Re[2]: [HAPI-devel] Extending HAPI to support X12

[Aaron B. <aa...@ot...>]

Hello Bryan,

Thanks very much for this information.

OpenEDI is exactly what I have been looking for.

Good luck with your own project!

Aaron


Friday, April 18, 2003, 2:44:27 PM, you wrote:

TB> Hi Aaron,  

TB> There was a review of open-source X12 products on the openhealth list today.
TB> I know nothing about this area, but OpenEDI (http://openedi.sourceforge.net)
TB> was mentioned as a good candidate.  Browsing through their CVS it looks like
TB> they have lots of X12 code:
TB> http://cvs.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/openedi/openedi/engine/org/op
TB> enedix/message/x12/  My impression is that you would get a better start
TB> there than with HAPI. 

TB> The review should show up here in a few days:
TB> http://www.mail-archive.com/ope...@mi.../maillist.
TB> html#08335

TB> Bryan 

>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Aaron Boxer [mailto:aa...@ot...]
>> Sent: April 16, 2003 10:38 PM
>> To: hl7...@li....
>> Subject: [HAPI-devel] Extending HAPI to support X12
>> 
>> 
>> Hello HAPI developers,
>> 
>> Is anyone interested in starting a side-project
>> to add X12 support to HAPI?
>> 
>> For those not familiar with X12: it is a standard for electronic
>> exchange of business information.(www.x12.org)
>> 
>> It is used to transmit health insurance claims (the X12N dialect), and
>> is one of the standards used by HIPAA (Health Insurance 
>> Portability and
>> Accountability Act) (www.hipaa.org). 
>> 
>> There is now a standard evolving for translation of X12 to XML.
>> 
>> 
>> There are currently no open source toolkits ( to my knowledge) that
>> handle X12 data.
>> I was thinking of re-using HAPI's HL7 to XML framework for X12 work.
>> 
>> There are deadlines this year for all EMR providers in the US 
>> to comply
>> with HIPAA, so there should be a lot of interest in an X12 toolkit.
>> 
>> Advantages for HAPI would be more developers, and more testing of the
>> toolkit.
>> 
>> Please let me know.
>> 
>> Thanks!
>> 
>> Aaron Boxer
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
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>> 
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