This is just a vote in support of producing the next HAPI release, with version 2.5.1 included. Granted that version 2.5.1 is not very different from version 2.5. However, if the messages say "2.5.1" in MSH-12 then the messages won't parse. HL7 has finally approved an Implementation Guide for reporting from Laboratories to Electronic Health Records (EHRs) based on v2.5.1. All the example ORU_R01 messages have "2.5.1" in them, so when I extract them and run them, they fail. Soon Laboratory Infromation Management System vendors will be producing those 2.5.1 messages and I will have to accept them. I need to get ahead of the curve and prepare. So the sooner there is a v2.5.1 HAPI, the better.
The U.S Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are pushing a solution for receiving and parsing HL7 message that uses the proprietary products Rhapsody and Symphonia from Orion Software. I would rather continue using HAPI, and perhaps write a system based on HAPI that other states can share. But 2.5.1 is soon going to be essential to my being able to do that. I gave a talk on HAPI and how to use it to representatives of all the Departments of Health of all the states in Atlanta at the annual Public Health Information Network convention last August. The talk was well received. One of the things I said was that, since most of HAPI is generated from the HL7 version definitions in Microsoft Access, when a new HL7 version such as 2.5.1 becomes available it is be rather straightforward to generate the new version classes. That is my understanding from what I know of the HAPI architecture. So I am eager for this to happen. I suppose in theory I could get hold of the Access files and build myself a whole HAPI release from the HAPI core. But even if I thought I could pull it off I think that would be inadvisable. I consider University Health Network to be the entity entrusted with rebuilding HAPI with each new release. Nevertheless I would feel less nervous if they published a roadmap and approximate time frame for delivery. Thanks for HAPI. Looking forward to continued use. Charles Fisher Division of Epidemiology New York State Dept. of Health 518-474-2735 IMPORTANT NOTICE: This e-mail and any attachments may contain confidential or sensitive information which is, or may be, legally privileged or otherwise protected by law from further disclosure. It is intended only for the addressee. If you received this in error or from someone who was not authorized to send it to you, please do not distribute, copy or use it or any attachments. Please notify the sender immediately by reply e-mail and delete this from your system. Thank you for your cooperation. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: The Future of Linux Business White Paper from Novell. From the desktop to the data center, Linux is going mainstream. Let it simplify your IT future. http://altfarm.mediaplex.com/ad/ck/8857-50307-18918-4 _______________________________________________ Hl7api-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hl7api-devel
