Great little video about HL7 - helps all of us that want to learn more!

How does HL7 work? - iNTERFACEWARE

These days everyone – and their mother – are talking about EMRs and EHRs. Well, as great at these systems may be, when it comes down to it, they’d be useless without a standard for communicating with existing health care applications and facilities. That’s where HL7 comes it. HL7 is not just a component of these advances in health care interoperability, but arguably one of the most important factors.