1 Jan 2008 03:42:14 GMT The RSS Feed for the latest News, Tools and Resources for HL7 Implementers. http://www.HL7.org.au/HL7-Tools.htm Copyright 1999-2008 HL7SnS http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/rss/rss.html 60 en-au http://www.HL7.org.au/images/Sydney-small.jpg http://www.HL7.org.au/HL7-Tools.htm In his "Health Interoperability" Blog, Ken Rubin writes about understanding and appreciating the value, the importance and the necessity of tooling in achieving health interoperability objectives. "When I speak to folks that are working in the trenches ... it becomes clear that it is all about the tooling." Read more ... 05 May 2008 03:42:14 GMT http://krubin.blogspot.com/2008/05/interoperability-in-real-world.html The open source Mirth 1.7.1 interface engine now includes support for the Digital Imaging in Medicine (DiCOM) standard. Robust support for HL7 V2.x and V3, XML, EDI X12 and NCPDP have been a feature of Mirth in the past but DiCOM support is a natural extension for Mirth to provide system integrators and RIS and PACS vendors with a low-cost interoperability solution. 30 Apr 2008 03:42:14 GMT http://www.HL7.org.au/HL7-Tools.htm#NEW HL7 Comm is a robust HL7 communications client that can perform network communication, translation, file actions, logic and much more on HL7 messages. 28 Apr 2008 03:42:14 GMT http://www.HL7.org.au/HL7-Tools.htm#NEW The Perl HL7 Toolkit has been updated to V0.74. The Toolkit provides simple but flexible HL7 protocol handling. It consists of a Perl API for manipulating HL7 messages, an implementation of a server for developing HL7 capable applications in Perl and a queue daemon for polling non-HL7 queues, like database, filesystems, etc. It also translates messages to and from HL7. 1 Jan 2008 03:42:14 GMT http://www.HL7.org.au/HL7-Tools.htm#NEW The ConHHL7 Workbench allows you to define the grammar, test messages and easily incorpate HL7 into your application. Use the .Net Utility Class or the ActiveX/Com interfaces. The Workbench is based on XML technology, hides most of the inner workings of HL7 and is claimed to be fast and easy to use. 3 Dec 2007 05:32:47 GMT http://www.HL7.org.au/HL7-Tools.htm#NEW BizTalk Server 2006 R2 adds a device abstraction layer enabling it to record information from RFID systems and supporting linkages to core supply chain processes. R2 also provides out-of-the-box support for the HL7 and HIPAA healthcare standards. 13 Sep 2007 05:31:47 GMT http://www.HL7.org.au/HL7-Tools.htm#NEW The best option appears to be "NHapi", a new port of the popular HAPI Java HL7 parser. Although the project does not seem to be very active and lacks documentation, the code appears to be solid. Thankfully, Ashley Tate (Alpharetta USA) has now created documentation and help packages for NHAPI. 4 Sep 2007 05:31:47 GMT http://www.HL7.org.au/HL7-Tools.htm#NEW While most HL7 interfaces today are using the HL7 2.x encoded format, the CDA, CCR and CCD standards are choosing XML as their message format. This creates some interesting questions about how these two approaches can work together. 11 Aug 2007 03:32:47 GMT http://www.HL7.org.au/HL7-Tools.htm#NEW The ballots for HL7 V2.5.1 and V3 Messaging and Clinical Document Architecture R2 for the September 2007 ballot cycle are now open. 10 Aug 2007 03:32:47 GMT http://www.HL7.org.au/HL7-Tools.htm#NEW ChainBuilder ESB supports the creation of new HL7 message definitions and the modification of existing definitions. ChainBuilder ESB's HL7 Editor creates integration components for HL7 messages for use by the ChainBuilder ESB Parser Service Engine. ChainBulder ESB is an open source product. 1 Aug 2007 03:32:47 GMT http://www.HL7.org.au/HL7-Tools.htm#NEW Chameleon is a widely used HL7 toolkit that has been deployed in thousands of sites since 1997. Iguana is an HL7 interface engine that is powered by Chameleon. 4 Jul 2007 03:32:47 GMT http://www.HL7.org.au/HL7-Tools.htm#NEW Health Level 7 has announced the release of HL7 V2.5.1. Additional fields were added in V2.5.1 to the Observation/Result (OBX) segment of the Standard to support regulations that require clinical laboratories to include in each laboratory report the name and address of the performing lab and the name of the lab’s medical director. The Observation Request (OBR) and Common Order (ORC) segments of the standard have been updated to comply with the ELINCS standard that requires clinical laboratories to capture the association between a test not included in the original order but performed due to the result of another test. 16 Jun 2007 03:32:47 GMT http://www.HL7.org.au/HL7-Tools.htm#NEW Apelon has announced that it has placed its Distributed Terminology System (DTS) software in SourceForge as an open source project. DTS assists in the management, integration and deployment of structured medical terminology. 6 May 2007 02:32:47 GMT http://www.HL7.org.au/HL7-Tools.htm#NEW