Hello Elizabeth, They come in PIT because your lab is sure that it will import because the format is so basic. This causes less support calls but rules out any future machine processing of your data. They will most likely have a HL7 version, but will only give you that if you ask.
This is common, the support for HL7 in practice management systems is less than perfect, eg: this build only imports single messages, this build will only import if its in a batch. Its quite feasible to convert HL7 to PIT on demand and when it happens all atomic data is lost, but if your software can't do anything with the data what does it matter... If you are interested in advancing the quality of Medical IT then ring them and insist on getting your results as HL7 and then insist that your practice management software import it properly. Ask them when they are going to have compliant HL7 that has been through AHML so you can be certain that the quality is high enough to be used on real patients. Part of the problem is that many of the players are corporate and they are market driven, and the market is not driving them, if you don't complain then they will do nothing. Perhaps the user base is to blame for the position, because they accept what they are given. They are taking the safe route because despite the advantages of atomic data no one seems to care, so why should they. Thursday, May 11, 2006, 7:28:23 PM, you wrote: ED> On Thursday 11 May 2006 13:02, Andrew McIntyre wrote: >> I think you will find that every path lab in the country and every >> vendor has invested heavily in HL7 V2. I think its your position that >> is on the outside. ED> so why do all my results come in pit? ED> one lab did use hl7 but abandoned it some years ago - about 2002, I'd say from ED> my records. ED> one of our providers is part of one of the major groups, and the other is part ED> of major NSW Health entity. Neither are small players. -- Best regards, Andrew mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Andrew McIntyre Buderim Gastroenterology Centre www.buderimgastro.com.au PH: 07 54455055 FAX: 54455047 _______________________________________________ Gpcg_talk mailing list [email protected] http://ozdocit.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gpcg_talk
