July 19th, 2010
Today, we here at iNTERFACEWARE are very pleased to announce the launch of our newly redesigned website: http://www.interfaceware.com
The first thing people seem to notice from our website – and the same goes for our appearances at trade shows and other industry events – is our tag line: “HL7 Integration Made Easy“. I can’t tell you how many conversations I’ve had that have started with: “…you had me at Easy!”.
One of the things we’re most proud of here at iNTERFACEWARE is the fact that we’ve been able to make HL7 workable, understandable, implementable, … and even easy for our customers.
For those who are just starting their HL7 explorations and may be wondering, “How do you make HL7 easy?”, I thought I’d put a new video together to help you get started. Read the rest of this entry »
June 4th, 2010
From Art:
Thanks to my newest video-recruit – Mo – we now have a new addition to our “The Movie” series of videos. This time around, Mo explains how to easy it can be to transform HL7 messages using Iguana and Chameleon.
For those of you who’ve been waiting for a new animated feature from iNTERFACEWARE, don’t worry, I’m just putting the finishing touches on my newest instalment as I type this. In the meantime, we thought we’d offer a practical solution to our newer customers who are attempting to transform HL7 messages for the first time.
With that said, I’ll pass this post over to Mo to introduce his brand new tutorial video: Transforming HL7 messages.
Read the rest of this entry »
February 15th, 2010
I finally got around to installing the Mac version of Chrome on my laptop this weekend and wow! It really is super fast! It’s by far the best browser I have used to access Iguana in terms of performance. Screens that would be a little sluggish with IE are rendered so quickly it’s absolutely a pleasure to use.
Prior to now I was a little ho-hum about yet another browser to support – but if this the value that Chrome brings to table then bring it on! It does appear that web standards are working in that we haven’t needed to modify our code much if at all to get Chrome compatibility.
As a company we’re making a big bet on web based technology. Iguana 4.5 which we will be showing at HIMSS is really starting to push the envelope in terms of what to expect from a web based UI for an integration engine. We’ve now got the ability to browse HL7 messages in a tree view – just like one can within the Chameleon GUI.
What’s really fun about it though is that we’ve added the ability to ‘pop-out’ browser log views which are then synchronized with the main log view – in fact you can send the links to another computer via email or chat and have these views still synchronized – it’s pretty neat being able to flip through your messages and see the data populated live in various views.
Eliot Muir
December 19th, 2009
Whenever I travel for work, one of the most common questions I hear is “How does HL7 work?”
HL7 is not always one of the sexiest subjects, but as interoperability and connectivity continue to be huge drivers in the health care space, the questions of HL7 are going to continue to be asked.
So, after a little thought, I thought I’d create a fun – and hopefully useful – video describing what HL7 is and what it does.
September 24th, 2009
This morning I finished up what I hope will just be “Phase 1″ in improving iNTERFACEWARE’s Members website. The interface for viewing existing licenses has been simplified, making it much easier to find the license(s) you’re looking for. Now browsing through your company’s licenses is quick, easy, and maybe even a little fun. And you can even export your company’s licenses as a CSV file, with which you can create an Excel spreadsheet for your own reference.
This is response to the fact that many customers now have hundreds of licenses which made the old interface a little cumbersome. Love to hear your feedback on the new interface.
Happy browsing!
-Kevin
July 24th, 2009
Last week I had the pleasure of traveling to Boston, Massachusetts to attend the HL7 Educational Summit. The summit and the instructors were fantastic and it was great to spend time talking with the other participants. For those unfamiliar, the HL7 organization offers various forms of HL7 training and HL7 certification. During the educational summits, you can sign-up for 2 full days of classes followed by an optional certification exam. The classes are quite intense and it’s highly recommended that you read Chapters 2 and 2A of the standard before arriving. Unlike our training – which is geared towards real-world design and implementation - I think the educational summit classes are best suited for people who – like me – are interested in understanding the micro-details of the standard.
This year, I thought I’d brush up on my HL7 v2.6 knowledge, so I signed up for the classes and even elected to take the HL7 v2.6 Control Specialist certification exam. Nothing like the fear of an exam to make sure you pay attention during class! Read the rest of this entry »
June 17th, 2009
We know that by simply using our products our customers are putting a huge amount of confidence and trust in us. The health related data that flows through our applications is highly sensitive and affects the potential well being of many people. This is a fact that we do not look upon lightly and is the reason we put our software through many tests before every release.
Not only do we test every new feature for correct functionality and usability we also put Iguana through very rigorous stress tests. We send hundreds of thousands of messages through test Iguana servers to confirm that Iguana doesn’t buckle under pressure and, more importantly, that Iguana doesn’t lose or corrupt any messages. Read the rest of this entry »
June 3rd, 2009
Started : Monday, June 1st, 2009 @ 11:02:43 AM
Duration : 17 minutes 3 seconds
Hostname : WinBuild64
Build_ID : WinBuild64/2009-06-01_11-02.Iguana_64
Source DateTime: 2009-06-01 15:02:46 UTC
Complete Success!
… but, what does that actually mean?
It’s the result from one of our successful builds of the 64 bit version of Iguana on Windows. Dmitri – one of the very talented developers who works hard behind the scenes here at iNTERFACEWARE to make all your HL7 integration dreams come true – did a fantastic job of putting together this latest 64 bit build.
If you’re interested in being one of the first to try out Iguana 4.1 (beta) on 64 bit Windows, you can find the latest build on our ftp site.
"What was estimated to take four months of implementation time, took six weeks. Because of iNTERFACEWARE™, a major obstacle became a minor speed bump."
Mike Gogola, Hermitage Medical Clinic
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