HL7 Tutorials

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Background

HL7 is a messaging standard that helps clinical applications exchange healthcare information. This is a series of articles on this standard that I have been working on slowly, and my goal is to enable a beginner to understand the basics quickly when needing to be part of a healthcare-related technology initiative, especially when it comes to developing custom software applications involving HL7-related message exchange.

Overview Tutorials

A Very Short Introduction to the HL7 2.x Standard

HL7 V3 Standard - A High-Level Overview

Introduction to the DICOM Standard

Overview of IHE (Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise)

Use of Coded Vocabularies and Nomenclatures in HL7 and DICOM

Basics of FHIR (Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources)

HIPAA and Regulatory Compliance for Healthcare

SOC Reports and their role in Healthcare

GDPR - An Overview for Software Developers

HL7 Programming with Java

01 HL7 Programming using Java - A Short Tutorial 02 HL7 Programming using Java and HAPI - Creating HL7 Messages 03 HL7 Programming using Java and HAPI - Sending HL7 Messages 04 HL7 Programming using Java and HAPI - Receiving HL7 Messages 05 HL7 Programming using Java and HAPI - Parsing Operations 06 HL7 Programming using Java and HAPI - Using Tersers 07 HL7 Programming using Java and HAPI - Message Validation 08 HL7 Programming using Java and HAPI - Conformance Profiles and Testing 09 HL7 Programming using Java and HAPI - Handling Binary Data

HL7 Programming with .NET

01 HL7 Programming using .NET - A Short Tutorial 02 HL7 Programming using .NET and NHAPI - Creating HL7 Messages 03 HL7 Programming using .NET and NHAPI - Sending HL7 Messages 04 HL7 Programming using .NET and NHAPI - Parsing Operations 05 HL7 Programming using .NET and NHAPI - Using Tersers 06 HL7 Programming using .NET and NHAPI - Handling Binary Data 07 HL7 Programming using .NET and NHAPI - Message Validation 08 HL7 Programming using .NET and NHAPI - Advanced Message Validation using NHAPI Tools 09 HL7 Programming using .NET - Additional Tools for HL7 Message Validation

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Development Tools & SDKs

HL7 Soup - HL7 Viewer and Editor

HAPI Java HL7 Toolkit

NHAPI .NET HL7 Toolkit

NHAPI Tools

HAPI HL7 Test Panel - Open Source Tool for HL7 V2 troubleshooting

7Edit - A Commercial Tool for HL7 V2 troubleshooting

Useful Organizations

HL7 Main Site

DICOM Home Page

IHE Home Page

Disclaimer

I want to make a disclaimer about these articles. I do not serve on the HL7 standards committee. Therefore, I must caution you to take the information provided here with a grain of salt, and ultimately refer to the standard itself and its latest recommendations before starting any project involving the standard. For more information about the standard, you can contact your regional affiliate, or visit its main site here.

HL7, Health Level Seven, and FHIR are registered trademarks of Health Level Seven International. DICOM® is the registered trademark of the National Electrical Manufacturers Association for its standards publications relating to digital communications of medical information.