1. Using the MLLP Adapter with Oracle Integration 3
  2. Understand the MLLP Adapter
  3. MLLP Adapter Capabilities

MLLP Adapter Capabilities

The MLLP Adapter provides native transport protocol support for Health Level 7 (HL7) messages in Oracle Integration. MLLP is a TCP/IP protocol used to transport HL7 messages between applications.

The MLLP Adapter provides the following capabilities:

  • Works in conjunction with the healthcare action to provide the following integration support:
    • Incoming (trigger) - For scenarios in which the healthcare action translates an HL7 formatted-message to an XML message understood by Oracle Integration.
    • Outgoing (invoke) - For scenarios in which the healthcare action translates an XML message to an HL7-formatted message understood by the HL7 application.

    See Add the Healthcare Action to an Integration in Using Oracle Integration for Healthcare in Oracle Integration 3.

  • Runs directly in the connectivity agent to support connectivity to remote healthcare applications such as emergency medical records (EMRs), hospital management systems, laboratory information systems, and others. Unlike other Oracle Integration adapters, the MLLP Adapter does not run in Oracle Integration.

    When configuring an MLLP connection, the Access Type field can only be set to Connectivity agent. At this time, the MLLP Adapter does not support the Private endpoint and Public gateway options.

  • Supports transient (connect, transmit, and disconnect) and permanent connections.
  • Supports multiple inbound/outbound TCP port configurations.

The MLLP Adapter is one of many predefined adapters included with Oracle Integration. You can configure the MLLP Adapter as trigger or an invoke connection in an integration in Oracle Integration.