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Web-Based
Immunization Registry
Immunization
Registries should get accurate information to
Immunization providers when and where they need
it.
Our
PCMS, SIIS Registry and Insight products already
provide information via fax-back, voice response
and client/server access. With the expansion of Internet
availability and the ubiquity of web
browsers on computers, the
browser has become a natural extension of the
registry.
In
2000 QS Technologies started a Web Registry
initiative to provide Web Browser access to the
immunization registry data in our existing
registry products. That initiative resulted in a
working prototype access system to the Insight registry. This first prototype proved
concept and technology.
QS has now completed the initial release of our Web-based Insight Immunization Registry and we are making it available for you to view on the web.
We
are excited about the key role that HL7 plays in
the new software. HL7 is not just an interface
added for external systems, the Insight
Immunization Registry uses HL7 for all its
internal communication. The simplified diagram
below shows the registry architecture. (Note how
the Registry Engine communications with the
various registry partners via HL7.)
End
users may access the Registry Web Server using a
web browser in a secure HTML solution,
simplifying security, and making the application
available to a wide variety of clients. The Web
server talks to end users through secure
encrypted web pages, and it talks to the
Registry Engine using the HL7 Low Level Protocol
(LLP) over TCP/IP in real time without the
delays of "store and forward" systems
like email and batch systems like FTP.
Other
HL7-aware applications can communicate directly
in real time with the Registry over the LLP or
in batch through file transfer (FTP). The key
point is that the Registry Engine talks HL7 as
it's native language, rather than as an add on,
thereby insuring a robust HL7 implementation and
the widest-possible accessibility.
The
n-tier architecture allows for scalability and
flexibility in network is configuration, while
providing a high level of performance. The Insight
Immunization Registry can handle both
regional and statewide registries. The design
currently supports (and has been tested with)
multiple concurrent server machines.
For
more information contact Kevin Davidson at (864)
232-2666 x 3505 or e-mail sales@qsinc.com.
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