Archive for May, 2010

Relationships, Hierarchies and Third Party Data Sources

As organizations evolve along their MDM journey, they often add additional domains of data. Relationships and hierarchies among data are essential for ensuring you can identify how your data relate to each other. You must also consider how to handle data from third party sources. Larry Dubov examines these factors.

The Three Biggest Hurdles to Architecting a Successful State-Wide HIE

As states receive grants from the Office of the National Coordinator to plan and build state-wide health information exchanges (HIEs), they face several very real challenges. While designing and implementing an HIE that meets the needs of multiple participants and stakeholders, states face three major hurdles. Chad Cosper outlines these hurdles.

Building an HIE Solution: The Theory

We’ve discussed the challenges facing HIEs as they try to share information across disparate systems, as well as the importance of IHE profiles. But how do you actually go about building an HIE? Bill Klaver walks through the thought process and questions you must consider.

Finding the Straw that Could Break the Camel’s Back

How and when can you – and should you – apply rigorous approaches like Total Quality Management or CMMI to data governance? Marty Moseley examines three scenarios in which TQM and CMMI are prudent, provided that you go about things in the right sequence and find the straw that could break the camel’s back.

Effective Strategies to Connect Physicians

Allscripts and Initiate share a mission with the healthcare community to improve the health of both their patients and their bottom lines by empowering physicians and care providers with innovative software, connectivity and information solutions.
In a connected healthcare community, acute and ambulatory results are shared, patient and provider loyalty is increased and meaningful use requirements are met. But what does that really mean? And how do we get there? Join Initiate and Allscripts for a webinar and learn how.

My Data Governance Hero: A True Story

When setting up an appointment for home maintenance, Amar recently stumbled upon a customer service rep who deserves a data governance medal. Read his story, and why it offers optimism for a better data quality future.

Entity Resolution My Mom Could Understand: A Google Analogy

How do you explain entity resolution or master data management to a lay person? Jeff Huth attempts an analogy that his mom could understand.

Key Facets of Data for MDM Success: Domains, Entities & Models

As you build a roadmap for MDM, you must consider some of the most important facets of data: data domains, entities and high-level data models. To succeed with MDM, you must grasp how the three work together, especially as you explore more complex architectures.

The Smarter Symposium: Join Us in London

Join us on May 26 in London for The Smarter Symposium. This one day event and executive dinner will help you discover how a unified view of your data helps your organization with a host of benefits. Hear from three customers who will share their experience and best practices with MDM.

How Do You Improve Communication Between Healthcare Providers & HIEs?

Health information exchange (HIE) initiatives are demanding efficient and accurate communication with providers in and between acute care and ambulatory environments. But not all providers are created equal when it comes to communicating. Deanna Nole discusses some of the challenges and potential solutions.