Setting up an HL7 ADT Interface

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Setting up an HL7 ADT Interface

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1. On the remote server, create an MTHL7PROC profile using the MTCONFIG tool.

Click on "New"

Set the Program Name to "MTHL7PROC"

Set the Site Code to the site code that will be importing these transactions into its MPI file

Set the Data Type to "HL7-ADT"

Set the Production / Test to "PROD"

Set the Interface Direction to "INBOUND"

Set the Description to "Receive ADT Files"

Click on the "Data Fields" tab

Set the Host Network Address to the IP address of the remote server (the machine your running on)

Set the Port Number to the TCP port that you and the customer agreed to.

Press F10 to save.

 

2. On the remote server, create an MTUPLOAD profile using the MTCONFIG tool.

Click on "New"

Set the Program Name to "MTUPLOAD"

Set the Site Code to the site code that will be importing these transactions into its MPI file

Set the Data Type to "HL7-ADT"

Set the Production / Test to "PROD"

Set the Interface Direction to "INBOUND"

Set the Description to "Upload ADT Files"

Press F10 to save.

 

3. On the host server, create an MTMPI profile using the MTCONFIG tool

Click on "New"

Set the Program Name to "MTMPI"

Set the Site Code to the site code that will be importing these transactions into its MPI file

Set the Data Type to "HL7-ADT"

Set the Production / Test to "PROD"

Set the Interface Direction to "INBOUND"

Set the Description to "Import ADT Files"

Press F10 to save.

Click on Edit

Click on the "Data Fields" tab

Set the Format Code to "HL7"

Set the File Mask to "*.HL7-ADT" (i.e. same as the data type)

Click on the "Mapping" tab

Click on the "Load" button

Select the HL7IN.MAP file

Configure the mapping table to include all the fields that your ADT interface requires.

Press F10 to save.