Integration Technology Framework (ITF)

The core technology behind Halfpenny’s suite of integration solutions, the Integration Technology Framework (ITF) is a robust and flexible ASP-based integration platform designed to simplify the complexities of health information exchange (HIE).

ITF effectively overcomes the problem of establishing a communications network between the many types of closed systems commonly used within a healthcare network. In fact, ITF facilitates efficient and cost-effective integration with virtually any legacy information management system—without the need to develop expensive and labor-intensive code-based interfaces. In hospital and laboratory settings, this capability can eliminate the cost, hassles and lengthy implementation times that typically accompany interfaces provided by legacy system vendors.

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Redundancy, scalability, logging and alerting are at the core of the ITF architecture. The platform’s advanced functionality and innovative design enable rapid configuration of interfaces, allowing integration teams to focus on project management and quality assurance. This translates to less time required to support ITF and more effective use of resources, which ultimately leads to reductions in HIE costs and shorter turnaround times.

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The ITF platform is used to perform:

  • Transformation (translation, reformat)
  • Data mapping
  • Combination of data from multiple sources
  • Filtering
  • Routing
  • Transport (communications, exchange)
  • Data storage

Featuring flexible format transformation, data mapping and workflow configuration capabilities, ITF supports a variety of data formats and standards, including HL7, ASTM E1238, XML, X12, CCD, CCR, DICOM, fixed field & delimited ANSI text, structured print output and others. Administration and monitoring of ITF is managed via a convenient Web-based portal.

By facilitating HIE between a healthcare organization's internal legacy systems and the many external systems in physician practices, partner labs and hospitals, ITF enables healthcare organizations to focus more of their energies on day-to-day business concerns.