ELSM work for the Florida Dept of Health = Completed! June 17, 2011
Posted by gonzalezloumiet in APHL, HIT, Interoperability, open source.Tags: APHL, CDC, ELSM, Labware, ONC, PAT, PHINMS, RNR
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Over the last 3 years, we have been working on the CDC and Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL) – Public Health Laboratory Interoperability Project (PHLIP). From the APHL web site: “PHLIP aims to establish reliable laboratory data exchange between state public health laboratories and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention by fostering collaboration in IT and laboratory science. The collaboration is intended to extend beyond the founding partners (APHL and CDC) to include all relevant public and private entities.” One of the subprojects and use cases is called ELSM, which stands for: Electronic Laboratory Surveillance Message.
Each state public health lab is asked to send their influenza results to the CDC via the RnR Hub (managed by Uber Operations and LabPoint) and in a specific format based on the PHLIP Influenza Message Guide. The lead integration engineer on this project was Frans de Wet. He worked closely with the team at the Florida Bureau of Laboratories, LabWare (lab info management system) and the assistance teams from the APHL and the CDC. After months of development and testing, the Florida Dept of Health was advised that they could be transitioned to “full production“, which was a major accomplishment for all involved.
Technology used:
Mirth in action
- Frans de Wet – Lead Integration Engineer
- John Butler – Integration Engineer
- Jeff Couch – Integration Engineer
- Eduardo Gonzalez Loumiet – Project Manager
- APHL
- CDC
- LabWare
Direct – here we come! June 16, 2011
Posted by gonzalezloumiet in Nationwide Health Information Network, ONC.Tags: Direct, Frans de Wet, NHIN, ONC
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Several of our integration engineers are working on NHIN Direct, the set of standards, policies and services that enable simple, secure transport of health information between authorized care providers. NHIN Direct enables standards-based health information exchange in support of core Stage 1 Meaningful Use measures, including communication of summary care records, referrals, discharge summaries and other clinical documents in support of continuity of care and medication reconciliation, and communication of laboratory results to providers.
This internal project, led by Frans de Wet, is a priority for Uber Operations. We understand the importance of this project, specifically the benefits it will provide to our public and private healthcare clients. We look forward to updating the health technology community as we finalize our implementation. Be sure to return in a few days!
More information on Direct:
2. Project Wiki
3. Project Blog
Team Member Profile: William “Bill” Lyle June 9, 2011
Posted by gonzalezloumiet in Team Member Profile, Uber Operations.Tags: Bill Lyle, Data Integration, William Lyle
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Bill has been with Uber Operations since 2008. He is an integration engineer working at the Florida Dept of Health, specifically with the HMS County Health Dept project. Bill has over 20 years of information technology experience and is considered by his peers as one of the best data integration engineers in the nation. He has both public and private healthcare experience and is Cloverleaf Level III certified.
Prior to joining Uber Operations, Bill worked at Noesis Health and Quovadx. He has a Bachelor of Science Degree in Electronic Engineering Technologies (BSEET) from DeVry University. He lives in Tallahassee, Florida and loves to bowl and is an avid golfer.
Click here to learn more about Bill.
