Health Level Seven (HL7) today announced four major milestones toward harmonization of interoperability standards as a result of the HL7 Working Group meeting held January 8 – 13, 2007 in San Diego, CA. HL7 Press Releases
Health Level Seven (HL7) today announced that the Healthcare IT Interoperability Standard, has been Approved by Balloting Process and Endorsed by Healthcare IT Standards Panel. HL7 Press Releases
Health Level Seven (HL7), apreeminent healthcare IT standards development organization with broad internationalrepresentation, today announced it has passed the healthcare industry’s first ANSI-approvedstandard that specifies the functional requirements for an electronic health record system (EHR-S). HL7 Press Releases
Health Level Seven (HL7), a preeminent healthcare IT standards development organization with broad international representation, and Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise (IHE) continue their collaborative relationship at this year’s IHE Interoperability Showcase at the 2007 Annual Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) Conference & Exhibition from Feb. 25-March 1, 2007, in New Orleans, LA. HL7 [...]
35-year veteran of healthcare IT industry to oversee Health Level Seven’s worldwide healthcare IT standards development organization HL7 Press Releases
Health Level Seven (HL7) today announced its Clinical Document Architecture (CDA) standard for exchange of healthcare information is becoming a pillar of interoperability for clinical care and public health within the U.S. HL7 Press Releases
Health Level Seven (HL7), a preeminent healthcare IT standards development organization with broad international representation, today announced the Emergency Care Functional Profile (EC FM) as the first registered profile based upon HL7′s EHR System Functional Model (EHR-S FM) standard. HL7 Press Releases
HL7 and GS1 have announced today they have signed a Memorandum of Understanding that begins an era of collaboration in developing global standards for improving patient care. HL7 Press Releases
Health Level Seven (HL7), a preeminent healthcare IT standards development organization with broad international representation, today announced the release of HL7′s Messaging Standard Version 2.5.1 to support the Clinical Laboratory Improvements Amendment (CLIA) for the exchange of electronic laboratory information. The CLIA was passed by Congress in 1988 to establish quality standards for all laboratory [...]
Health Level Seven (HL7), a preeminent healthcare IT standards development organization with broad international representation, today announced the release of the Legal Electronic Health Record (EHR) System Functional Profile as the second registered profile based upon HL7′s EHR System Functional Model standard. HL7 Press Releases
Last June, we published the Top 10 Twitter Feeds to Follow for News on Healthcare IT. The health IT online community has grown substantially over the last 6 months. In light of that growth, we’d like to refresh the list with the official top #HITsm (health IT social media) accounts of the year. Each of the [...]
The Certification Commission for Health Information Technology (CCHIT) announced yesterday that HL7 International CEO Charles Jaffe, MD, PhD, is named as one of eleven appointees to its board of Commissioners to serve a two-year term beginning Jan. 1, 2011. HL7 Press Releases
As you read this, do you know the status of every clinical interface in your environment? Unfortunately, a common answer to this question may be, “I have not received a call from anybody, so everything must be fine.” What needs to be monitored in HL7 messaging? Some examples include: Guaranteed message delivery ACK vs NACK [...]
In case you haven’t heard or noticed, we removed the beta tag off of Iguana 4.5 today. The entire development team has been anticipating this release for quite some time and we are pleased to officially release it to the public. Since we released 4.5 in beta 2 months ago, we’ve done extensive testing to [...]
Health Level Seven (HL7), a preeminent healthcare IT standards development organization with broad international representation, today announced DataDirect Technologies, an operating company of Progress Software Corporation has become the organization’s latest benefactor member. As an HL7 benefactor, Progress Software Corporation’s DataDirect Technologies Division provides financial support to HL7 for the development of industry-critical standards and [...]
Health Level Seven (HL7), a preeminent healthcare IT standards development organization with broad international representation, today announced the release of the Child Health Functional Profile as the third registered profile based upon the HL7 EHR System Functional Model, an ANSI-approved American National Standard. The purpose of the Child Health Functional Profile is to provide general [...]
Health Level Seven (HL7), a preeminent healthcare IT standards development organization with broad international representation, today announced the opening of a public comment period on the Electronic Health Record Technical Committee’s Personal Health Record System Functional Model (PHR-S FM). HL7 Press Releases
Last June, we published the Top 10 Twitter Feeds to Follow for News on Healthcare IT. The health IT online community has grown substantially over the last 6 months. In light of those changes and the overwhelmingly positive response to that post in particular, we’d like to refresh the list with the official top #HITsm (health [...]
Health Level Seven (HL7), a preeminent healthcare IT standards development organization with broad international representation, and WEDI, a broad-based healthcare industry trade association, today announced they are collaborating to provide the healthcare industry with an educational program for electronic claims attachments. Both HL7 and WEDI have been leaders in the claims attachments arena for more [...]
Health Level Seven (HL7), a preeminent healthcare IT standards development organization with broad international representation, today announced the appointment of John Quinn as Chief Technology Officer (CTO). Accenture and HL7 have reached an agreement in principle and Quinn, who is CTO of Accenture’s US Provider Practice, will immediately assume the responsibilities of CTO of HL7. [...]
HL7′s EHR Technical Committee Opens Public Comment on Personal Health Record System (PHR-S) Functional Model
December 14, 2010Health Level Seven (HL7), a preeminent healthcare IT standards development organization with broad international representation, today announced the opening of a public comment period on the Electronic Health Record Technical Committee’s Personal Health Record System Functional Model (PHR-S FM). HL7 Press Releases