%0 Journal Article %J Open Source Business Resource %D 2008 %T Mirth: Standards-Based Open Source Healthcare Interface Engine %A Jacob Brauer %X The Mirth Project is an open source healthcare interface engine and interface repository created and professionally supported by WebReach. Mirth provides standards-based tools to develop, test, and deploy interoperability solutions for healthcare information systems and information exchanges. This article provides an overview of healthcare interface engines. It discusses Mirth and the healthcare and connectivity standards it supports. Lastly, the article compares Mirth to other interface engines. %B Open Source Business Resource %I Talent First Network %C Ottawa %8 11/2008 %G eng %U http://timreview.ca/article/205 %N November 2008 %9 Articles %1 WebReach Jacob Brauer graduated cum laude from the University of California, Irvine in 2006 with a degree in Computer Science. He has been working for WebReach for 2.5 years, during which time he has been one of the lead engineers on the Mirth Project. Jacob has also contributed to other open source healthcare projects and initiatives, such as OpenMRS, an open source electronic medical record system framework designed for the developing world. He has partaken in many open source and healthcare conferences, including the Southern California Linux Expo Open Source Health Care Summit, Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society, Health Informatics Southern Africa, Open Source Health Care Alliance, and the HL7 Working Group Meeting.