Method and Apparatus for Implementing a Messaging Interface

A method, apparatus and computer program product are provided in order to provide improved messaging interfaces. Examples of a method include establishing a first listener thread to identify incoming message traffic from a Health Level 7 (HL7) repeater, initializing one or more device interfaces accessible to at least one application executing on the computing device, receiving at least one message from the HL7 repeater, associating a message queue and a second listener thread with the HL7 repeater, wherein the second listener thread includes a socket configured to receive messages from the HL7 repeater, associating the message queue and the second listener thread with at least one of the device interfaces, receiving another message from the HL7 repeater, placing, by the second listener thread, the another message on the message queue, and making the another message as stored on the message queue available to an application via the at least one of the device interfaces.