Resources
For vendor performance rankings, see the KLAS Research website.
For a current view of the HL7® interface market within healthcare, see the 2018 HL7® Interface Technology Survey Results published by Core Health Technologies.
For more on de-identification, check out these blog posts: De-Identifying Patient Data Part 1, De-Identifying Patient Data Part 2.
Frozen Interface Syndrome: Wes Rishel of Gartner weighs in on this interoperability issue
How to automate your tests.
How to figure out if you suffer from Interface Black Box Syndrome.
Messaging Workbench available via HL7® International (look for a file name that includes “MWB release”)
Read more about addressing the challenges of lab interoperability in this Clinical Innovation and Technology article: Lab Interoperability Plays Catch Up.
Samples, Templates and Tools
Checklist: what to look for when you’re researching collaboration software
HL7® profile template kit
Sample gap analysis template
Software that automates the gap analysis process
Use Caristix Message Player (it’s free) to send or receive messages. Read about how we use Message Player here.
White Papers
Conformance Checking for HL7®: Ensuring Messages are Understood by Healthcare – white paper by Lyniate
Rethinking HL7® Integration: Start with the Gaps – white paper by Caristix
Contributors
Authors
Sovita Chander and Jean-Luc Morin, Caristix co-founders.
And we couldn’t have pulled off the Guide without invaluable contributions from two members of the Caristix software development team, Dominic Bérubé and Maxime Dupont.
Great comments and feedback
Eric Mosley
Jens Kristian Villadsen
Eliot Muir
Commenters on LinkedIn in the following groups
Health Level 7 Group
HealthCare Information Technology
Healthcare-IT/EHR/HIS
HIStalk Fan Club
HL7
HL7 International
Mirth HL7 Network
(Join these groups to get additional guidance on HL7® and interoperability.)
Read More in the HL7® Survival Guide
Introduction
Chapter 1: How to Integrate and Exchange Healthcare Data
Chapter 2: Pros and Cons of Interfacing Capabilities
Chapter 3: The Heart of the Matter: Data Formats, Workflows, and Meaning
Chapter 4: How to Work with Vendors and Developing Your EHR Strategy
Chapter 5: Vendors, Consultants, and HL7® Interface Specifications
Chapter 6: Interfacing Artifacts: HL7® Conformance Profiles or Interface Specifications
Chapter 7: Interfacing Artifacts: Gap Analysis
Chapter 8: Interfacing Artifacts: Test Scenarios and Test Systems
Chapter 9: Interfacing Artifacts: Message Samples and Test Messages
Chapter 10: Process and Workflow
Chapter 11: Maintenance, Troubleshooting, and Monitoring
Chapter 12: Definitions
Chapter 13: Contributors and Resources
