Hello guys i am a medical doctor. I wish to work in Healthcare IT sector 3 years down the line in my career. I am a self learner when it comes to learning computer skills, using various online courses (like Berkely) and Keystone Courses. I have recently learned c and C++. I had given a start to Lisp but didn't go much deep. Now i was...
I have a team lead who is pushing to follow the Microsoft Connected Health and Human Services Model, does anyone have experience with this approach? Any suggestions/etc? ...
What IT skills are necessary to work in health informatics? Does one need experience in a healthcare field like nursing or medical insurance? Is the field more populated by healthcare professionals who have added IT skills or by IT pros who have healthcare experience? What are the common job roles? What technologies should one focus on?...
Searching for a library or framework that would provide an object model, parsing, validating, etc The idea would be to be able to spin up a new object of type hl7 v2 or v3. Then perhaps call it message type ORU_R01 or ADT, or ORM. Wouldn't life be great if we were able to do something like this: HL7V2 myMessage = new HL7V2(); myMessag...
I'm considering a job that will have me working in the healthcare industry working on an information system for insurance companies. Just out of curiosity, what is working in the healthcare industry like for a programmer? Any particular quirks? Are there any upsides or downsides you don't have in other programming fields? ...
Hi all, just a shot in the dark here. Does anyone here have any experience with coding an integration into Kodak's carestream (pacs) product? I am trying to integrate into their COM server, but hitting issues with saving Key Images. I just want to see if this is a suitable forum for asking carestream related queries. Thanks! Craig ...
Hello everyone, I am new to Microsoft health care system, like Amalga/Health Vault, and I want to know if any developer here working on Amalga/Health Vault could recommend me some specific forum/mail list/web site for developer community of Amalga/Health Vault, which could exchange more points for Amalga/Health Vault? thanks in advance...
I'm researching alternatives to the federally backed CONNECT adapter for building a custom adapter to connect to the Nationwide Health Information Network (NHIN). Is CONNECT the only available solution, or are there other solutions as well? ...
I am starting a new Rails project and I need to implement a login system that is secure because the application will be dealing with health data. What is the best way to lock down the app in rails? ...
I've got a project I took over from someone that requires data to be exported in the EDI X12 Standard (837P) format. Although I have been able to find some samples that are useful I haven't been able to find anything that defines what the possible "segments" are and what they mean. The previous developer has quite a bit of work done, but...
I have used DICOM using MERGECOM when I was in GE Healthcare in 2005. After that I don't have much knowledge in the DICOM system. Now we have a requirement for implementing PACS system using .NET platform. Can you recommend a decent, good, community supported .NET based DICOM library or framework? or Do you know any commercial librarie...
hello i am going to develop a web based application that is Electronic Health records one of the constraints is the my system should follow a communication standard that is complied by most of such type of applications. i go for a standard known as HL7 health level 7 but i am bit confused! problem is i can't differentiate between the t...
I'm looking to find out if there are already any standards out there for storing/transmitting healthcare claim data (HCFA/CMS 1500, UB92, UB02, etc) through an XML format. I know of the official standards for X12 and ANSI-837 4010 but I'm looking for something a little less complex and before rolling our own I'd like to see if there is s...
I've to start my master thesis project and I've to choose a technology to work with. I've used Rails and ASP MVC, in two projects, but never used Django, only some play with it. But I've some experience with python and really like the admin interface. The objective of my master thesis is a creation of portal to a public hospital. I hav...