HL7 Beginners Guide Article
January 17th, 2007 by Jon Mertz
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For The Record, a leading magazine for Healthcare Information Management professionals, published an article entitled HL7 101: A Beginners Guide, essentially a “What is HL7″ article. It is written by one of NeoTool’s healthcare interface experts, Dave Shaver. Dave is NeoTool’s founder and CTO and is an active member in the HL7 community.
Healthcare integration is a necessity to meet the demands of EMRs, EHRs, RHIOs, and other connected healthcare initiatives. The HL7 Standard plays a key role in these clinical data exchanges. If you are looking for an overview article on HL7 and the standard’s direction, this is a good foundation article.
If you would like to read more details on HL7, including comparisons on HL7 Version 2 and HL7 Version 3, Dave also wrote a white paper entitled The HL7 Evolution.
Visit our HL7 Overview page for additional information.
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