December 2010

Health Level Seven Reaches Major Milestones in Fostering Harmonization of Healthcare Interoperability Standards

December 31, 2010

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

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HL7 Continuity of Care Document, a Healthcare IT Interoperability Standard, is Approved

December 30, 2010

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

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HL7 Announces Industry’s First Electronic Health Record System (EHR-S) Functional Requirements Standard

December 28, 2010

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

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HL7 Standards Are Foundation of HIMSS 2007 IHE Interoperability Showcase

December 26, 2010

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 [...]

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Health Level Seven Appoints Charles Jaffe, MD, PhD, to Role of CEO

December 24, 2010

35-year veteran of healthcare IT industry to oversee Health Level Seven’s worldwide healthcare IT standards development organization HL7 Press Releases

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Health Level Seven’s Clinical Document Architecture Gains Momentum In Healthcare Industry

December 24, 2010

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

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Emergency Medicine to Benefit from the HL7′s First Registered Clinical Profile Derived from the Electronic Health Record System Functional Model Standard

December 22, 2010

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

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GS1 and HL7 Join Forces to Develop Global Standards to Improve Patient Care

December 21, 2010

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

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HL7 Releases Newest Approved American National Standard: Version 2.5.1

December 20, 2010

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 [...]

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HL7′s New Legal EHR System Functional Profile Will Help Reduce Administrative Burden, Reduce Costs and Inefficiencies

December 20, 2010

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

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‘Tis the season… 2010 #HITsm Awards

December 18, 2010

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 [...]

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CCHIT Names HL7 International CEO Charles Jaffe as 2011 Board Commissioner

December 18, 2010

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

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Interfacing Challenge: Monitoring and Alerting for HL7 Interfaces

December 17, 2010

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 [...]

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Iguana 4.5 officially released

December 16, 2010

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 [...]

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Health Level Seven Announces Progress Software’s DataDirect Technologies Division as Newest Benefactor

December 16, 2010

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 [...]

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Medical Settings where Children Are Treated to Benefit from HL7′s New EHR System Functional Profile

December 15, 2010

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 [...]

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HL7′s EHR Technical Committee Opens Public Comment on Personal Health Record System (PHR-S) Functional Model

December 14, 2010

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

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The 2010 #HITsm Awards – Call for nominations!

December 14, 2010

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 [...]

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CEN TC, ISO TC and HL7 Launch first Joint Working Group and Integrated Work Program Activities

December 13, 2010

CEN/TC 251, ISO/TC 215 and HL7 launched their inaugural Joint Initiative Council HL7 Press Releases

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Health Level Seven and WEDI Announce Upcoming Training on Claims Attachments

December 12, 2010

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 [...]

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Health Level Seven Appoints John Quinn as CTO

December 12, 2010

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. [...]

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