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Sharing this code that parses raw HL7 data using only MS SQL Syntax. It's a quick way of splitting all the | and ^ delimiters and store each data as a row. I wanted to share this because I've been looking around for way to parse HL7 Message strictly through SQL Syntax and was not able to find any resources. I would put it out there that this is not the most efficient method to import HL7 messages to SQL databases. There are other better methods (ie: C# app - HL7 > XML > DB, 3rd party software, BULK INSERT etc.). This is SQL syntax that will read through the | and ^ delimiter and store them in

I am using Mirth with a LLP listener receiving HL7v2 message. The customer expects an ACK message from us and so we checked the "Send ACK" radio button. The only problem is that in the default ACK it puts MIRTH in the MSH-3.1 field. I need to change this to another value to say where it came from. Is this possible? Mirth has a feature for customizing acks. I don't think it's documented, but their support staff directed us to it. In the postprocessor: var ackString = ""; //build a javascript string for your custom ack var ackResponse = ResponseFactory.getSuccessReponse (ackString); responseMap

We have developed a web service that suppose to get HL7 file from client and parse it into XML then push data into database. Now my question is, what do we need to focus for this requirement. I have heard that usually EMR system send HL7 file through tcp. How does actually HL7 servers work? Do we need to create a HL7 listener? Is this HIPAA compliance that HL7 should always push to server through tcp? Can any explain it all? jlmorin This is a quite broad question... answering it all would take more than just a few paragraphs. HL7 is an hairy beast. Each integration would probably require some

I need to parse HL7 message ,firstly ,validate the message and then parse. XMLParser xmlParser = new DefaultXMLParser(); //encode message in XML String hl7MessageInXML = null; try { hl7MessageInXML = xmlParser.encode(message); } catch (HL7Exception e) { e.printStackTrace(); } Example code: import ca.uhn.hl7v2.parser.*; import ca.uhn.hl7v2.model.Message; import ca.uhn.hl7v2.model.v24.message.ACK; public class ParserDemo { public static void main(String args[]) { //for demo purposes, we just declare a literal message string String ackMessageString = "MSH|^~\\&|foo|foo||foo|200108151718||ACK^A01

In NHapi, how can we parse a message if we don't know what messageType (MSH#9) it is? var parser = new NHapi.Base.Parser.PipeParser(); IMessage parsedMessage = parser.Parse(SampleMessage); parsedMessage is a NHapi.Base.Model.GenericMessage.V25 at runtime and I can't seem to read in the MSH header to read the MessageType field and then re-parse(?) the message as that message type. I'm frustrated by the lack of documentation and examples. Perhaps I'm very far off base. I am very new to HL7, but I thought I was doing well understanding the HL7 spec until I tried using NHapi. Mike Stonis

I am working on processing CDA messages for a Java application. CDA is yet another XML standard for sending medical information, it is closely related to CCD and HL7v3. I have already reviewed the following libraries and found them lacking, promising, but lacking. JAXB - Feed it a CDA XSD and let it generate classes. It'll work, but it doesn't really provide much more than a Java layer to access the XML HL7 JavaSIG from Regenstreif - Promising, but half the project appears to be hidden under the label "encumbered" with little information about how to gain access or get that data through proper

I'm looking for an HL7 V3 Clinical Document Architecture API that's open source. Preferably something exactly like nHapi (a structured object model for building specific message types), except that it has message classes for creating V3 messages (not just v2.x messages like nHapi does). I've looked at MirthConnect, but that's primarily Java and Javascript based... I haven't seen any really strong candidates on Google either, so I'm hoping someone here might know of one. edwin_uestc I suggest that you can try MARC_HI Everest on this site. You may also find these two document are useful: CDA and

I am researching about electronic health records (EHR). OpenEHR seems to be quite extended and appreciated in this field, as it is widely adopted. However, I fail to find how it is used. I mean, I can see all the definitions for archetypes, and how those definitions are written in ADL or XML. But, once I have an archetype which is just that, a definition of a certain data model, how do I use that? Is there another type of representation, maybe also in ADL or XML? Are there any examples of actual health records for a patient? I have spent hours looking for a John Doe health record example, with