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What is HL7?

HL7 (Health Level Seven) is a set of international standards for transfer of clinical and administrative data between software applications used by various healthcare providers. It focuses on the application layer, the seventh layer of the OSI model. HL7 standards facilitate interoperability, allowing different healthcare systems to exchange electronic health information.

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What other technologies are related to HL7?

HL7 Competitor Technologies

openEHR

openEHR is an open-source specification for health records. It provides an alternative approach to healthcare data modeling and information exchange, making it a competitor.

mentioned alongside HL7 in 44% (259) of relevant job posts

HL7 Complementary Technologies

FHIR

FHIR is a next-generation standards framework created by HL7. It is designed to leverage modern web-based APIs and focuses on implementation, making it highly complementary to HL7's mission of interoperability.

mentioned alongside HL7 in 63% (10.5k) of relevant job posts

IHE

IHE promotes the coordinated use of established standards like HL7 and DICOM to address specific clinical needs, making it strongly complementary.

mentioned alongside HL7 in 78% (1.6k) of relevant job posts

Mirth

Mirth (now NextGen Connect) is an integration engine that facilitates the exchange of HL7 messages between different systems. As such, it is a key tool for implementing HL7 standards.

mentioned alongside HL7 in 60% (1.1k) of relevant job posts