Testing HL7 Messages

Question

I am in the process of implementing an HL7 Module in our EMR, but I am confused as how to test the messages. I was looking at LabCorp and Surescripts and was unable to find a te

Answer 1

On my experience as an automation tester working in a EMR software solution I'm getting great results using HL7 Soup combined with the automation software.

Not only it can be handled quite easily with the automation tool I'm using (TestComplete), but helped me to improve my level of understanding on HL7 messages (didn't have any experience in HL7 before).

So my suggestions would be first automate the testing process, and second use a good HL7 editor as HL7 Soup to get the most of it.