HL7

Abbreviation · Development

Definitions

  1. Health Level Seven — a set of international standards for the transfer of clinical and administrative health data between software applications. HL7 v2 uses pipe-delimited messages; HL7 FHIR (the modern version) uses RESTful APIs and JSON.

    In plain English: A standard format for sending medical information between hospital systems — like a common language so different healthcare software can talk to each other.

    Example: "Parsing HL7 v2 messages is like reading a telegram written by someone who hates you."

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