The scenario
A hospital requires a secure, tiered network to support an Electronic Health Record (EHR) system with HL7 integration for exchanging patient data with internal systems and external partners.
What is in this drawing
Read the decisions behind it.
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Place the HL7 interface engine in the distribution tier with the EHR server to minimize latency.
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Segment clinical and administrative traffic using VLANs on access switches.
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Deploy a VPN gateway for remote access by clinicians and secure site-to-site connections for HL7 data exchange with external facilities.
When designing a hospital network that prioritizes secure and reliable EHR data exchange, with HL7 messaging for interoperability, this architecture can be adapted for various size facilities.
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