Where’s AEGIS? November 2017

In November 2017, AEGIS.net will be attending the following events: November 15-16: IHE ITI Technical Committee Meeting November 15-17: FHIR Dev Days AEGIS’s Richard Ettema will be leading the following sessions: General Introduction to FHIR – 11/16, 9:00am-9:40am Test Driven Development I – 11/16, 11:30am-12:10pm Test Driven Development II – 11/17, 11:30am-12:10pm November 16 – […]

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Where’s AEGIS? October 2017

In October 2017, AEGIS.net will be attending the following events: October 1-5: Gartner Symposium October 11: GTSC Cybersecurity Day October 16: USCIS Day October 16-17: IHE ITI Planning Committee Meeting October 24-26: Commonwell Fall Summit October 29-31: ACT-IAC 2017 Executive Leadership Conference We look forward to connecting with you!

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HL7 FHIR Connectathon #16

The next HL7 FHIR Connectathon event, #16, will host close to, if not more than, 200 attendees this weekend – Sep 9 & 10 – with 17+ testing tracks. And, just like I’ve done for the last two, I will once again be providing a couple of Saturday morning breakout sessions to help those new […]

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Where’s AEGIS? September 2017

In September 2017, AEGIS.net will be attending the following events: September 9-10: HL7 FHIR Connectathon September 11-14: HL7 Working Group Meeting We look forward to promoting interoperability among systems and connecting with you!

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Test Like You Mean It

Tonight begins the second round of the 2017 NHL Stanley Cup playoffs for our hometown Washington Capitals. They have no doubt spent the past few days furiously practicing in preparation for facing the reigning champs, the Pittsburgh Penguins. It occurs to me that as they have practiced, their coaches didn’t just set up orange cones […]

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HIMSS 2017 Debrief – FHIR Myths and Misconceptions

After successfully navigating my way back home, the HIMSS 2017 conference is now a fading memory of a whirlwind of events – presentations, education sessions, parties and numerous conversations – not to mention thousands of steps through the exhibit hall and beyond.  My focus, as always, for the past few years has been the emerging […]

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HL7 FHIR Implementer Certification…Coming Soon

This past October at the 30th Annual HL7® Plenary, Working Group Meeting and FHIR® Connectathon 14 event, I realized it was my three-year anniversary of attendance. True, that may not sound like a long time to those seasoned HL7 veterans but my focus has been and remains the HL7 FHIR specification. And, when you consider […]

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AEGIS DIL Nominated for ACT-IAC Award

AEGIS.net, Inc. has been selected as a finalist for the American Council for Technology – Industry Advisory Council (ACT-IAC) Igniting Innovation 2017 Showcase for our Developers Integration Lab.  The Developers Integration Lab (DIL) was selected as a finalist from over 100 submissions by a panel of government and industry evaluators.  ACT-IAC invited companies to showcase their innovations […]

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How to Save Money on Interoperability

Saddleback Leather Company makes some pretty high quality leather bags/cases and other products (disclaimer: I neither own stock in the company nor any of their products; however, I am partial to the Thin Briefcase, size medium, color black and my birthday is coming up).  Not only do they make good products, but they understand marketing […]

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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 […]

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