Category Archives: hl7

Is RIMBAA a Mistake?

Posted on Monday, 20 April 2009 by Marc de Graauw

HL7v3 is a framework for developing messages in healthcare. Unlike its predecessor, v2, HL7v3 has at its core an information model, the RIM (Reference Information Model). The RIM contains classes and relations. From the RIM actual healthcare messages are derived, … Continue reading →

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Zorg & ICT 2009

Posted on Friday, 20 March 2009 by Marc de Graauw

I spoke on the Zorg & ICT Beurs in Utrecht Wednesday on Healthcare, HL7v3, XML and Web Services. The presentation and title were in Duth, but the slides are mainly in English.

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Implementing Healthcare Messaging with XML

Posted on Monday, 10 December 2007 by Marc de Graauw

Last week Monday I gave a presentation on XML 2007 titled “Implementing Healthcare Messaging with XML” for a very attentive and responsive audience, chaired by Tony Coates. David Orchard and Glen Daniels of multiple WS-standards were there, and I had … Continue reading →

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Axioms of Versioning 2

Posted on Wednesday, 12 September 2007 by Marc de Graauw

I’ve written a new version of ‘Axioms of Versioning‘. I extended the formalization to get a grasp of the concept of ‘Semantic Backward Compatibility in HL7v3, which I believe is flawed (quote: “Objective of backward model compatibility is that a … Continue reading →

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