HL7 Corporate Training – Enterprise-Grade Integration Skills for Healthcare Teams
Train Your Team to Master HL7 Messaging & Interface Development
This instructor-led HL7 Corporate Training Program is designed to equip your IT or clinical data teams with deep knowledge of HL7 messaging standards and real-world implementation practices. From foundational concepts to hands-on projects, we tailor the content to match your organization’s use cases and integration goals.
Whether your team is new to HL7 or needs to upskill for upcoming interoperability projects, this course ensures they’re ready to work with HL7 interfaces confidently and effectively.

Corporate Training Curriculum--🧩 HL7 v2.x Module
This course is for HL7 programmers, interface developers and dedicated Implementers and is designed to provide the skills for the analysis testing, problem tracking and activation of phases of an HL7 project. Attendees will learn HL7 design, trigger concepts, message formatting rules, data types, enhanced acknowledgement rules, identifiers, and table translation issues. Course work includes hands on exercises.
On completion of this course, attendees will have gained a deep understanding of HL7 messaging processes and practices, with the ability to effectively read, understand, analyse, design, develop, market and test HL7 messages.
Course Structure
- Session– Healthcare Messaging Standards
- Session – Concepts and Principles
- Session– Building Messages and Segments
Session – Healthcare Messaging Standards
- ObjectiveThis session will give an understanding of why messaging is used in healthcare and the goals that are achieved. The session will conclude with a view of the scope of HL7 and the concepts and Principles used in messaging.
- Hospital Workflow
- Why HL7 – Purpose & Scope
- Development of HL7
- HL7 Messaging system
- Understanding HL7 structure
- HL7 Concepts
- Encoding Characters
Session – Concepts and Principles
Objective
This session gives an understanding of what HL7 is and its concepts. It introduces messaging types and trigger events and then goes into the building of HL7 messages and the elements involved in the construction. It goes into detail of the structure and the roles of each message component.
- Trigger Events
- Message Types
- Segments/Structures
- ADT^A04 – Patient Creation and Update
- MSH
- ADT^A04 – Patient Creation and Update
Session – Building Messages and Segments
Objective
In this session details of messages their segments (down to the field level) will be fully discussed. Most important messages and segments shall be covered.
- Session – Admin related Messages
- Segments/Structures – Patient Creation and Update
- ADT^A04
- Session – Admin related Messages
- Segments/Structures
- SIU^S12 – Appointment Creation and Update
- DFT^P03 – Charge related Message Types
- Segments/Structures
- Segments/Structures – Patient Creation and Update
- Session – Clinical Related Messages
- Segments/Structures
- ORM^O01 – Order Messages
- ORU^R01 – Result Messages
- MDM – Document Messages
- ACK – Acknowledgement Messages
- Segments/Structures
Course Structure
- Session – Building Messages and Segments
- Session – HL7 Building Blocks (Data Types)
- Session – Preparation for Certification
Session – Building Messages and Segments
Objective
In this session details of messages their segments (down to the field level) will be fully discussed. Most important messages and segments shall be covered.
- Session – Admin related Messages
- Segments/Structures
- OMP^O09 – Pharmacy order
- RAS^P03 – Medicine Administered
- Segments/Structures
- Chapter – 2A–Data Types(35 – 40 Data Types)
- Data Types 1 (Alphanumeric/numeric/identifiers)
- Data Types 2 (Demographic/coded)
- Data Types 3 (Date-Time/miscellaneous)
- Chapter – 2B – Conformance
- What is conformance and its importance
- Message Profiling
- Definitions
- Interaction Definition
- Static Definition
- Fields’s level
- Segment level
- Dynamic Definition
- Table Definition
- Documentation Hierarchy
- Introduction
- Architecture
- Components
Who Should Attend?
Healthcare IT teams handling EMR/EHR or HIE systems
Integration teams working with HL7-based data exchange
Business analysts involved in healthcare interoperability projects
QA & interface testers validating HL7 message flows
Training Highlights
Real-world training tailored to your systems, tools, and compliance needs. Your team learns in the context of your actual integration challenges.
Conducted online or at your premises with real-time Q&A, whiteboarding, and guided labs.
Adaptable modules with optional deep dives into lab workflows, billing interfaces, or radiology systems.
Practical training using 7Edit, HL7 Inspector, and custom scripts to read, write, and debug HL7 messages.
All participants receive completion certificates endorsed by our training team, demonstrating HL7 fluency.
Includes documentation, recorded sessions, and 3 months of trainer support via Q&A or email.
❓HL7 Training FAQ
Q1: Can this course be customized to our specific HL7 use cases?
A1: Yes, we tailor both the curriculum and live exercises based on your systems, message types, and integration goals.
Q4: Do you offer certification?
A4: Yes, all trainees receive certificates of completion for internal recognition or audits.
Q3: Is prior HL7 experience necessary?
A3: Not at all. We have beginner-friendly and advanced options depending on your team’s background.
Q2: What tools do participants need for the training?
A2: We recommend having 7Edit or HL7 Inspector installed. We provide all required datasets and tool walkthroughs.

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— Ankit J., Mumbai
Health care Proffesional⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "Value for Money with Real Projects!" “I appreciated the mix of theory and project-based learning. Working with Mirth Connect and HL7 messages gave me the confidence to apply what I learned on the job.”
📚Helpful Resources Section:
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🔗 Official HL7 Standards Resource – Learn about HL7 v2.x and other messaging standards directly from HL7.org.
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🔗 HealthIT.gov Interoperability Guide – Explore U.S. government-supported interoperability frameworks.
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🔗 ONC Certified Health IT Product List (CHPL) – Search for certified EHRs your team may need to integrate with.
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🔗 HL7 7Edit Tool Download – One of the essential tools taught during your hands-on HL7 training.
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🔗 HL7 Inspector Tool – Useful open-source HL7 analysis and validation tool used in training labs.