Mirth Connect is an open source interface engine (i.e.

Software to move and translate data from one

computer system to another).

Mirth is a platform that connects various HIT systems to create faster, easier, more secure, and
cost-effective interoperable mechanism for exchanging healthcare messages.
To achieve this, Mirth Connect uses a channel-based architecture to connect HIT systems to
filter, transform, and route the messages on user-defined rules.
Healthcare interface engines, also known as healthcare integration engines, solve the problem
of sharing and exchanging data between healthcare applications.

 Healthcare standards: HL7v2, v3, CCD/CCDA, CCR , DICOM , X12, Delimited Text, XML, NCPDP,
EDI, Raw ASCII or Binary, FHIR (draft standard)
 Databases: MySQL, Oracle, DB2, HyperSQL, MS SQL Server, Postgres
 Operating Systems: UNIX/Linux (AIX, Fedora, Ubuntu, CentOS), Windows, OS X
 Connection and Protocols: MLLP, TCP/IP, HTTP, Web Services (SOAP), Database, File System,
Email, (S)FTP, JMS etc.

A Mirth channel is an interface that routes, filters, and transforms messages from one source to
one or many destinations.

FHIR on the Mirth Connect server

On the other hand, the open source Mirth connect server has HTTP connectors and supports XML/JSON that
makes it completely possible to support any valid FHIR implementation. You only need to download and
install FHIR listener connectorand you are set to go to implement FHIR on the Mirth Connect server.