Mirth Connect
An open-source healthcare integration engine used to route, transform, and filter HL7v2, FHIR, and other clinical messages between systems.
Mirth Connect (now NextGen Connect) is the most widely deployed open-source integration engine in healthcare. It uses channels with source and destination connectors, filters, and transformers written in JavaScript or built with a visual mapper. Mirth handles protocol translation (TCP/MLLP, HTTP, file, database), message transformation, and routing logic. Most hospital IT teams have at least one Mirth instance.
FAQ
- Is Mirth Connect free?
- Mirth Connect is open source and free to use. NextGen Healthcare offers a commercial version (NextGen Connect) with enterprise support and additional features.
- What protocols does Mirth Connect support?
- Mirth supports TCP/MLLP, HTTP/HTTPS, SFTP, file system, database (JDBC), DICOM, email, JMS, and web services. Custom connectors can be written in Java.