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0 pointspskinner2y ago0 comments

HL7v2 is just the schema - the mechanism for sending these messages is normally something called MLLP which is just a simple framing protocol and has no built in security. It is possible to send/receive HL7v2 over other protocols, MLLP is the most common.

Its normal to secure the endpoints via network level security - ipsec etc. HL7v3 transformed into FHIR which is done over HTTPS instead.

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kckljssyckyc2y ago

or, hear me out, you also blast it unencrypted to the flex pagers your employees don't even use anymore

robertlagrant2y ago

It's normal to not encrypt it, in my experience.

nradov2y ago

It's really not normal to not encrypt HL7 V2 messages. Every interface that I've seen uses a VPN.

robertlagrant2y ago

I'm in the UK in the NHS. Perhaps that's the difference. They just do network lockdowns inside the hospital.

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0 pointspskinner2y ago0 comments

Its normal to secure the endpoints via network level security - ipsec etc. HL7v3 transformed into FHIR which is done over HTTPS instead.

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kckljssyckyc2y ago

or, hear me out, you also blast it unencrypted to the flex pagers your employees don't even use anymore

robertlagrant2y ago

It's normal to not encrypt it, in my experience.

nradov2y ago

It's really not normal to not encrypt HL7 V2 messages. Every interface that I've seen uses a VPN.

robertlagrant2y ago

I'm in the UK in the NHS. Perhaps that's the difference. They just do network lockdowns inside the hospital.

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