Implementing HL7: from the Standard's Specification to Production Application

Abstract:

A C++ implementation of the HL7 health-care data interchange standard was developed by automatic methods applied to the authoritative specification of the standard. The reusable class library th us created presents an intuitive, flexible, and easy-to-use application programming interface to the HL7 protocol. This allows HL7 applications to be developed quickly while a high conformance to the standard is ensured.

Keywords

HL7 - Electronic Data Interchange - Standardization

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