Stream: C-CDA
Topic: CDA to HL7 Conversion
Hanuma (Sep 10 2020 at 04:08):
Hi - I am wondering if there is a way to convert a given CDA into HL7(v2) message. Is there a library out there that does this transformation?
Vassil Peytchev (Sep 10 2020 at 04:30):
HL7 v2 messages are mostly transactional, and CDA documents are mostly retrospective, self-contained, immutable representation of provided care. They are not interchangeable, and there can't be a general way to transform one into the other.
The CDA specification does describe a way to use an HL7 v2 message as a transport of a CDA document, but there is no conversion there.
Hanuma (Sep 10 2020 at 04:36):
@Vassil Peytchev Cool, thanks for the info. If I understood it correctly, we can build a CDA from a HL7 but not the other way round.
Lloyd McKenzie (Sep 10 2020 at 04:47):
CDA, v2 and FHIR are all "HL7".
Hanuma (Sep 10 2020 at 06:01):
@Lloyd McKenzie 100% agreed. I meant HL7(v2)
John Moehrke (Sep 10 2020 at 14:03):
one can transport a CDA document in an HL7 v2 message . There are other transports defined as well, such as XDS from IHE.
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