Eric Bartholet

"To ease the implementation of RHIOs, industry standards should be developed for how all their systems should be integrated," says Eric Bartholet, partner at Computer Sciences Corp., an El Segundo, Calif.-based consulting firm.
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But regardless of whether interfaces are created via SOA, HL7 or other technologies, such complex development work requires an advanced skill set for programmers, and such advanced skills aren't widely found in health care I.T. shops, Bartholet says.
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For example, HL7 standards don't work for certain information systems, such as financial applications, or diagnostic imaging systems, which use Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine, or DICOM, to communicate, says Bartholet, at Computer Sciences Corp.
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"To ease the implementation of RHIOs, industry standards should be developed for how all their systems should be integrated," says Eric Bartholet, partner at Computer Sciences Corp., an El Segundo, Calif.-based consulting firm.

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"SOA and Web services technologies are really designed as integration architectures for larger legacy environments," says Eric Bartholet, partner at Computer Sciences Corp., an El Segundo, Calif.-based consulting and software firm."Because provider organizations can use HL7, they have less of a need for those technologies than companies in other industries."

But regardless of whether interfaces are created via SOA, HL7 or other technologies, such complex development work requires an advanced skill set for programmers, and such advanced skills aren't widely found in health care I.T. shops, Bartholet says.
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For example, HL7 standards don't work for certain information systems, such as financial applications, or diagnostic imaging systems, which use Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine, or DICOM, to communicate, says Bartholet, at Computer Sciences Corp.
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"To ease the implementation of RHIOs, industry standards should be developed for how all their systems should be integrated," says Eric Bartholet, partner at Computer Sciences Corp., an El Segundo, Calif.-based consulting firm.

"SOA and Web services technologies are really designed as integration architectures for larger legacy environments," says Eric Bartholet, partner at Computer Sciences Corp., an El Segundo, Calif.-based technology and consulting firm.