Health information mapping system with graphical editor

A method, executable by a computer system, for graphically defining a channel for converting a message in a first format used by a first HIT system into a second format used by a second HIT system, the method comprising:

• displaying, on a display device, a visual channel editor in which graphical representations of channel nodes can be arranged and interconnected to define a channel for processing messages from a first HIT system to convert the messages from a first format used by the first HIT system into a second format used by a second HIT system;
• receiving user input to the visual channel editor that creates a plurality of graphical representations of channel nodes in the visual channel editor, the plurality of graphical representations including a graphical representation of a source node and at least one graphical representation of a destination node;
• receiving user input selecting at least a selected source node and at least one selected destination node;
• in response to selecting at least the selected source node and the at least one selected destination node, displaying, on the display device, a node configuration panel;
• executing the channel, including executing one or more scripts defined for the selected source node to receive messages in the first format from a specified source and executing one or more scripts for the at least one selected destination node to store the messages in a specified location.