InterSystems READY 2025: SQL Foreign Tables
Author: Sean O’Connor, Senior Consultant, J2 Interactive Michael Golden, InterSystems Principal Software Developer, presented foreign tables as a method to integrate external data sources, such as Oracle, Postgres, and CSV files, with IRIS for SQL querying without data migration, utilizing foreign servers and data wrappers. He further detailed predicate pushdown and its enhancement to include […]
InterSystems READY 2025: Security in the Cloud
Author: Sean O’Connor, Senior Consultant, J2 Interactive Eduard Lebedyuk, InterSystems Sales Engineer, provided an overview of cloud security, emphasizing the shared responsibility model and the need for central management, strong governance, and risk assessment. Key security foundations include managing everything as an API, separating workloads, and adhering to the principle of least privilege. The discussion […]
InterSystems READY 2025: Tuesday Keynotes
Author: Nathan Elliott, Director, Professional Services, J2 Interactive To open the second day of READY 2025, Scott Gnau announced READY Games winners: Control Robotics for Most Innovative and LEAD North for Most Likely to Use. Among other awardees, Red Salute and Stanford were recognized within the Healthcare Providers category, while Cigna received accolades for Health […]
InterSystems READY 2025: Monday Keynotes
Author: Nathan Elliott, Director, Professional Services, J2 Interactive The first keynote session of the READY 2025 conference provided an in-depth examination of Artificial Intelligence’s (AI) multifaceted influence on the healthcare sector, encompassing discussions on potential job displacement, data utilization strategies, operational efficiencies, and the evolving professional roles within healthcare. Terry Ragon, founder of InterSystems, […]
Navigating the NCQA Data Aggregation Validation Program: Best Practices for HIEs
Traversing the landscape of healthcare data exchange is complex, especially when seeking National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) Data Aggregator Validation (DAV). For Health Information Exchanges (HIEs), this validation is crucial for demonstrating data integrity, reliability, and compliance. However, the program requires significant time and resources, which many HIEs underestimate, leading to delays and challenges. […]
Understanding the Importance of NCQA Data Aggregator Validation
NCQA provides a nationally recognized standard for validating an organization’s ability to collect, aggregate, and standardize healthcare data for quality measurement and reporting, such as Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set (HEDIS). It represents more than 72% of the U.S. population. Data Aggregator Validation enables HIEs to save payers significant amounts of time and effort […]