E-Prescription with Surescripts

One of the more challenging interfaces that many of our customers have to deal with is the E-Subscription interface from Surescripts. The format uses XML with EDIFACT messages embedded in the XML encoded with base 64. I had a customer on Friday asking about it and so I took the Iguana 5.0 Translator for a […]

May 2, 2011 More

Non-linear Software Economics

If Karl Marx were alive today he would have a field day updating his theories on the crisis of capitalism to encompass the shifting morass that forms the economics of software. With the current recession there has been a lot of debate about the use of economic stimulus with Keynesian theory: how government can effectively […]

April 6, 2011 More

My Dad Mervyn Muir – A pioneer meta integration engineer

The question of meta programming and modeling in health-care is a hot issue with HL7 v3 and the Reference Information Model (RIM).  When ever it comes up I think about my Dad’s TV remote. My dad Mervyn was the personification of think different long before Apple ever trademarked the term. He worked his entire career for the New […]

April 4, 2011 More

Version 2 HL7 in JSON is not the answer

Oh dear. I didn’t really expect the rise and fall of HL7 to go viral. Now it seems I’m about to go down in history as the guy who said HL7 should be done in JSON. Oops. I do not actually think re-encoding version 2 HL7 in JSON is a good idea. Oh technically it’s quite […]

April 2, 2011 More

The Rise and Fall of HL7

The title of this post might seem unusual from what is supposed to be an HL7 middleware vendor. But times are changing and that is not where I see our future. Standards do not exist in a vacuum. To be successful standards must address market needs and solve real problems so people can make or save money. Writing […]

April 1, 2011 More
 

HIMSS 11 Perspective: Eliot Muir

Our very own CEO of iNTERFACEWARE, Eliot Muir sat down to talk with HIT Exchange Media at HIMSS 11 to discuss the importance and role of interfacing data systems in HIE with a particular emphasis on CDA. Mar 3, 2011iNTERFACEWARE

March 3, 2011 More

IGUANA: More Than Just Healthcare?

It’s not secret that IGUANA’s history is deeply rooted within the healthcare industry. As IGUANA’s market penetration continues to increase year over year, people from other industries are taking notice. Increasingly, we are being asked: “Can IGUANA be used outside of healthcare? The answer: Absolutely! In fact, many of our current healthcare clients are already […]

February 26, 2011 More

iNTERFACEWARE to Present at HIMSS11 Interoperability Showcase at Booth #7343

ORLANDO, Fla.–(BUSINESS WIRE)—iNTERFACEWARE®, a software provider committed to simplifying HL7 integration, today will demonstrate interoperability with its leading HL7 integration software Iguana®. Held in collaboration with Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise (IHE), the Showcase is part of the 2011 Annual HIMSS Conference & Exhibition being held from February 20-24, 2011. iNTERFACEWARE (Booth #3621) will be showcasing […]

February 22, 2011 More

iNTERFACEWARE Debuts New Approach to Integration with Iguana v5 at HIMSS

New Mapping Translator Makes Code-Based Integration Easier than Ever ORLANDO, Fla.–(BUSINESS WIRE)—iNTERFACEWARE®, a software provider committed to simplifying healthcare integration, today announced that Iguana® v5, the latest version of its powerful HL7 interface engine, includes a new approach to custom integration. Incorporating the Iguana Translator, which puts scripting directly at the center of the mapping […]

February 21, 2011 More

The Brave New World of Middleware – Part 4

Part 4: The failed promise of graphical mapping In the first post of this blog series, Re-thinking Integration, I explained how I have spent a great deal of time examining my assumptions about what middleware needs to deliver. At the forefront of my original assumptions was my belief that the majority of mapping could be […]

February 15, 2011 More