Metadata-Version: 1.0
Name: hl7
Version: 0.0.2
Summary: Python library parsing HL7 v2.x messages
Home-page: http://www.bitbucket.org/johnpaulett/python-hl7/
Author: John Paulett
Author-email: john -at- 7oars.com
License: BSD
Description: Simple library for parsing messages of Health Level 7 (HL7)
        version 2.x.
        
        HL7 is a communication protocol and message format for
        health care data. It is the de facto standard for transmitting data
        between clinical information systems and between clinical devices.
        The version 2.x series, which is often is a pipe delimited format
        is currently the most widely accepted version of HL7 (version 3.0
        is an XML-based format).
        
        python-hl7 currently only parses HL7 version 2.x messages into
        an easy to access data structure. The current implementation
        does not complete follow the HL7 specification, but is good enough
        to parse the most commonly seen HL7 messages. The library could
        potentially evolution into being fully complainant with the spec.
        The library could eventually also contain the ability to create
        HL7 v2.x messages
        
        As an example, let's create a HL7 message:
        >>> message = 'MSH|^~\&|GHH LAB|ELAB-3|GHH OE|BLDG4|200202150930||ORU^R01|CNTRL-3456|P|2.4
'
        >>> message += 'PID|||555-44-4444||EVERYWOMAN^EVE^E^^^^L|JONES|196203520|F|||153 FERNWOOD DR.^^STATESVILLE^OH^35292||(206)3345232|(206)752-121||||AC555444444||67-A4335^OH^20030520
'
        >>> message += 'OBR|1|845439^GHH OE|1045813^GHH LAB|1554-5^GLUCOSE|||200202150730||||||||555-55-5555^PRIMARY^PATRICIA P^^^^MD^^LEVEL SEVEN HEALTHCARE, INC.|||||||||F||||||444-44-4444^HIPPOCRATES^HOWARD H^^^^MD
'
        >>> message += 'OBX|1|SN|1554-5^GLUCOSE^POST 12H CFST:MCNC:PT:SER/PLAS:QN||^182|mg/dl|70_105|H|||F
'
        
        We call the hl7.parse() command with string message:
        >>> h = parse(message)
        
        We get a n-dimensional list back:
        >>> type(h)
        <type 'list'>
        
        There were 4 segments (MSH, PID, OBR, OBX):
        >>> len(h)
        4
        
        We can extract individual elements of the message:
        >>> h[3][3][1]
        'GLUCOSE'
        >>> h[3][5][1]
        '182'
        
        We can look up segments by the segment identifer:
        >>> pid = segment('PID', h)
        >>> pid[3][0]
        '555-44-4444'
        
        Project site: http://www.bitbucket.org/johnpaulett/python-hl7/
        
        HL7 References:
        * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HL7
        * http://nule.org/wp/?page_id=99
        * http://www.hl7.org/
        
Keywords: HL7,Health Level 7,healthcare,health care,medical record
Platform: POSIX
Platform: Windows
Classifier: License :: OSI Approved :: BSD License
Classifier: Operating System :: OS Independent
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python
Classifier: Development Status :: 3 - Alpha
Classifier: Intended Audience :: Developers
Classifier: Intended Audience :: Healthcare Industry
Classifier: Topic :: Communications
Classifier: Topic :: Scientific/Engineering :: Medical Science Apps.
Classifier: Topic :: Software Development :: Libraries :: Python Modules
