Author: Mario Hyland

Mr. Hyland's background as an entrepreneur includes numerous successful business endeavors in a variety of industries. He turned his passion for technology into a career, which progressed from defense software systems development as an Business Systems Analyst with Litton Industries to Product Development Manager with Walsh Pharmaceuticals. This varied experience has given Mr. Hyland unique insight into patterns of business success and IT solutions. In addition to guiding the corporate direction of AEGIS, Mr. Hyland remains "hands on" when it comes to developing strategic vision with our customers and in the operation of the AEGIS Test Center. Mr. Hyland has authored numerous publications and has been the plenary speaker on various high-profile topics throughout his career. He currently sits on an Architecture Review Board (ARB) for Department of Veterans Affairs Office of Enterprise Development. Mr. Hyland graduated from Control Data Institute in Toronto, Canada.

Touchstone Pricing Updates

Since our May 2023 Touchstone Release 6.0.0, the AEGIS Health IT team has been preparing the Touchstone community for our updated 2024 subscription pricing model. Touchstone 6.0.0 marks the transition from the introductory pricing accompanying our original R&D effort to a pricing model reflecting a production-hardened, full-featured enterprise-class product offering. This is our first Touchstone price […]

When HTTP 200 is NOT OK

Are you under the impression that receiving an HTTP 200 (“OK”) response means your FHIR implementation is conformant to the FHIR specifications or implementation guide(s)? If so, we are sorry to disappoint you. In our work to help implementers accelerate their FHIR implementations, we see many tests that are looking for that “HTTP 200” response […]

What the “Heck-a-thon”

Connectathons are at risk of devolving into check-the-box participation and demonstration events. Let’s fix that. Not that long ago, health IT implementers attended annual (IHE) Connectathon events to test and polish their nearly-ready-for-production (most advanced) implementations. This was (and they still are) a big deal, with significant costs to register, prepare and attend. IHE Connectathon […]

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Sunday Funnies: Dr. Interoperability

Wishing everyone a restful weekend and offering some traditional “Sunday funnies” – not to mention a fun, easy way to see why testing is so important – with our very own Dr. Interoperability 🙂 Artistic credit: Jaymie Y. Im

Should Health IT be Interested in Blockchain Technology?

Over the course of the last several years a new commerce has sprung up seemingly overnight which offers to support a global currency called Bitcoin. The underlying technology which is used to support and secure Bitcoin transactions, similar to ATM withdrawals or ACH/Wire payments, is called Blockchain technology. The premise of Blockchain is that a public […]

Argonauts Get an AEGIS

With a company name based on an artifact of Greek mythology and a corporate focus on health information exchange interoperability through standards including HL7’s FHIR, was there even any question that AEGIS would join HL7’s Argonauts Project? Of course not! Today we’re making it official – AEGIS is looking forward to joining the charter members of the Argonauts […]

AEGIS Named in Gartner Research Note

In his recently published Research Note, Gartner Research Vice President, Barry Runyon has mentioned the AEGIS Developers Integration Lab (DIL). We are proud to be included in this report and we know that the DIL is the kind of interoperability testing resource desperately needed by the healthcare IT industry. The DIL is the only testing solution that […]

Building the Future – Again

The HL7 International 2014 Policy Conference will take place in Washington, DC December 4-5. This year’s theme is “Building the Future: Innovation & Interoperability.” I will participate as a panelist discussing “Standards Maturity: Where the Rubber Hits the Road.” I’ll be joined by an all-star cast from HL7, SAMSHA, the ACP, CAL2CAL, Siemens Healthcare, and […]

AEGIS Responds to the FDASIA Report

AEGIS provided comments on the Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act (FDASIA) Health IT Report: Proposed Risk Based Regulatory Framework (the “FDASIA Report”). We are assisting the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the Office of The National Coordinator (ONC), the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and other government, public and industry stakeholders as they […]

Chairing the OSEHRA Interoperability Work Group on April 29th

One of my hats has me leading industry awareness and collaboration as the Chair of the Open Source Electronic Health Record Alliance (OSEHRA) Interoperability Work Group (IWG). The OSEHRA IWG is aimed at promoting the importance of testing for interoperability and standards conformance in the electronic exchange of health information. The IWG is mobilizing the […]