IBM(R) WebSphere(R) Business Integration Collaborations for Healthcare is a part of the IBM WebSphere Business Integration portfolio. Business Integration involves interconnecting multiple disparate processing entities within an enterprise context (for example, applications, systems, and human resources). This context can involve simply interconnecting individual applications so they can share data and actions; interconnecting multiple applications across enterprise boundaries (such as departments, divisions, or subsidiaries); or interconnecting systems internal and external to the enterprise.
WebSphere Business Integration Collaborations for Healthcare is based on IBM WebSphere InterChange Server technology. IBM's integration technology enables the interaction of different applications, facilitating the integration of front-end and back-end systems, and speeding the integration of merged departments and companies. WebSphere Business Integration for Healthcare provides pre-built components designed specifically for the business processes of healthcare organizations.
IBM WebSphere Business Integration Collaborations for Healthcare contains the following features:
With this release, IBM is simplifying and streamlining its portfolio of collaborations. For existing customers, IBM WebSphere Business Integration Collaborations Version 4.5 offers continuity in the packaging of collaborations for the healthcare industry. At the same time, IBM is consolidating existing collaborations into functional solutions so that customers will be better able to solve a particular business integration problem by selecting a group of industry-specific or cross-industry collaborations that address that problem. IBM WebSphere Business Integration Collaborations for Healthcare Version 1.0 reflects this reorganization.
If you are installing this solution using Electronic Software Distribution (ESD), you must perform the installation according to the instructions contained in the solution's Installation Guide.
Before following the installation procedures, make sure that you have downloaded the software that you want to install from Passport Advantage (www.lotus.com/passportadvantage). Refer to Passport Advantage for downloading instructions.
If you are installing this solution from the product CD, you must first select the appropriate industry solution components using the CD installation procedure, and then complete the solution installation by following the instructions in the appropriate solution's Installation Guide.
Important: The root directory that is referred to in the solution Installation Guide is the same root directory that is used during the product CD installation procedure. The default root directory is \IBM\WebSphereICS.
A sample portal application is provided with WebSphere Business Integration for Healthcare. It is designed for demonstration and test purposes only, and is not supported by IBM.