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About This Manual

HL7 Overview

Iguana

Chameleon

Getting Started

Chameleon Overview

Chameleon Interface

Learning the Basics

Using Python Scripting

HL7 <-> HL7 Transformation

XML <-> HL7 Translation

Learning the Advanced Features

Using the Tools and Utility Applications

Deploying Chameleon Applications

Tutorials and Exercises

Designing HL7 Interfaces

Five Steps to Building HL7 Interfaces

Acquire Real Data

Analyze the Data

Design the Message, Segment and Table Grammar

Getting Smart About Standards

How Much Information is Necessary?

Extracting a Small Data Subset

Extracting Almost Everything

Dividing Messages

Avoiding Segment Filtering

Using the msgtransform Tool

Using Flat Segment Grammars

Designing, Coding, and Deployment

Regression Testing

Interface Types

Implementation Considerations

Using Multi-Threading Intelligently

Performance (Speed) Considerations

Dealing with Multiple Vendors

Transport Design Issues

Troubleshooting

Unix Support

Language API Documentation

Extracting Almost Everything

More data obviously means more work - there is not really anything you can do to get around it. However, there are still a few basic things you could do to minimize the amount of work you need to do:

Dividing Messages
Avoiding Segment Filtering
Using the msgtransform Tool
Using Flat Segment Grammars

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