Resources

Healthlink:

• Messaging Spec: Healthlink Online Message Specification
• Acknowledgements: Message_Construction_ACK_v0_7F
• Integration specs:
  • Healthlink Clinical System Information & Interface Specification – SFTP
  • Healthlink Clinical System Information & Interface Specification – TCP

eReferrals:

• Breast Referral: Breast Clinic Referral Message Construction Guide Addendum
• Lung Referral: Healthlink Lung Cancer Referral Vendor Implementation Guidelines Document v1.5
• Prostate Referral: Healthlink Prostate Referral Vendor Implementation Guidelines v2.6
• Cancer Referral Construction Guide: Generic Ref Message Construction Guide V2 0
• General Referral: General_Referral_Message_Construction_v1_11
• General Referral Response: Response_Message_v0_15

National Projects:

• Chronic Disease Management (CDM): CDM Messaging Spec Phase 4 Requirements
• Cycle of Care:
  • Diabetes_Data_Returns_v2_5
  • Under6s_Message_Construction_v1_3
• MN-CMS:
  • Discharge Summary: MN-CMS Discharge_Spec_Messaging
  • Shared Care Reports: MN-CMS Spec_Messaging_ANC
• Radiology Ordering: Healthlink Specification for Radiology Ordering
• Sick Certs: DEASP Sick Cert Specification
• Vaccinations: Covid Vaccinations Specification

The HL7 standards use schemas to define message structures. Healthlink uses these schemas to validate reports for processing. Please click on the following link to download:  HL7 Schemas

Healthlink have created the following sample messages to illustrate the types of reports sent by hospitals to GPs: Sample HL7 Messages