Content-Only Products! (Beta) Until now, product builds had to be distributed as a container image. This created a problem for products that don’t technically “run”, such as data files, static documents, or small .zip files. As of the May release, Skycapp’s internal product model has been fundamentally broadened to support file-based build distributables. Curators now…
Direct Configuration File Downloads Building on the recent addition of platform-less downloads, we now include all additional download links to files needed by bundled products. Custom JavaScript Injection We’ve added a new ability to customize site and page loading with custom JavaScript, which may also be used for analytics and performance measurement. Note that modern…
Skycapp founder Preston Lee will be joining the InterOp.Community Advisory Council to provide leadership to the Meld Technical Work Group. He aims to guide Meld‘s direction as the predominant open source FHIR sandbox system, as well as shape a sustainable position within the global FHIR and HL7 adopter communities. Dr. Lee is “…especially looking forward…
Direct Configuration Downloads When running a new product for the first time, users typically download the default curated configuration without any custom modifications. This constitutes the majority of product downloads. While Skycapp’s platform configuration management is a powerful feature, needing to add a product configuration to a platform only to accept the default settings is…
Atlanta, GeorgiaSeptember 21st, 2024 At the HL7 Connectathon in Atlanta, Georgia, Preston Lee presented recent updates and upcoming changes to HL7 FHIR Foundry. These updates bring a total of 67 published products to FHIR adopters, including the WildFHIR and FHIR Candle resource servers. In addition to the catalog, the session discussed new policies and processes…
Bundle Product Improvements We’ve fundamentally changed the way product bundles work to enforce that the parent product must reference a child configuration already known to the system. This improves product stability by eliminating the possibility of using an incorrect sub-product build tag or configuration name. When bundling a product, curators instead have a new “Set…
By long-standing user request, we’ve launched the @SkycappOfficial channel on YouTube. In our first 8-minute video, “Introduction to HL7 FHIR Foundry”, you’ll find an all-audiences overview of HL7’s specific objectives, use cases, and policies of the Foundry deployment of Skycapp, with a brief technical demo at the end for “hands on” FHIR adopters of all…
On August 23rd, 2024, Preston Lee delivered an extended, hour-long presentation to the HL7 FHIR Open Source Tooling Webinar Series on HL7 FHIR Foundry. This is a longer-form expansion of what was previously delivered at FHIR DevDays and the HL7 Working Group Meeting in May, 2024, breaking down the system from the perspective of 5 core stakeholder…
Global Look and Feel Stylesheet Overrides We’ve added support for a much requested feature: customizing the UI look and feel! Operators may set the SKYCAPP_CUSTOM_CSS environment variable of the web client to a minified CSS stylesheet. The stylesheet will be injected dynamically as the website loads. Important: By overriding default styles, you are on the…
Skycapp is proud to announce it has joined InterOp.Community (I.C)! I.C is a collaboration advancing healthcare interoperability through the use of open platforms and open source software. Together, Skycapp and InterOp.Community will: InterOp.Community is the maintainer and steward of MELD: the open source FHIR sandboxing system originally based on the Logica Sandbox. This relationship signifies…
Telemetry (Beta) Using realtime product telemetry is like the first time you used a web browser. It can be difficult to wrap your head around the implications, but once you experience well-crafted and integrated content, you won’t want to go without it. Skycapp telemetry enablement is now in beta, with a sample “Skycapp Telemetry Bundle”…
Curation Portal Redesign The curation portal has been revamped to support quick navigation between the same settings pages for different products. This new UI reduces curation time by allowing quicker context switching and alleviating the need to manually refresh the page. Product Management Reporting Administrators and catalog-wide curators now have an interactive product catalog summary,…
May 21st, 2024. Dallas, Texas, USA. At the May, 2024 Connectathon in Dallas, Texas, Health Level Seven (HL7) officially launched production availability of HL7 Foundry: a platform designed to advance the discovery, testing, and implementation of HL7 FHIR® (Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources). Through phased iterations, Foundry “..will become the go-to resource for finding and experimenting…
Catalog Sorting and Pagination The product catalog now includes pagination and sorting controls. By default, product search results will be displayed with the most recently updated listings first. Direct Search Linking You may now link directly to catalog search result pages by adding parameters to the root URL of your Skycapp deployment. For example, a…
We are thrilled to announce that Skycapp — the cutting-edge platform for automated delivery of FHIR (Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources) and clinical decision support (CDS) software — has won the AHRQ Challenge on “Designing the Optimal Future State of CDS Connect” in the “Most Innovative” category. The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) launched…
Multi-Badge Filtering Badges can now be placed into a category. When a pinned badge is categorized, the badge will be presented under a corresponding heading in the catalog browser. The category with the highest priority badge is presented first. For administrators, a badge’s category can optionally be set in the badge edit screen, shown below….
We were recently honored to present on stage with HL7 leadership at the HIMSS 2024 Interoperability Showcase, Thought Leadership Theater on “What’s Now and Next for FHIR”. In addition to broader 2024 plans for HL7 Foundry, Dr. Lee spoke to screenshots of the in-flight deployment of the Skycapp platform unpinning this exciting new infrastructure, as…
The Mobilizing Computable Biomedical Knowledge (MCBK) organizers have posted the video recording of Dr. Lee’s February 28th, 2024 presentation, Automated CBK Deployment through Delivery Standards and the Skycapp Platform. In this 15-minute brief, Dr. Lee covers core challenging impacting adoption of publishing CDS and CBK, philosophical adjustments to the ecosystem, Skycapp’s automation-first approach, and new…
We are delighted to announce that Skycapp has been selected to advance to Phase 2 of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality‘s (AHRQ) “Challenge on Designing the Optimal Future State of CDS Connect” competition. A live, comprehensive 1-hour final presentation will be given to AHRQ at the end of February. The session will use…
We are thrilled to announce that Skycapp, a trailblazer in standards-based healthcare software distribution, will be presenting an exclusive demonstration of its innovative platform at the Mobilizing Computable Biomedical Knowledge (MCBK) Conference on February 28-29, 2024. About MCBK North America Conference: The MCBK NA Conference brings together pioneering thought leaders, researchers, and industry experts in…