HIMSS 2016 is upon us, February 29 to March 4, in fabulous Las Vegas! We hope you'll stop by the Apelon booth (#2265) and say hello. We'll be showing off the new DTS version 4.4, which features a completely integrated HL7(r) FHIR(r) toolkit, enhanced value set tools for quality measure and clinical decision support developers, the new Content Download Portal app, and performance enhancements throughout the application. If you haven't seen DTS in a while, you'll be amazed at the latest features.

The Asia eHealth Information Network provides a forum for its members to share and learn about a wide range of health IT topics. Apelon is excited to see our growing involvement with AeHIN enter its third year in 2016.

Yesterday, Health Level 7 sent a letter to the US Senate HELP Committee, which is thinking about interoperable electronic health records.

Will you be attending the HIMSS AsiaPac and Digital Health Week meetings in Singapore next month? We will... so let's meet up... Drop us a line at sales@apelon.com. See you in Singapore!

Looking at MedDRA as a terminologist, I see some things I really like and some things I wish were different. We just overhauled the way we represent MedDRA in DTS, and the new schema helps DTS users take advantage of the good parts and more easily work around the rest.

Solution Links Local Lab Data to Standards-Based Terminology

Public health reporting is moving towards standardized, automated reporting for integration, and analysis of health information. In order to merge and analyze health data, codes for laboratory terms must be normalized to a standard that can be automatically and easily exchanged between disparate systems.

Internationally-recognized scientist will augment Apelon consulting resources heavily involved in informatics research and development

Apelon, Inc., a longstanding provider of terminology and data interoperability solutions, today announced that Dr. Stuart Nelson has joined the company as Chief Innovation Officer.

Apelon is pleased to announce that Caroline L. Macumber, Apelon Vice President, has been elected as the IHTSDO Affiliate Forum Representative to the IHTSDO Technical Committeefor 2013-14. 

Services Support Data Normalization and Semantic Interoperability within HealthShare

Apelon, Inc., an international provider of terminology and data interoperability solutions, today announces that it is working with InterSystems Corporation, a global leader in software for connected care, to provide interoperability services to support the InterSystems HealthShare™ strategic informatics platform.

Initiatives funded through the Office of the National Coordinator on Health Information Technology (ONC)1 in 2011 have put a bright light on healthcare IT, primarily through the specifications and standards underpinning ONC's stage I and II (and beyond) meaningful use (MU) requirements. 2011 also saw attention on the requirements to migrate from the decades-old ICD-9-CM to ICD-10 (CM and PCS). Both MU and the ICD migration highlight the need for better processes with improved terminology management.

Canada Health Infoway Selects Apelon to Provide Interoperability Tools That Will Assist Deployment of Pan-Canadian Terminology Standard

Apelon, Inc., a leading provider of terminology and data interoperability solutions, today announced that it has been selected by Canada Health Infoway (Infoway) to provide the tools and associated services to support the deployment of SNOMED CT across Canada.

Recognized for significant contributions to the organization and efforts to achieve more consistent and integrated clinical information

Apelon, Inc., a leading provider of terminology and data interoperability solutions, today announced that Russell Hamm, Informatics Architect, received the W. Edward Hammond, PhD, Volunteer of the Year Award from Health Level Seven (HL7) International. 

Award with the Nation’s Largest Healthcare Provider Underscores Apelon’s Leadership and Experience

Apelon, Inc., a leading provider of terminology and data interoperability solutions, today announced that it has been awarded a new multi-year Blanket Purchase Agreement with the Veterans Health Administration (VHA).

Effort Promotes Use of Open Source Software in Healthcare Projects

Apelon, Inc., a leading provider of terminology management and data interoperability solutions, today announced that it has become a member of Open Health Tools (OHT). With this announcement, Apelon reaffirms its commitment to open source tools and its intention to work with leaders in the open source community to promote these solutions.