Here is an interesting article by Vishnuvardhan working at Sun Microsystems in Bangalore, India. We often see semantic analysis done by strategy and process consultants but not usually from the developers working on implementing these solutions. From Vishnu’s blog,
Understanding HL7 V3 specification is a difficult task for the developers who worked on HL7 v2 messages. [...]
Recently over on the Neotool blog, David Shaver wrote about how data mapping to and from HL7 is an important part of any integration project. Invariably, systems are implemented with their own unique business drivers and decision making process. This means that though there is a very rigid and clear standard to follow, it usually [...]
A little unscientific research on the HL7 job market shows that there are not a ton of jobs for people with experience in this area. It’s very niche with only 87 jobs available on hotjobs.com, 267 on monster.com, and 145 jobs on careerbuilder.com - mostly technology related. By far, the hottest spot for HL7 skills [...]
Gillogley Services has a great article with some tips about how to plan and execute a successful HL7 project. Any big integration project is going to have unique challenges and HL7 is exceptional at providing them. Here is Gillogley’s recommended approach…
Once you or a team of consultants have put together an HL7 strategy and approach for your organization, the question still remains: where do we get started? Over the next few weeks I will be posting some docs that will hopefully help you get past this initial hurdle. I also plan on evaluating some of [...]