HL7v2 stands for "Health Level 7: Version 2" - a specification for shuttling clinical data around and between medical institutions. While working on Medtasker with Nimblic, I've written this library for reading the protocol and querying the messages it contains.
I have a blog post on my website if you'd like to hear a bit more of the story.
$ go get github.com/nwehr/hl7
This fork adds the ability to Unpack() a Message or Segment into a struct using tags
package main
import (
"fmt"
"github.com/nwehr/hl7"
"strings"
"time"
)
var testMessage = strings.Replace(`MSH|^~\&||GA0000||VAERS PROCESSOR|20010331605||ORU^R01|20010422GA03|T|2.3.1|||AL|
PID|||1234^^^^SR~1234-12^^^^LR~00725^^^^MR||Doe^John^Fitzgerald^JR^^^L||20001007|M||2106-3^White^HL70005|||(678) 555-1212^^PRN|
NK1|1|Jones^Jane^Lee^^RN|VAB^Vaccine administered by (Name)^HL70063|
NK1|2|Jones^Jane^Lee^^RN|FVP^Form completed by (Name)-Vaccine provider^HL70063|||(404) 554-9097^^WPN|
ORC|CN|||||||||||1234567^Welby^Marcus^J^Jr^Dr.^MD^L|||||||||Peachtree Clinic||(404) 554-9097^^WPN||
OBR|1|||^CDC VAERS-1 (FDA) Report|||20010316|
OBX|1|NM|21612-7^Reported Patient Age^LN||05|mo^month^ANSI|
`, "\n", "\r", -1)
func main() {
m, _, _ := hl7.ParseMessage([]byte(testMessage))
patient := struct {
First string `hl7:"PID-5-2"`
Last string `hl7:"PID-5-1"`
Middle string `hl7:"PID-5-3"`
DOB time.Time `hl7:"PID-7"`
Gender string `hl7:"PID-8"`
}{}
m.Unpack(&patient)
fmt.Printf("%+v", patient)
}3-clause BSD. A copy is included with the source.