1) Medical errors in US hospitals kill between 44,000 and 98,000 patients per year. One way to reduce errors is through using interoperable software to share patient information between hospitals. 2) HL7 is an international messaging standard that enables healthcare application interoperability and information sharing between hospitals. 3) There is high demand for HL7-enabled applications and trained professionals worldwide, especially in countries like the US, UK, Australia, and Canada.

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An Introduction
 An Institute of Medicine report claims that medical errors kill 44,000
to 98,000 patients each year in hospitals of just one country - The
United States !
 How do we reduce medical errors?
 One of the answers is to use software applications in hospitals to
lower errors.
 Regrettably, each hospital could have its own proprietary software
which at most times, does not share patient details with another
hospital.
 This means that details that could be lifesaving remain restricted to
one hospital and are not available at another hospital a patient
might visit.
 Such lack of information could be life threatening!
 We therefore, need to ensure interoperability
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What is HL7
 HL7 is 'The' international recognized messaging
standard that enables interoperability
 HL7 enables healthcare applications to share
patient information and 'talk' to each other.
 HL7 is a worldwide leader in interoperability
standards.
 A mature ANSI approved standard, it is more than 20
years old, with members in more than 55 countries
around the world.
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Demand for HL7 enabled
applications
 There is a large demand for HL7 enabled
applications, HL7 implementations and HL7 trained
manpower the world over
 This is especially so in the
US, UK, Australia, Canada and Europe, to quote a
few.
 The demand comes from hospitals, Healthcare IT
companies, consultants and independent project
implementers.
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An Individual:
How does it impact me?
 Training in HL7 would be a strong career path for a variety of
individuals ranging from doctors, paramedics to analysts to
programmers to marketing and sales staff.
 An International certification in HL7 could lead to an increase in
one's pay packet or better job prospects at top IT companies or
hospitals.
 Though most career paths could be long and time consuming an
average individual with an eagerness to learn could join a 3 day
workshop and become an expert in HL7
 This could be followed by taking an internationally recognized
HL7 certification exam to become HL7 certified.
 All this could happen in as less as 2 months!
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A Corporate:
How does this impact us?
 Building a HL7 trained and certified team would
open up a large number of opportunities in the
international market to a progressive healthcare IT
Company.
 Further, International HL7 certification of the
corporate's team and an organizational HL7
membership would do wonders for the image and
marketing prospects of the said corporate.
 And all of this could be accomplished in as less as 2
months and with minimal expenditure.
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Summary
 HL7 expertise and certification is mandatory for entities
in the Healthcare IT vertical.
 Get your self/ team trained and certified at the earliest
to access opportunities in healthcare IT interoperability
 We are experts in HL7 consultancy and training. Call us
to learn how you too can get on to the fast track - today!
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Contact Details
 Dr. Lavanian Dorairaj
 HCit Consultant
 Email:
 ceo@hcitconsultant.com
 lavanian@gmail.com
 Phone: +91 20 32345045
 Mobile: +91 9970921266
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