tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4384692836709903146.post6640025237270655281..comments2024-03-18T04:38:01.678-07:00Comments on Dispatch from the Digital Health Frontier: Provider Directory StrategiesJohn Halamkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04550236129132159307noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4384692836709903146.post-75224357409819661952012-03-23T14:49:46.865-07:002012-03-23T14:49:46.865-07:00Why isn't there a REST based approach for acce...Why isn't there a REST based approach for accessing the provider directories? As the NwHIN Power Team has stated the need for REST based specification to be developed it seems kind of odd leaving it out of this, especially when this is one of the simpler systems that will be in the NwHIN portfolio. This seems like a real misstep and given the low adoption rate of the NwHIN Exchange protocols a true lack of vision for the future of Health IT.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4384692836709903146.post-18960289787919635322012-03-20T06:49:09.941-07:002012-03-20T06:49:09.941-07:00Are you thinking of using the PD to allow patients...Are you thinking of using the PD to allow patients to identify which providers they will allow there data to be shared with?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4384692836709903146.post-83307760651822244632012-03-20T06:44:44.601-07:002012-03-20T06:44:44.601-07:00Do you a central Registration Authority to credent...Do you a central Registration Authority to credential and identify organizations and individuals? <br />How do you maintain organizations, individuals and relationships in the PD as they change over time? <br />Do you maintan a history of relationships? (i.e. BIDMC was Beth Israel Hospital before they merged with Deaconess Hospital)<br />Are your PD governance rules published?<br />Have you formed trust agreements with other states? <br />Would I have to setup agreements with each and every other PD in the nation in order to locate and interoperate with other organizations?<br />How do I trust your source of truth?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com