Professional Services
EDI & Application Data Integration
Our Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) and application data integration capabilities increase productivity and decrease administrative overhead costs. Our partnerships are guided by an experienced team of programmers and business analysts, certified in HIPAA and HL7. At the core of our EDI experience lies our intimate understanding of the nuances of business transactions in the healthcare industry.
Key capabilities and features:
- Certified team of industry experts
- Cost-effective and secure information exchange
- Increased work productivity
HL7 Interfacing Capability
Apollo Health Street offers cutting-edge technology to support and advance your organization’s current healthcare information exchange system. We help our partners enhance their HL7 interface to maintain the most trusted and reliable data.
Key capabilities and features:
- Define input file structure for integration of data (e.g. demographic and charge data) obtained from external systems into PMS Application (e.g. IDX)
- Develop parser to parse inbound HL7 flat files and XMLs and store data into the database
- Provide HL7 interfaces solution using proprietary Integration Broker
- Generate outbound HL7 flat files and XMLs
- Perform numerous validations on message format structure data
- Map input file definition to database tables and columns, allowing any new, non-standard, proprietary file format to be defined and mapped to target database schema quickly
- Support specialized detail of the Z segment (a customization provision available as part of the HL7 standard)
- Develop senior management and decision support at a centralized portal
HIPAA Interfacing Capability
Apollo Health Street has developed comprehensive, robust configurable tools to manage various technologies associated with HIPPA software. We help our partners by meeting the challenges of securing private patient information while maintaining compliance with strict government regulations.
Key capabilities and features:
- Manage EDI X12 transaction sets 270/271, 276/277, 835, 837 (all claim varieties i.e. Institutional, Professional, and Dental)
- Accept a (non-standard) client-specific incoming file and translate it to an XML format as per the client-defined schema
- Easy configurations and comprehensive error logging for efficient troubleshooting
- Generate 270, 278 using 837 as input; Decipher 271, 278R and reproduce in a readable format; Generate 276 for payers including Medicare and Medicaid
- Tag and de-tag transaction sets with invoice number for reconciliation purposes
- Simplify test scenarios by re-constructing 835 files
- Convert incoming HIPAA formats back into proprietary file formats
- Interfacing work involved with PMS Application (e.g. IDX)
Data Migration
Our Image and Reports Migration Services helps your organization migrate DICOM images and medical reports from legacy picture archiving and communication system (PACS) and broker systems to the current PACS. Our in-house knowledge base of the healthcare domain is extensive, and we have worked with healthcare organizations across the country to migrate their data. From the detailed assessments, planning, migration, and audit of data migrated, our involvement at each phase is identified and validated against prior experience.
Key capabilities and features:
- Structured and proven approach that facilitates migration in a reliable and predictable manner.
- Reduced overall risk, uncertainty and cost of large migration exercises
- Five-step process recommended by the Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise (IHE) framework to integrate Radiology Information Systems (RIS), Health Information Systems (HIS), and PACS systems for seamless information flow
- Multi-platform support that is distributable, scalable, and configurable
- Integrated HIS and PACS/Modality via implementation of order filler, acting as a gateway between order placer, modality, and performed procedure step manager by converting HL7 to equivalent DICOM messages and vice versa whenever required