EDI Blog Middleware: The Missing Link

By: Paul Remke If you have been anywhere around the world of healthcare and IT, chances are that you have heard of the term "middleware". But what exactly is it? The answer is: it is lots of things, but at its simplest form, middleware is the software that links disparate systems together and allows them to talk to each other. The concept of middleware has been in use for quite some time, especially in the financial and retail industries where large, antiquated software applications are tied into newer, more robust solutions. Think of the systems in the 1980s where the...