HL7 (Maybe) Explained
by Matthew ~ October 25th, 2007. Filed under: HL7 101.An excellent, humorous summary of HL7 from Amry Kithman of HL7 Malaysia Inc:
“You went inside a store. The shop owner started talking mandarin to you knowing too well you wouldn’t understand a single word uttered….. you smile… showed him the fake Gucci bag and start asking him in English how much it will cost (knowing too well he will not understand a single word)…. He smile back and brought out a calculator… start punching some numbers…. You cried murder. Grab the calculator and punching a smaller number… he did the same thing (with slightly higher number) … and the process will continue till both see the same number on the calculator… the calculator is the HL7 interface engine…”
[via shutterspeaks.com]