3 Interoperability and Collaboration Lessons Learned at IHE Connectathon in Cleveland (1)

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3 Interoperability and Collaboration Lessons
Learned at IHE Connectathon in Cleveland
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The IHE North American Connectathon 207 brought
together a large and diverse group of Health IT
vendors. This was a unique environment for
Health IT vendors to collaborate -- rather than
compete -- to demonstrate what is possible in the
world of disparate systems and varying healthcare
information standards.
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Interoperability Lessons Learned 1.
Unprecedented Collaboration Between Health IT
Vendors the level of collaboration, openness and
collegial atmosphere at the interoperability
event was very impressive. As a result,
bidirectional workflows setup were successfully
created between Dicom Systems, GE and Epic. This
collaboration sets the stage for Dicom Systems
Unifier platform to become the enterprise imaging
contributor in a live cancer-related simulation
at the HIMSS 2017 Interoperability Showcase.
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• HL7 and DICOM Standards Are Still Dominant
• Most healthcare organizations still rely on tried
  and true standards such as HL7 and DICOM. Many
  routinely need to resolve basic DICOM routing and
  HL7 routing challenges related to having
  multiple, poorly integrated vendors within their
  IT ecosystem. As a result, DICOM routers and HL7
  routers still fulfill a vital operational role
  for our customers.

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3. Planning For Future Healthcare Data Standards
Is Critical To Ensuring Interoperability
Participation in collaborative industry events
prepares Health IT vendors for the future, when
large health systems are expected to fully adopt
one of the newer standards, such as XDS.
Innovative health IT companies as Dicom Systems
are prepared to support healthcare organizations
when the new standards are adopted.
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Looking forward to HIMSS 2017 in Orlando
Interoperability Showcase will be a special event
to watch. This invaluable experience will
translate into benefits for all healthcare
customers by substantially shortening the
learning curve that seemingly plagues every new
integration project.
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