Developer’s Integration Lab
Introduction to the
Developer’s Integration Lab (DIL)
Mario Hyland
Sr. Vice President, Aegis.net
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Experience
AEGIS.net, Inc. has extensive experience with both
public and private sector health IT initiatives:
• eHealth Exchange (formerly NwHIN)
• IWG / Healtheway Inc (Partnered with CCHIT)
• NIST Health Information Technology Testing Infrastructure (HITTI)
(Partnered with Booz Allen)
• HIMSS Interoperability Showcase
• IHE CONNECT-a-thon
• Support OSEHRA on Challenges facing Interoperability
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Industry
• In our experience, we recognize a number of technical as
well as organizational roadblocks to successful exchange of
healthcare information
• Here are two of the stories that stand out to us the most:
• Upwards of 7 Layers (challenges) to Interoperability
• CIO control over their extended-IT Domain
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Risks to Planned Initiatives
As both public and private sectors plan for current and
future initiatives, it is important to recognize and mitigate
the following risks:
• For those Large Federal Health Programs (focused on integration)
• Interoperability and conformance testing should be built into the
entire software development lifecycle (agile)
• The importance of true independent (3rd party) testing
• For Health Systems and other Organizations
• Compliant Product (Vendors who prove Interoperability)
• Proven Technical Stacks (challenges)
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Solution
How to Ensure Interoperability
• Test Driven Development (TDD)
• Put the testing tools into the hands of the Developers during
the development life cycle, do not test at the end it’s “Too Late”
• Testing should begin as soon as development
• Functional (Conformance) Testing alone will not ensure
Interoperability with External Partners
• Focus towards testing Specifications, and ensuring
backwards compatibility
• Gateway-to-Gateway communications
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How does AEGIS ensure Interop
• We offer an open-source, cloud- and web-based solution Developers Integration Lab (DIL) – that can support these
types of initiatives throughout their lifecycle and includes the
following features/business value:
• Support Test early, Test often (anytime anywhere)
• Developer focused
• Self Service Lab available 24/7
• Consolidated (One) Lab
• Bi-Directional (Request / Response) message
• Disruptive Technology, SAAS and IAAS
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DIL SOA Architecture
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Open Source Project - DIL
 We are working to set up an Interoperability Working
Group with OSEHRA to promote open source tools for
interoperability and conformance testing
 Our kick-off meeting will be held on November 28th both
in-person and available online as a Sprint Planning and
Review Session around the DIL open source project
 Please RSVP at the AEGIS.net booth outside of the conference rooms
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Where is the DIL being used
Currently the DIL is supporting:
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HHS/ONC VLER Support
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eHealth Exchange
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Healtheway Inc Compliance Testing (Conformance &
Interoperability)
EHR/IHE Interoperability Workgroup
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15 State HIE members
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Numerous EHR Product Vendors
NIST Health Information Testing Tools Infrastructure (HITTI)
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Independent Verification & Validation (IV&V) testing of CONNECT
Open Source Gateway (www.connectopensource.org)
Apply our experiences gained with the DIL
Success
In our opinion, success will ensure:
• “Interoperability on a Global scale”
• “Test Early, Test Often” to keep up with changing
specifications and requirements
Our Mission
• “Ensuring Interoperability into the 21st Century”
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Contact Us
AEGIS.net, Inc.
2275 Research Boulevard,
Suite 500
Rockville, MD 20850
www.aegis.net
DIL URL: www.dil.aegis.net
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Mario G Hyland
Sr. Vice President
mario.hyland@aegis.net
(703) 893-6020 x707
(301) 529-5466 (c)