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The Altova MissionKit: Map Health Level 7 (HL7) messages in both legacy EDI format (HL7 v2.x) and the recently released XML-based format (HL7 v3.x) with MapForce. XMLSpy, the industry's best XML editor, is a powerful tool for editing, viewing and validating HL7 v3.x.

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The Altova MissionKit supports mapping of HL7 v2.x and HL7 v3.x with MapForce and advanced editing, viewing, browsing, and validation of XML-based HL7 v3.x messages with XMLSpy.

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	MapForce supports mapping between HL7 v2.x and v3.x and XML, databases, flat files, EDI, Excel 2007+, and Web services.

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	XMLSpy provides a graphical user interface for editing, viewing, and validating XML-based HL7 v3.x messages.

HL7 is a major consideration for healthcare IT professionals, particularly as the incentives (and eventually disincentives) legislated in the HITECH Act of 2009 kick in.

Altova can support your HL7 integration and development projects with the MissionKit, a suite of our award winning products.

Do you want a general overview of HL7? Click here for a brief overview of HL7 - what it is, why it exists, where it's heading.

Do you want to learn more about HL7 technology? Click here for an HL7 technology overview from our library of technology primers.

Do you need to map or convert HL7 messages? Click here for more information about mapping HL7 v2.x and HL7 v3.x to and from XML, databases, flat files, other EDI formats, and Web services with MapForce.

Do you need to edit, analyze, or validate HL7 transactions? Click here to learn more about XMLSpy, an XML editing and modeling tool.

An Overview of Health Level 7 (HL7)

HL7 refers to both a standards organization and the set of healthcare messaging standards that it creates. Founded in 1987 to create a set of standards for hospital information systems (HIS), HL7 has expanded its reach to the creation of international standards that transgress hospitals to address clinical and administrative data in healthcare domains such as pharmaceutical, medical device, and insurance transactions. There are already a large number of countries that have mandated the use of HL7 for the transmission of healthcare data and there is an expectation that HL7 will become a part of the United State's Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) in the future.

For the large number of international healthcare organizations that are embracing the electronic transmission of healthcare data, there remain some formidable challenges. Though some compliance regulations specify the newer, XML-based HL7 v3.x, there are many jurisdictions that still need to update their legacy systems to handle this format, and many that even have multiple disparate data formats in the same system.

In the US, for example, many legacy HISs employ HL7 EDI messages alongside HIPAA X12N messages. Though these formats have quite a lot in common, syntactically speaking, they are by no means interoperable and must be mapped on-the-fly to create a dynamic workflow for managing healthcare transactions. Of course, the introduction of the XML-based HL7 v3.x adds EDI/XML mapping to the complication of mapping data from EDI to EDI.

HL7 Mapping

Altova MapForce is an any-to-any graphical data mapping tool. With MapForce you can map HL7 messages in both legacy EDI (v2.x) and newer XML-based (v 3.x) formats to and from XML, databases, flat files, and Web services. You can even map HL7 to EDI formats.

IT professionals have comprehensive HL7 mapping capabilities – and more – at their fingertips through MapForce’s powerful features including:

• Graphical data mapping capabilities – simply import data structures and drag lines to connect nodes
• Integrated configuration files reflecting the latest EDI standards – additional EDI configuration files including those for HL7 can be downloaded free of charge from the Altova Web site
• A built-in function library lets you add advanced data filters and functions for transforming source data into relevant target data
• Automated Java, C#, and C++ code generator enables you to automate HL7 transactions

MapForce can even handle HL7 v2.x to HL7 v3.x conversion – see the example below.

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Click the output tab to show the result of this mapping.

MapForce provides IT professionals with a powerful tool for mapping HL7 messages to and from data storage, presentation, and transmission formats including XML, databases, flat files, Excel 2007+, and Web services.

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HL7 Editing, Analysis, & Validation

XMLSpy is a powerful XML editing and modeling tool that provides a unique, graphical environment for working with HL7 v3.x messages.

A single comprehensive tool for editing, analyzing, and validating HL7 transactions, XMLSpy supports HL7 projects with advanced features including:

• A graphical XML schema editor for viewing and analyzing the structure and syntax requirements of XML data
• Intelligent support features including entry helpers, syntax coloring, and auto-completion
• A built-in code generator that automatically generates Java, C++, or Microsoft C# class files based on data elements defined in your XML Schema. (Generation of C++ for use on Linux is also supported.)

The screenshot below shows an HL7 v 3.x XML Schema in XMLSpy's graphical schema editor.

XMLSpy is the indutry's leading XML editor and offers a broad range of advanced features. XMLSpy can be used throughout the lifetime of the project from initial conception and data modeling through live deployment to any system, platform, or medium.

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