Receving and Processing HL7 XML

[Linus Betschart]

Dear fellows

Can anyone give me a little advice?  Our customer insists on sending HL7 XML (!). I attached an example OMG message.

Normally we receive HL7 messages via a “normal” TCPIP- Socket. Either we create our own ACK or hl7Raw_ack is used for a reply.

How can we leverage such a Socket to process XML messages and to respond with an XML-ACK?

Are there any threads/tcl scripts available for such a use case? Thank you for any tips and hints!

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[Robert Milfajt]

What communication protocol is your vendor sending this message?  Are they asking for the ability to call a web service or use HTTP to post the message?  Or are they passing this message using proper HL7 MLLP protocol over TCP-IP sockets?  Do you need to send back an ACK?  If so, what format are they expecting ACK?  XML?  

The communication protocol and ACK format will drive the answer to your question.

Hope this helps,

Robert Milfajt
Northwestern Medicine
Chicago, IL

[Linus Betschart]

Hi Robert

– What communication protocol is your vendor sending this message? HL7 MLLP protocol over TCP-IP sockets?

– Do you need to send back an ACK?  Yes, ACK in an XML

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