Get started with HL7

Overview

HL7 is a combination of the data exchange Formats and communication protocols used to connect health care applications. Read more about HL7 here.

The Etlworks Integrator fully supports all existing HL7 Formats and protocols.

Transform HL7 messages There are getter and setter methods which allow the developer to access these special types of objects. Read more	Send messages over MLLP Start creating an HL7 Flow on the `Flows` by typing `hl7` into the search box. Read more	Send messages over HTTP Start creating an HL7 Flow in the `Flows` window by typing `hl7` into the search box. Read more
Receive messages over MLLP Start creating an HL7 Flow in the `Flows` page by typing `hl7` into the search box. Read more	Receive messages over HTTP Start creating HL7 Flows in the `Flows` window by typing in `hl7` in the search box. Read more

Create HL7 messages This Flow will reformat the source message in the `processing` folder to the `AP Easy` specification and will move it to the `destination-orders` folder. Read more	Work with HL7 messages The Etlworks Integrator fully supports all existing HL7 Formats and protocols and is one of the best available HL7 interface engines. Read more	HL7 MLLP sender connector This type of Connection is used to send HL7 messages over the MLLP protocol. Read more
HL7 FHIR Formats Etlworks Integrator can read and write HL7 messages in all currently available FHIR versions and encodings (XML and JSON). Read more	HL7 2.x Formats Etlworks Integrator can read and write HL7 messages in all 2.x Formats. Read more	Working with data in special Formats, such as HL7 When messages in more complicated Formats, such as HL7, are parsed or created, they are stored as "objects" using one of the available object models. Read more

In the Etlworks Integrator, the HL7 messages can be sent and received using one of the following connectors:

The following are the supported HL7 Formats:

For transforming HL7 messages, we will be using the technique explained in this article.

Two examples follow: