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• Building Basic HL7 Integrations with InterSystems

  Building Basic HL7 Integrations with InterSystems

  Notes:

  • This learning path was previously titled Building Your First HL7 Production.
  • The contents of this Learning Path relate primarily to InterSystems IRIS for Health™, but they also apply to HealthShare Unified Care Record® v. 2019.2 or later, and HealthShare® Health Connect v. 2020.1 and later.

  Integrating your legacy systems with InterSystems IRIS for Health allows you to extract more value from healthcare data. In this learning path, you will move from exploring the basics of the InterSystems integration engine to setting up your own spec-based HL7® V2 production.
  

  
  

  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 20 minutes. Four, Troubleshoot at the time of need, 2 hours. Five, Apply skills from this path, 1h 30minutes.
  
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  Before you begin...

  Before you begin...

  Optional resources to explore before beginning this learning path.

  • Get an introduction

    • Online Course: Introduction to InterSystems Products and Technologies (30m)
    • Video: What is InterSystems IRIS for Health? (3m)
• 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 Business Services and Business Operations (30m)
  • URLVideo: Configuring Validation of HL7 V2 Messages in Productions (6m)
  • URLVideo: Routing HL7 Messages (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)
• 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 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 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 on to the next step with Building Advanced HL7 Integrations (learning path, 2h)

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