PrimeRx is a bi-directional interface for program HL7.
Just
about all hospitals or other Healthcare organizations have many
different technologies in use by clinicians, administrative staff,
billing offices, and others. It is common for these systems to be
developed on different platforms, and coded in different programming
languages. There are lab systems, EMRs, staff management systems,
pharmacy automation, business applications, and a host of others.
Without a common standard, the data between these systems would stay
segregated, resulting in:
Fortunately,
Healthcare IT systems do have a standard for sharing data among
multiple systems. It is Health Level Seven, commonly referred to as HL7.
So what is HL7?