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CORE HL7 Version 3 Release

We are very proud to announce the release of version 3.0.0 of our main product lines!

Watch the video above for more information!

 

 

HL7 Databases

Implementing an HL7 SQL Server interface can be surprisingly simple! Use one of our database products to be up and running in minutes. This is #1 in a series of videos and is a discussion of what exactly makes up a HL7 SQL Database. How it's created, how it grows organically, and how to view it. All within the context of our newest product the CORE HL7 MS SQL Schema Engine. Created entirely in native .Net 8 for Windows this thing is blazingly fast with benchmarks shown importing HL7 messages at over 1 million per hour!

 

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Please feel free to send us any questions you have about HL7 and HL7 Interfaces at support@transworldscribe.com and if possible we will answer them in our Blog/FAQ!

What Is A TCP/IP Listener

General Overview

 

A TCP/IP Listener is a software component or service that waits for incoming network connections on a specific TCP/IP port. When another system connects and sends data, the listener receives and processes that information according to the application’s protocol rules. TCP/IP Listeners are used throughout the technology industry for many different purposes and there is a world-wide TCP/IP Standard for how they work. Common examples of software that use TCP/IP Listeners include Microsoft SQL Server listening for database connections, Microsoft IIS listening for web traffic, OpenSSH listening for SSH remote login sessions, email servers listening for SMTP email traffic, etc. Any server application that accepts inbound network communication typically uses one or more TCP/IP Listeners. 

IMPORTANT: A BASIC TCP/IP Listener is not secure and not encrypted.

 

What is a HL7 TCP/IP Listener?

 

A HL7 TCP/IP Listener (like the CORE HL7 Listener) is any software that uses a TCP/IP Listener (just like MS SQL Server or IIS) that is "listening" for HL7 messages to arrive on the specific port number it is listening on. 

IMPORTANT: There is a world-wide HL7 Standard for HL7 TCP/IP Listener software that dictates that the TCP/IP Listener used must be a BASIC TCP/IP Listener. (ie NOT encrypted).

 

What is a Secure Encrypted TCP/IP Listener?

 

A Secure Encrypted TCP/IP Listener is a specialized TCP/IP Listener that uses SSL/TLS encryption technology to establish a secure encrypted network connection using a X.509 certificate before any data is exchanged, unlike a BASIC TCP/IP Listener, which receives plain unencrypted data. There is also a worldwide TCP/IP Standard for working with a secure encrypted listener. For example web servers will support HTTP:// (unsecure) or HTTPS:// (secure). If you have ever used Microsoft SQL Server you will be familiar with the open connection screen in SQL Management Studio.

 

Why this is Important?

 

This is important because it means that any Secure Encrypted TCP/IP Listener is, by definition, NOT a HL7 Standard TCP/IP Listener. What we have done with the CORE HL7 TCP/IP Listener is adhered to the worldwide TCP/IP Standard when creating our secure encrypted HL7 TCP/IP Listener. This means that to send HL7 messages to a secure encrypted CORE HL7 Listener , all HL7 TCP/IP Senders must adhere to the worldwide TCP/IP Standard for connecting to and sending secure, encrypted data over TCP/IP as the CORE HL7 TCP/IP Sender does.