J Korean Cleft Palate-Craniofac Assoc.  2002 Oct;3(2):179-184.

Developement of an Application Program Interface for the Exchange of Medical Information on Plastic Surgery between Hospitals using Heath Level 7 Protocol

• Jeong EC
• Kim KS
• Kim DY
• Lee SY
• Cho BH
• Bom HS

Abstract

The amount of medical information is rapidly increasing in accordance to the development of medical technology. Therefore, it is an important issue to develop the efficient ways of management, exchange and sharing of medical informations. Though the variable models and tools have been introduced to hospitals, departments and clinics, those became obstacles in the production and utilization of informations. A proficient mean of exchanging this medical informations, known as an Application Program Interface(API) has been designed and introduced in the study. A discharge summary has been chosen as the source for this exchange of medical information, because it contains major description of medical or surgical care. API translated the information as Health Level Seven(HL7) messages, which is the standard protocol for exchanging informations. Users could send or receive a discharge summary using a web browser in this API. In summary, HL7 based on an API for the exchange of information of the plastic surgical care can be used in different computing environments such as an internet based system and is convenient to use for most doctors.

Keyword

Health level seven; Medical informatics applications; Plastic surgery

MeSH Terms

Health Level Seven
Health Status
Internet
Medical Informatics Applications
Surgery, Plastic*
Web Browser