December 19, 2012
This is a tale of two forces whose combined synergies have created a perfect storm triggering an urgent call to action. Our protagonists, scalable trust and patient engagement, are driving the escalation of solutions to a long-standing problem in Direct exchange: the establishment of trust between HISPs.
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October 23, 2012
Early this year, a conversation spawned between a colleague and me regarding usage of the Direct Project in workflows other than simple email. It quickly became apparent that he had a specific use case in mind and was focused on a not-so-well understood section of the Direct Project specification: disposition notifications (how the Direct Project implements quality of service [QoS]).
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April 12, 2012
In part one of this series on the Direct Project, I discussed the backbone transport and message gateway the program uses. In part two, I explored Direct’s security and trust modules and the importance of establishing meaningful trust relationships between HISPs. In this brief, final post, I will define edge protocols and clients and briefly touch on a few policy elements that govern the day-to-day operations of Direct.
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April 10, 2012
In part one of this series, I dissected the Direct Project into discrete modules and provided a relatively in-depth view of the backbone transport and message gateway. In this post, I'll dive into the lifeblood of Direct: security and trust.
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April 06, 2012
Over the past month, I've taken on the daunting task of compiling my knowledge of the technical ins and outs of the Direct Project into an online developer's handbook to assist both my Cerner brethren and third party developers who have chosen Cerner Direct as their full-service health information service provider (HISP). As I looked back over the content, I realized there is a lot of material that is useful to a broader audience in the Direct community. So in the spirit of knowledge sharing, I'm sharing my insight (wisdom?) in a series of blog posts.
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December 15, 2011
On December 8th, I again had the privilege to organize and host a Direct Project virtual connect-a-thon. This was the fifth virtual connect-a-thon held by the Direct Project reference implementation workgroup, and the second time we’ve hosted it at Cerner. As an indication of Direct’s increasing momentum, this was the largest connect-a-thon to date, consisting of more than 20 companies, with 13 actively participating HISPs.
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