ELINCS Update: Version 2.5.1 Implementation Guide Now Available
HL7 International announced that a new implementation guide for ELINCS is now available. The new guide uses HL7 2.5.1 as the foundation instead of HL7 v2.4. ELINCS stands for EHR-Lab Interoperability...
View ArticleDistributing Results: Message Routing
In the constellation of separate systems within a healthcare facility, it is common to have a single application which produces (HL7 ORU) Result/Report messages. These ORU messages may correspond to...
View ArticleDistributing Results: Report Message Structure
Among applications that produce Result messages, there is considerable variation in the way that the individual report lines are structured. The following three methods are common: 1. Repeating OBX...
View ArticleInterfacing 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...
View ArticleInterfacing 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, “I have not received a call from anybody, so everything...
View ArticleHL7 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: to wait for an acknowledgement before sending the next...
View ArticleHealthcare 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 to “dig in” to the...
View ArticleELINCS 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 compliant HL7 result messages. For those unfamiliar with the...
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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 think you should know about this upcoming standard...
View ArticleHL7 ADT Q&A with Dave Shaver
Recently, I received a question regarding the HL7 ADT message and thought that it, along with the answer, warranted a larger audience. Question: Is there a national standard to what the baseline...
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