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• Building Basic HL7 V2 Integrations with InterSystems

  Building Basic HL7 V2 Integrations with InterSystems

  Content Type
  Learning path

  Duration
  6h 30m

  Level
  Introductory

  Integrating your legacy systems with InterSystems products allows you to extract more value from healthcare data. In this learning path, you will explore the InterSystems integration engine and learn about routing and transforming data, then set up your own spec-based HL7® V2 production.

  This path is relevant for users of InterSystems IRIS® for Health, HealthShare Unified Care Record® versions 2019.2 and later, and HealthShare® Health Connect versions 2020.1 and later.

  
  

  This path contains five sections. One, Explore an InterSystems integration engine, 30 minutes. Two, Route HL7 messages efficiently, 1 hour. Three, Modify data to meet system requirements, 1 hour 30 minutes. Four, Troubleshoot at the time of need, 2 hours. Five, Apply skills from this path, 1h 30minutes.
  
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  1. Explore an InterSystems integration engine

  1. Explore an InterSystems integration engine

  Learn the basic architecture and data flow of a production, the InterSystems integration solution.
  

  • URLOnline Course: Integration Architecture (30m)
• 2. Route HL7 V2 messages efficiently

  2. Route HL7 V2 messages efficiently

  Efficient systems route messages automatically based on the attributes and contents of each message. See how production components work together to route messages automatically based on the attributes and contents of each message, then practice creating a rule set that makes this possible.
  

  • URLOnline Course: HL7 V2 Business Services and Business Operations (30m)
  • URLVideo: Configuring Validation of HL7 V2 Messages in Productions (6m)
  • URLVideo: Getting Started with HL7 V2 Routing Rules (8m)
  • URLVideo: Using HL7 V2 Bracket and Parentheses Syntax To Identify Virtual Properties (6m)
  • URLVideo: Using the Expression Editor in Business Rules (8m)
  • URLExercise: Building a Message Router (15m)
• 3. Modify data to meet system requirements

  3. Modify data to meet system requirements

  Using the Management Portal’s graphical user interface, learn how to transform data and allow messages from different systems to be received correctly. Then practice building a data transformation for an HL7 V2 production.
  

  • URLOnline Course: Data Transformations Basics (1h)
  • URLExercise: Building a Data Transformation (15m)
  • URLVideo: Designing Custom Schemas (3m)
  • URLVideo: HL7 Schema Editor (6m)
• 4. Troubleshoot at the time of need

  4. Troubleshoot at the time of need

  Learn how to set up notifications, and to investigate and troubleshoot issues quickly.
  

  • URLOnline Course: Searching Messages Using the Message Viewer (1h 30m)
  • URLVideo: Error Handling in HL7 V2 Productions (7m)
  • URLOnline Course: Introduction to Troubleshooting Productions (30m)
• 5. Practice skills from this path

  5. Practice skills from this path

  In this capstone exercise, you will practice moving a legacy system to InterSystems IRIS for Health and create an HL7 V2 production based on a set of specifications.
  

  • URLExercise: Building Your First HL7 V2 Production (1h 30m)
• What's next?

  What's next?

  Keep learning with the following resources:

  • Begin building a healthcare production in a development environment (online course, 30m).
  • Continue to the next step with Building Advanced HL7 V2 Integrations (learning path, 2h).
  • For a deeper look at HL7 V2 integrations, enroll in Building and Managing HL7 Integrations (classroom course, 5 days).

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