How else can HL7Connect Help with HL7 messaging?
While HL7 messaging is a big step forward in communication between systems, the implementation of HL7 messaging is not always as straight forward. There are several issues that can hinder implementation of HL7 messaging between systems. A couple of these issues and how HL7Connect can help are discussed following. Version discrepancies HL7 is an evolving standard. HL7 Inc. coordinates volunteers from around the world working on continual review and development of the HL7 standard. As a result new versions of the HL7 standard are released every couple of years. Vendors and systems will implement the new versions at different times. The differences between the versions can be significant, which means that a system that “talks” HL7 v2.1 wont be able to understand messages sent from a system that “talks” HL7 v2.3.1. HL7Connect provides a means for translating between HL7 versions to enable systems using different version of HL7 to exchange messages. Vocabulary differences Vocabulary refers
