Direct Secure Messaging is a technology that allows Healthcare providers to communicate patient data (med updates, labs, and more) through secure channels.
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What Is A Bidirectional Interface?
What is a bidirectional interface? Explains the concept using the example of an immunization registry, labs, and medication dispenses.
Read moreWhat Is A Legacy System?
What is a Legacy System and why should you care? This can be your first break into healthcare IT.
Read moreLab Orders and Results
Lab Orders and Results. A quick read on how HL7 orders and results messages are linked from order placement to resulting. Covers the placer order number and lab accession number.
Read moreEpisode of Care
In Healthcare IT, it’s important to understand the concept of episodes of care versus encounters. An encounter is a single event in which care is given. Individual office visits, ER visits, chemo appointments, and C-Sections are all encounters. An episode is a grouping of more than one encounter.
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