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We’ve just released Caristix Conformance v1.16, Caristix software for HL7 interface management. The major updates focus on enhancing usability in the Reverse Engineering tool. We’ve got several more enhancement requests in the feature pipeline, so stay tuned for a bigger Conformance update in the upcoming weeks.

Here’s what’s new in v1.16.

Reverse Engineering Usability

(The Reverse Engineering tool reads HL7 data and outputs an interface specification: message types used, segments (including Z-segments), fields, data types, and tables.)

Progress Bar When Loading Messages

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We’ve just released Pinpoint v1.16, Caristix software for HL7 log troubleshooting (link). You can download an update from the Pinpoint trial download page.

Our annual license terms cover updates, so this is free if you have a license.

You can also download a fully functional 30-day trial of Pinpoint.

New Features
Table View in Data Distribution

Toggle between the Chart View and the new Table View.

Chart View in Caristix Pinpoint Software (click to enlarge)

Table View in Caristix Pinpoint Software (click to enlarge)

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HL7 Interfacing Advice from the Indiana Health Information Exchange

The largest health information exchange (HIE) in the US is located in Indiana. It connects 80 hospitals, and serves 10 million patients as well as 19,000 physicians. IHIE members participated in a recent meeting of the Central Indiana Beacon Community and posted their slide decks here. The presentation that resonated for us was Mapping Interfaces by Dr. Mike Barnes, Dan Vreeman, and Amanda Smiley (PDF).

Their killer quote: “Interface programmers are the only [...]