title: Simplifying HL7 Version 3 messages.
abstract: HL7 Version 3 offers a semantically robust method for healthcare interoperability but has been criticized as overly complex to implement. This paper reviews initiatives to simplify HL7 Version 3 messaging and presents a novel approach based on semantic mapping. Based on user-defined definitions, precise transforms between simple and full messages are automatically generated. Systems can be interfaced with the simple messages and achieve interoperability with full Version 3 messages through the transforms. This reduces the costs of HL7 interfacing and will encourage better uptake of HL7 Version 3 and CDA.
authors: Open Mapping Software Ltd, Cambridge, UK.
authors: Robert
authors: R
authors: Worden
authors: Philip
authors: P
authors: Scott
mesh_terms: D001185:Artificial Intelligence; D003195:Computer Communication Networks; D003201:Computers; D057208:Health Level Seven / Q000592:standards*; D006751:Hospital Information Systems; D006801:Humans; D033181:Information Dissemination / Q000379:methods; D016247:Information Storage and Retrieval; D008498:Medical Record Linkage / Q000379:methods; D012984:Software; D012985:Software Design; D018511:Systems Integration; D014584:User-Computer Interface