David

> Are you looking for training or a technical consultant (or both)?  You
> have probably Googled and found a ton of resources on HL7 including
> HL7.org.  HL7 started out being EDI with an XML envelope but it has
> evolved to be strictly XML and is designed for clinical information
> typically from medical monitoring equipment and medical devices both
> wired and wireless. 

Actually, the HL7 file that I have seen are not XML.
Just delimited text, like X12.

I am seeing a lot of them here, now that I am working with Medical EMR software.
We get all our lab results in HL7 format.

Broad categories of HL7 that I've seen:  Lab results & Demographic info

Sample follows:

MSH|^~\&|PATHNET|RVH|HBOC_PCS|RVH|20100309123023||ORU^R01|Q353951304T3417 
50789|P|2.3

PID||RVH123456^^^QC|||TEST^TEST||20100515||||||(555)111-2222

PV1|1|O|QERVFM^^^RVH^^^RVH Clinics||||999999^DR^Doctorname^^^^^^License Number 
Physician Alias 
Pool|||||||||||O|1000001064192^^^MUHCCerner|01|||||||||||||||||||||A|||20 
100309112400

ORC|RE|034615707^RVH|263293528^HNAM_ORDERID

OBR|1|034615707^RV 
H|263293528^HNAM_ORDERID|CBC^CBC|||20100309112500|||||||20100309121200|BL 
OOD&Blood|182527^Lastname^Firstname^^^^^^License Number Physician Alias 
Pool||||000002010068002179^HNA_ACCN~9109129^HNA_ACCNID||20100309123020||G 
eneral Lab|Auth (Verified)|CD:3889328&Vit B12 \T\ 
Folates(RVH)|1^^^20100309112500^^RT~^^^20100309112500^^RT||263293513&HNAM 
_ORDERID|||||||20100309112500

OBX|1|NM|WBC^WBC||6.30|10\S\9/L^10\S\9/L|4.8 0-10.80^4.80^10.80|||? Unk|Auth 
(Verified)|||20100309123019||RVH_GL_999999^Bob^Sponge^^^^^^CD:1149160|^^^ RVH 
HEM REMISOL

OBX|2|NM|RBC^RBC||4.04|10\S\12/L^10\S\12/L|4.00-5.40^4.00^5.40|||?  Unk|Auth 
(Verified)|||20100309123019||RVH_GL_999999^Bob^Sponge^^^^^^CD:1149160|^^^ RVH 
HEM REMISOL

OBX|3|NM|HGB^Hgb||116|g/L^g/L|120-160^120^160|L||? Unk|Auth 
(Verified)|||20100309123019||RVH_GL_999999^Bob^Sponge^^^^^^CD:1149160|^^^ RVH 
HEM REMISOL

OBX|4|NM|HCT^Hct||0.350|L/L^L/L|0.370-0.470^0.370^0.470|L||? Unk|Auth 
(Verified)|||20100309123019||RVH_GL_999999^Bob^Sponge^^^^^^CD:1149160|^^^ RVH 
HEM REMISOL

OBX|5|NM|MCV^MCV||86.7|fL^fL|82.0-100.0^82.0^100.0|||? Unk|Auth 
(Verified)|||20100309123019||RVH_GL_999999^Bob^Sponge^^^^^^CD:1149160|^^^ RVH 
HEM REMISOL

OBX|6|NM|MCH^MCH||28.8|pg/cell^pg/cell|27.0-31.0^27.0^31.0|||? Unk|Auth 
(Verified)|||20100309123019||RVH_GL_999999^Bob^Sponge^^^^^^CD:1149160|^^^ RVH 
HEM REMISOL

OBX|7|NM|MCHC^MCHC||333|g/L^g/L|320-360^320^360|||? Unk|Auth 
(Verified)|||20100309123019||RVH_GL_999999^Bob^Sponge^^^^^^CD:1149160|^^^ RVH 
HEM REMISOL

OBX|8|NM|RDW^RDW||14.8|cV^cV|12.7-16.0^12.7^16.0|||? Unk|Auth 
(Verified)|||20100309123019||RVH_GL_999999^Bob^Sponge^^^^^^CD:1149160|^^^ RVH 
HEM REMISOL

OBX|9|NM|PLT^Platelet||244|10\S\9/L^10\S\9/L|140-440^140^440|||? Unk|Auth 
(Verified)|||20100309123019||RVH_GL_999999^Bob^Sponge^^^^^^CD:1149160|^^^ RVH 
HEM REMISOL


> anyone out there a good hl7 resource?  i need a good crash course, 
> fast.  also was asked "what are
> the common documents"  and my answer is "810, 850, 856 ..." which is 
> really wrong in that context.
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