Re: [Gnumed-devel] Gnumed HL7 Setup

[Karsten Hilbert]

On Sun, Feb 10, 2013 at 02:13:18PM +0100, Hilbert, Sebastian wrote:

> I remember that over time we had numerous inquiries with regards to HL7. 
> Could 
> someone give a short summary on what can be gained by exposing GNUmed 
> features 
> through HL7 ?

HL7 has got three main uses, two with more historical roots
and one more recent one:

historical:

- transfer of lab data (think international LDT)

- hackish add-ons to transfer all types of data

recent:

- "properly" modelled message-based clinical data exchange (RIM etc)

HL7 has got drawbacks, too:

- partially poorly modelled
- therefor ugly to parse
- open to interpretation, or should I say speculation ?

Hardly of use in community medicine in Germany. In
widespread use - at least as far as lab data transfer
is concerned - elsewhere.

Worthwhile to implement hl7 lab data import ?

Yes.

Karsten
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