The best and fastest way to download data. The user just types in the patient's hospital number, or scans the patient's bar code, and the patient's details are downloaded in a fraction of a second.
Total ODBC Interfaces: 43

Just as fast as ODBC, this technique allows low-level calls usually to proprietary Interface Engines.
Total TCP/IP Interfaces: 3

This is an industry standard messaging system that allows request for data to be transferred between disparate systems that are not ODBC-compliant.
Total HL7 Interfaces: 11

Several Patient Administration System have report generators. These can be used to create plain text files containing demographic data in a regular layout. The Unisoft applications can be configured to pick up data from these files.
Total Flat File Transers: 5

A less sophisticated approach for PAS systems that cannot support any of the above techniques. It requires a terminal emulator that can continuously capture data appearing in the terminal window and save it to a file on the hard disk.
Total Screen Scrapes: 15