main question to us vendors was quite simple and challenging at the same time: why […]
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IHE and HL7 FHIR® continue to collaborate on interoperability initiatives. Firely will host the fifth DevDays event in Amsterdam from November 14-16, 2018. Speakers at the event will discuss a variety of FHIR-related topics, including how IHE and FHIR work together. On November 16, Mauro Zanardini, an Integration and Testing Manager for Consorzio Arsenàl.IT and […]
IHE is involved in several 2018 events in Germany. Two of the biggest events include: German Interoperability Day The 3rd German Interoperability Day (DiT) was held in conjunction with the Joint Annual Meeting of HL7 and IHE Germany. The event took place from October 8-10 in Berlin. The first day focused on government stakeholders, insurance […]
