Introduction

Connexion is an integration engine which comes with built-in support for a number of healthcare protocols. It is highly extensible, so it’s easy to add support for your own message types (non-healthcare, for example), and custom message processing. It also has a number of different APIs, both for automation and to integrate with other enterprise platforms.

Connexion ships with a feature-rich user interface, which makes creating and monitoring interfaces easy. It has built-in dashboards as well as support for other monitoring stacks like Prometheus and Grafana.

Connexion utilizes the .NET framework and uses C# as the native extensibility language. The .NET ecosystem is very large, and includes support for many different protocols and technologies.

Connexion is supported on modern versions of Windows, and requires Sql Server (or Postgres in version 17).

The best way to learn about Connexion is to download and install it, and follow along with some of our tutorials. This page will cover installing Connexion and running your first channel. If you get stuck or have questions, reach out and we’ll help out via Slack or Teams.

Getting started with Connexion is straight forward:

Download and install Sql Server (express is fine for evaluation), or use an existing instance
Download and run the Connexion installer.
Step through the Configuration Wizard (where you connect to your database).
Familiarize yourself with the management application.
Learn about extensibility.

Video: Installing Connexion

Video: Your First Channel (HL7)