Health Level Seven (HL7) is a set of international standards for the exchange, integration, sharing, and retrieval of electronic health information.
HL7 provides a consistent way to format and transfer your patient’s health information between systems. This interoperability is critical for efficient patient care and reducing duplicate data entry. HL7 messaging is an automated data exchange, and updates patient form submissions in real-time.
The next step toward interoperability is integrating using FormDr’s HL7 or Open API. Unlike a webhook, HL7 and the Open API is a two-way interface, sharing data between FormDr and other applications. This type of interoperability within a practice prevents duplicate work, streamlines work processes, and reduces opportunity for errors.
Developers can direct information from one point to another with unlimited customizations. View developer resources here.
Webhook is a basic way to get started with interoperability. This allows you to add even more customization to your FormDr setup by grabbing that information and saving it somewhere else – like the your EMR or EHR. Webhooks work by extracting information out of FormDr and sending it to a fixed location. Information cannot be sent to FormDr.
If you need the ability for two-way integration, then take a look at the next step of interoperability – Open API, or view our developer resource page here.
FormDr is constantly working with vendors to increase our interoperability. We currently offer EHR integrations with: athenahealth, EPIC, Mindbody, eClinicalWorks, ModMed and Dentrix Ascend. Seamlessly share information with your EMR by authenticating your account via the Integrations tab.
Athena, Mindbody, and ModMed automatically add new patients and update old ones from FormDr submissions. Additionally, PDFs, insurance cards, and ID cards can upload to these EHRs directly, without scanning them. Consent forms of all types generated in FormDr can also be added to these three EHRs.
EPIC integrations allows for sharing demographic information back and forth, and updating new and old patient information. This eliminates redundancy and reduces transcription errors, keeping data clean.
With the FormDr partner integrations, there are even more ways to connect your account to the other systems you and your practice use. Integrations include: Dropbox, Google Drive, Google Calendar and SFTP automated bulk export. Payment processing integrations include Stripe and Square.
Simply authenticate your existing account in the FromDr account page to connect appointments directly into Google Calendar, sync submissions and attachments to Google Drive, Dropbox or generate a bulk export of patient submissions to a CSV Excel file.
FormDoctor gives your practice one HIPAA-compliant platform to collect forms, communicate with patients, and automate follow-up. We help practices who:
Authenticate your Google Calendar to receive appointment dates and times from your account.
Analyze data, improve patient responses, learn from patient behavior and raise your conversion rate. FormDr is the only tool you require to understand the needs of your patients.
Dropbox integration seamlessly converts each form submission into a PDF document, then automatically uploads each PDF and any additional file attachments to your Dropbox Account.
Collect electronic patient signatures before the appointment. Easily give your patients the ability to digitally sign from their phone, tablet, or computer.
