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HL7 Engine Module for Healthcare Information Systems

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The integration of applications is always the most important issue for a development team especially in the healthcare industry. In this paper, a Health Level 7 (HL7) engine system is proposed to solve HL7 challenges, which are associated with applying HL7 in healthcare organizations. This new HL7 engine has been implemented in a hospital as a solution for challenges we have faced. The engine shows great success overcoming known HL7 limitations.

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  1. Department of Information Systems, College of Computer and Information Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

    Thamer Al-Enazi & Samir El-Masri

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Al-Enazi, T., El-Masri, S. HL7 Engine Module for Healthcare Information Systems. J Med Syst 37, 9986 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10916-013-9986-8

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