A universal integration platform is a development- and/or configuration-time analog of a universal server. The emphasis on the term: "platform" implies a middleware environment from which integration-oriented solutions are derived. Likewise, the term: "Universal" implies depth and breadth of integration capabilities that transcend disparate operating systems, protocols, APIs, Data Sources, Programming Languages, Composite Processes, Discrete Services, and Monolithic Applications.

Healthcare organizations, like other organizations, depend on sharing information to improve their business and professional practice. Applications and information systems no longer act alone. Information must be sourced from, and presented to, a number of different locations - be they financial, clinical or administrative.

Many healthcare organisations are faced with end-of-life cycle interface engines or legacy integration applications and are looking to mitigate the negative impacts of migrating to the new generation of integration platform products.  

Rhapsody Integration Engine is a high-performance, platform independent integration suite that provides a robust integration toolkit designed specifically to meet the present and future needs of healthcare organizations.

Rhapsody manages and streamlines message exchange between a hospital's existing applications, databases and external systems. Rhapsody enables healthcare organisations to extend the use of these systems to meet their ever evolving healthcare requirements, without the need for costly replacement.