Re: Port for real time HL7 transactions

I didn't know there was a standard port for HL7.

I used Scott's tutorials too but I have coded different RPG applications
for my various HL7 communication needs.

I have one application that is a socket client that feeds demographic
changes from our iSeries to our EMR.
Another (similar) application feeds patient appointments from our iSeries
to our EMR.
Another application feeds radiology requests to our RIS which then go to
our EMR.

Then I have a lab application (socket server) that listens for lab results
and sends them to the EMR as well. This receives from two (and soon to be
three) sources. The same program is used but I have a table defining
connection data that allows me to reuse the same program and connect to
whatever tcp address/port is defined in the table.

This allows me to segregate applications should they need modified, and
since all of our incoming connects are via VPN, each is different so
should there ever be connectivity issues we only have to address that one
connection rather than have all our interfaces rely on one listening port.



Regards, Jerry

Gerald Kern - MIS Project Leader
Lotus Notes/Domino Administrator
IBM Certified RPG IV Developer
The Toledo Clinic, Inc.
4235 Secor Road
Toledo, OH 43623-4299
Phone 419-479-5535
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