What is the role of HL7 transport in Care Everywhere?

• A. It is used for routing in the background
• B. It stores patient data long-term
• C. It defines the CCDA template
• D. It authenticates users

Answer: (A)

HL7 transport in Care Everywhere is about moving data between systems behind the scenes. It acts as the routing mechanism that delivers HL7 messages (such as CCDA documents) from one care site to another, handling the addressing and secure transmission so data can flow without manual file transfers. It does not store patient data long-term—that happens in the receiving system’s database—nor does it define the CCDA template, which is about document structure, or handle user authentication, which is a separate security layer. So the main role is background routing of messages.