Blog Entries

I.T. Trends SynapticHealth is Bringing to HCIT & HIE

j@eyestone.us — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0100

There are a number of Information Technology trends, strategies and ideas that SynapticHealth has studied or been involved with over the past several years that are ripe for healthcare, healthcare information technology (HCIT), and healthcare information exchange (HIE).

1) Webs of Pages vs. Webs of Services

Simply put, the web, networks, information exchanges, and collaboration platforms have moved well beyond content, the [...]

Synaptic Strategies: App Stores & Malls for Healthcare

j@eyestone.us — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Analogies help translate the SynapticGrid and what it can do for healthcare, but these analogies are only part of the story: Â

Â·Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Appleâ€™s iPhone has itâ€™s AppStore.Â (notice RIM/Blackberry [...]

Synaptic Strategies for HIEs & RHIOs

j@eyestone.us — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0100

SynapticHealth is the Healthcare Information Services Exchange â€“ a shopping mall of information services stores specific to healthcare, complete with all the tools required to discuss, list, publish, consume, sponsor, mash up and collaborate on healthcare information services.

A healthcare information exchange (HIE) is a sourc [...]

Getting Synaptic promotes "Meaningful Use"

j@eyestone.us — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0100

First, the SynapticHealth summary of the Â meaningful use debate:

â€œMeaningfulâ€ = â€œCertifiedâ€ vs. â€œMeaningfulâ€ = â€œSynapticâ€Â

â€œCertifiedâ€ solutions that meet specific requirements for things like interoperability, efficacy, and compliance.Â Itâ€™s understandable that when it comes to grants to cover solutions and professional services, the hope is that [...]

Get Synaptic: Strategies for HCIT Vendors

j@eyestone.us — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0100

What does it mean to get Synaptic?

1) Thrive in the healthcare ecosystem, the distributed network of disparate healthcare information technology (HCIT) systems by enabling healthcare information exchange (HIE).Â Get truly interoperable.

2) Offer solutions to HIE problems that are: a) scalable: reconsider what tools you are using to get interoperable.Â Open up to the larger developer community so that they have reasons to consume your applications, namely that they can i [...]

How Synaptic are your solutions & apps?

j@eyestone.us — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +0100

There are a couple key challenges with healthcare information exchange (HIE) or interoperability:

Healthcare is a distributed network of disparate systems - so healthcare information technology (HCIT) apps need to co-exist in the ecosystem of other HCIT apps. HCIT is as good as it's ability to engage in HIE (usually).The building blocks of HIE - healthcare systems integration and connectivity, transaction processing, and data governance - need to be commoditized in favor of value-add [...]

Fundamental truths in HCIT & HIE

j@eyestone.us — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +0100

healthcare ecosystem
Healthcare is a distributed network of disparate systems (the "healthcare ecosystem"). As publishers, consumers and sponsors of information services, Healthcare Information Technology (HCIT) andHealthcare Information Exchange (HIE) vendors, users and developerscan improve healthcare by getting Synaptic - by thriving in this sort of ecosystem and leading the development of smarter, stronger and more profitable information services.

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