ONC releases CONNECT 3.3
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) has released CONNECT version 3.3., an open source health information exchange tool.
The latest version contains backwards compatibility between the January 2010 and July 2011 Nationwide Health Information Network (NwHIN) specifications and among CONNECT versions. “In addition, CONNECT 3.3 was built to ensure gateway-to-gateway and gateway-to-adapter backwards capability, which enables organizations to more readily upgrade CONNECT while minimizing changes to already existing adapters and interfaces,” noted ONC.
CONNECT 3.3 supports the July 2011 NwHIN specifications for patient discovery, query for documents, retrieve documents, document submission and administrative distribution as well as the foundational specifications for messaging, web services registry and authorization framework. CONNECT 3.3 is the first gateway to comply with these revised specifications and it allows organizations participating in the NwHIN to ensure their gateways are in compliance.
The latest version also includes configuration guidance to ensure implementation achieves throughput and resource utilization and provides refined instructions for installing and deploying CONNECT on all supported platforms, the agency added.
Read about the product release on ONC’s Community Portal.
The latest version contains backwards compatibility between the January 2010 and July 2011 Nationwide Health Information Network (NwHIN) specifications and among CONNECT versions. “In addition, CONNECT 3.3 was built to ensure gateway-to-gateway and gateway-to-adapter backwards capability, which enables organizations to more readily upgrade CONNECT while minimizing changes to already existing adapters and interfaces,” noted ONC.
CONNECT 3.3 supports the July 2011 NwHIN specifications for patient discovery, query for documents, retrieve documents, document submission and administrative distribution as well as the foundational specifications for messaging, web services registry and authorization framework. CONNECT 3.3 is the first gateway to comply with these revised specifications and it allows organizations participating in the NwHIN to ensure their gateways are in compliance.
The latest version also includes configuration guidance to ensure implementation achieves throughput and resource utilization and provides refined instructions for installing and deploying CONNECT on all supported platforms, the agency added.
Read about the product release on ONC’s Community Portal.