HL7 Integration

The Solution

After our initial discovery meeting we needed to make a plan of action on how to create tests with HL7 as this was a standard we had not used before internally.

After researching the area and a discussions with the head of pathology in the lab a decision was made that we would be sending these requests. We started extending the Woocommerce order post type and created our own test results type that contained information about the user who purchased and the tests.

We included different statuses for the test results as the client wished to sign of the results first and add notes to the results if required, a lab result must be checked via a doctor before submitting to the patient.

Once the user has purchased online, they are sent a box with the test information and a QR code, they can scan and activate online. The user is then prompted with their information and check it to be correct for accurate test results.

Once the test is activated we send the HL7 request to the lab and the client sends back the box to the lab, as per instructions on the box. A HL7 response is created on the lab’s server which we check for on a regular basis.

Once the result is in we then pull it down and display the data in a series of charts, then notify the team to check and add any notes to the result.

Once happy they submit the test result status to ‘complete’ and the customer is notified by SMS, in which there is a link so they can login to their account and view their result.