What is HL7?

As an important factor in medical transcription, HL7 transcription or Health Level 7 adheres to recognized healthcare standards. Accredited by the American National Standards or ANSI, HL7 renders standards define, communicate and represent the norms related to healthcare data. Medical transcription companies should possess tools and resources that can support HL based transmissions which are the underlying foundation for medical transcription. While the process of medical transcription involves transmission of patient records audio files into computer files to preserve the safety of record keeping, HL7 forms the basis of a necessary interface that caters to the availability of critical healthcare information to various types of sources.

While outsourcing medical transcription to medical transcription service providers, healthcare organizations should ensure that they adhere to quick TAT, accuracy, competitive pricing and data security. Adding to these criteria, the service provider has to integrate the crucial aspect of HL7 as an interface to network with other EMR systems with ease. Another factor that the service provider should have is the resources to seamlessly blend with HL7 based ADT or Abstract Data Types/order transmissions through TCP or Transmission Control Protocol/IP or Internet Protocol, HTTPS or HyperText Transfer Protocol Server and/or VPN (Virtual Private Network). Customized ADT messages can be rendered with ADT feeds for demographic information and patient scheduling. The transmission of transcribed reports would then be transmitted back by embedding in multiple ORU modules in a single Health level 7 message through rich text or text format. With no additional costs for the client, Health Level 7 messages can be delivered so the interface can take place and configured accurately with EMR reports.

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