Achieving seamless interoperability with Calian® Corolar™ Platform
The situation
FHA needed a scalable enterprise-class HL7 integration solution to provide interoperability, simplify interface development, accelerate solution implementation, and manage the integration for their complex healthcare integration environment. To meet their needs, FHA migrated to the Microsoft® BizTalk® Server platform and the Calian® Corolar™ integration platform.
The challenge
- FHA wanted a scalable enterprise-class HL7 integration solution to provide interoperability for partners including 12 hospitals, physician offices, community-based providers, perinatal services, mental health services, and provincial initiatives such as the Provincial Laboratory Information System (PLIS).
- FHA needed an integration solution that would provide the capability to quickly develop interfaces without the need for specialized third party software development resources. Since reliability and stability are key for all healthcare partners in the continuum of care, FHA needed a reliable solution with a proactive monitoring infrastructure to optimize uptimes in their integration environment.
The solution
BizTalk Server is an industry leader in enterprise integration used by 90 per cent of the Fortune Global 100 companies around the world.
The BizTalk/Corolar solution leverages Microsoft Server stack and .NET technologies to provide a development and user experience familiar to most healthcare organizations. This means software solutions can be developed using the same development language, making integration easier and reducing the need for specialized development resources. In addition, Corolar provides the power to easily create system interfaces with a significant reduction in development time by leveraging and extending the underlying BizTalk Server engine with a comprehensive suite of tools specifically designed to simplify and accelerate HL7 integration solutions.
The service oriented architecture of BizTalk puts the control in our hands and allows us to develop interfaces easier, faster and at a lower cost.
Doug Barton, Senior Project Manager, Integration
The results
Improved productivity – lower development costs
The BizTalk service-oriented architecture provides Fraser Health Authority with the flexibility to easily adapt to major changes in the Health Information Technology (HIT) environment.
“The service oriented architecture of BizTalk puts the control in our hands and allows us to develop interfaces easier, faster and at a lower cost.” says Doug Barton.
Using the BizTalk/Corolar solution, FHA was able to utilize a single technology standard (Microsoft .NET) to simplify integration and also reduce the need for specialized software development resources. Corolar significantly reduces development time on the Microsoft BizTalk platform by providing a suite of tools specifically designed to simplify and accelerate HL7 integration.
“The Interface Monitor functionality lets us know about issues in the integration environment so that we can resolve them before they can become a customer problem report. If we encounter a problem with an interface, the Corolar Interface Monitor can auto-start the interface without manual intervention, which significantly reduces any potential downtime”.
Looking ahead, Fraser Health Authority can depend on their enterprise-class HL7 healthcare integration solution and unrivaled customer support to meet the current and growing demands on their healthcare infrastructure.
