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…
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Overview of key HL7 message types and definitions
Less Than One Week Remains to Provide Input for IHE ITI Supplements
Two new IHE Technical Framework supplements and a handbook are still out for public comment. The ITI Technical Committee encourages and welcomes your input to…
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…
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:…
What three things should everyone know about working with HL7 standards?
For system analysts and interface developers, testing and managing HL7 interface connections is a large part of day-to-day responsibilities. Therefore, knowing and understanding the nature…
Green CDA Equals Simplifying CDA
Green CDA is a simplification project for a key healthcare standard. It is a worthwhile effort to simplify working with CDA.
HL7 Quality Reporting Document Architecture (QRDA) Defined
HL7 Quality Reporting Document Architecture (QRDA) is in the IFR for Meaningful Use, so it may be time to brush up on what it all…
What is HQMF – Health Quality Measures Format?
A new draft standard called Health Quality Measure Format (HQMF) has been formulated and the HL7 ballot is available for review and comment.
Summary of ICD-10
ICD-10 is coming to US healthcare in 2013. CMS has created a nice summary of the motivation for shifting to ICD-10 and some examples of…
Placer Order Number vs. Filler Order Number
When sending and receiving orders and results using the HL7 standard (HL7 v2.x), there are two identification numbers that are typically required. In HL7 terms,…