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An Efficient Algorithm for HL7 Message Parsing

효율적인 HL7 메시지 파싱 알고리즘

  • Tran, Tung (Department of Medical Informatics at Kyungpook National University School of Medicine) ;
  • Kim, Hyung-Hoi (Department of Laboratory Medicine at Pusan National University School of Medicine) ;
  • Cho, Hune (Department of Medical Informatics at Kyungpook National University School of Medicine) ;
  • Kim, Hwa-Sun (Department of Medical Informatics, Kyungpook National University)
  • 트란퉁 (경북대학교 의료정보학과) ;
  • 김형회 (부산대학교 의과대학 진단검사의학과) ;
  • 조훈 (경북대학교 의과대학 의료정보학과) ;
  • 김화선 (경북대학교 의료정보학과)
  • Published : 2006.06.01
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Abstract

An upgraded algorithm that in proves the performance of existing interfacing software for parsing HL7 messages is introduced. It incorporates stack operations on objects to guarantee segment order while parsing messages. This object-oriented design greatly facilitates the complicated process of validating, parsing, and creating HL7 messages in the clinical setting. The new interface engine can manage all HL7 messages corresponding to admission and registration, discharge and transfer, laboratory results, clinical images, and clinical reports. The international version of this engine, currently under development, will be tested in Asian countries using standard character code such as Unicode (ISO 10646).

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