Is there a national standard to what the baseline structure for what an ADT (A28, A31) message should include? Are there national specifications/schematics that say…
Archive | HL7 Messaging
Using HL7 messages in real world healthcare integration projects.
5 Things to Know About HL7 FHIR
A new term spreading (almost like fire) through the healthcare interoperability world is HL7 FHIR, pronounced as “fire.” Here are the Top 5 things I…
ELINCS Orders Draft Specification Released for Public Comment
A few months ago I wrote about the ELINCS EDGE testing tool, a free program that allows you to easily test your interfaces against ELINCS…
Healthcare Interoperability Insights: Log Files
When working through the complexities of a healthcare integration project or monitoring day to day operations within your existing interface environment, it is sometimes necessary…
HL7 Acknowledgements and Interface Pacing
The HL7 ACK Message. What are my options? When sending and receiving HL7 messages, the sender connections may be configured in one of two ways:…
Interfacing Challenge: Monitoring and Alerting for HL7 Interfaces
As you read this, do you know the status of every clinical interface in your environment? Unfortunately, a common answer to this question may be,…
Interfacing Challenge: Patient Data Matching with HL7 Messages
More independent reference laboratories and imaging centers are connecting to their referring community of physicians by creating interfaces between their Laboratory Information System (LIS), Radiology…
Distributing Results: Report Message Structure
Distributing patient test results and/or patient reports is a growing necessity in delivering efficient, connected care. The HL7 Standard is used to facilitate this patient…
Distributing Results: Message Routing
Distributing patient test results and/or patient reports is a growing necessity in delivering efficient, connected care. The HL7 Standard is used to facilitate this patient…
ELINCS Update: Version 2.5.1 Implementation Guide Now Available
ELINCS is a specification which constrains HL7 to “standardize” sending lab results to EHRs. This blog post highlights the changes made in the updated ELINCS…