HL7 Consulting & Implementation

Silicus offers following services for HL7 implementation:

Gap Analysis

Due diligence and gap analysis for selecting suitable HL7 integration platform and defining HL7 integration roadmap

Cost-Benefit Analysis

Cost-benefit analysis for preferred HL7 integration suites like, Mirth Connect, Interfaceware, NeoTool, and other healthcare enterprise and data integration suites.

Consulting for HL7 BizTalk Accelerator

Consultation for implementing HL7 BizTalk (Microsoft) Accelerator which provides comprehensive HL7 v2.x schema set, configurable adapters, flexible HL7 acknowledgement messages, audit capabilities and many more functionalities to make HL7 implementation faster and efficient

Interface Development

Building HL7 sender and receiver channels and interfaces for connecting provider EMR, medical laboratories, payer claim processing systems, in-house pharmacies, public health organizations, ambulatory and nursing systems, decision support systems and other internal and external entities of healthcare.

Adapter Development and Security Configuration

Specialized HL7 adapter component development & customization for niche requirements, reusability, and data orchestration. Configuration of access controls, audit logs, notifications and alerts in HL7 integration framework for effective event monitoring to ensure security and privacy of ePHI.

Legacy System Migration

Migration of legacy systems to achieve integration between multiple data sources and development of message transformation tools and services to integrate non-HL7-compatible systems with HL7 systems.

Support for New Plug-ins

Support to plug-in new product/software to the HL7 integration framework

HL7 Version Migration

Gap Analysis, implementation strategy for mapping all messages, testing business scenarios for consistency across versions.

Testing for HL7 Implementation

Below are the types of HL7 testing services offered by Silicus:

• Interface Testing - Validation of HL7 messages to ensure that the messages sent and received from each application conform to the chosen standard.
• Semantic Testing - The context and workflows of the system environment influences the semantics of the HL7 messages. How a particular system comprehends received data may vary from the intended interpretation. To identify and remediate this gap, testing overall scenario is important.
• Verify Data Mapping Strategy – Segments and fields in the HL7 message structure are mapped to specific data structure. Verification needs to be conducted to ensure information is not lost of truncated at the receiving points due to various types of ambiguities (like optional fields).
• Application Integration and Security Testing - Testing of business scenarios to ensure that information is able to flow correctly through established communication channels. Security Testing is to ensure unauthorized access and modification of protected data.