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Health Level Seven Announces Newest Affiliate-HL7 Luxembourg

April 20, 2011

Health Level Seven® (HL7®), the global authority on standards for interoperability of health information technology with members in 55 countries, today announced the addition of HL7 Luxembourg to its growing number of more than 30 affiliates. HL7 affiliates are a critical component of the increasing global scope and orientation of the HL7 family of standards. [...]

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Health Level Seven Announces New Affiliate – HL7 Turkey

April 18, 2011

Health Level Seven (HL7), one of the world’s most prolific healthcare standards developers, recently announced the addition of HL7 Turkey to its growing number of international affiliates. HL7 Turkey joins international affiliates already established in 26 other countries including: Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, India, Ireland, Italy, [...]

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Health Level Seven Announces Working Group Meeting (WGM) Schedule for 2005; Features First Ever WGM Outside North America

April 15, 2011

Health Level Seven (HL7) Inc., one of the world’s most prolific healthcare standards developers, today announced its working group meeting (WGM) schedule for 2005, which includes its first ever WGM outside North America in May. HL7 Press Releases

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HL7 Announces Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Becomes Benefactor

March 25, 2011

Health Level Seven, Inc. (HL7) today announced that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has become the organization’s latest HL7 benefactor member. As an HL7 benefactor member, the CDC provides financial support to HL7 for development of industry-critical standards and products. In return, CDC has access to standards materials and input on future [...]

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ONC Announces New Project to Harmonize Standards that Support Meaningful Use of EHR Systems

February 23, 2011

Today the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) announced the launch of an industry project to consolidate and harmonize required health information exchange specifications that support meaningful use of electronic health record (EHR) systems. The project, called the “HL7/IHE Health Story Implementation Guide Consolidation Project,” is a collaboration of Health Level [...]

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Health Level Seven Announces Upcoming Release of the greenCDA™ Implementation Guide

February 22, 2011

Health Level Seven® (HL7®) International, the global authority on standards for interoperability of health information technology with members in 55 countries, today announced that the highly anticipated greenCDA™ Implementation Guide is scheduled to be released in March. The HL7 Clinical Document Architecture (CDA™) is at the core of the requirement for Meaningful Use of Electronic [...]

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HL7 Announces QuadraMed Corporation Becomes Newest Benefactor

January 24, 2011

Health Level Seven, Inc. (HL7) today announced that QuadraMed Corporation (Amex: QD) has become the organization’s latest HL7 benefactor member. As an HL7 benefactor member, QuadraMed provides financial support to HL7 for development of industry-critical standards and products. HL7 Press Releases

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Health Level Seven Announces Booz Allen Hamilton as Newest Benefactor

January 16, 2011

Health Level Seven, Inc. (HL7) today announced that Booz Allen Hamilton has become the organization’s latest benefactor member. As an HL7 benefactor member, Booz Allen Hamilton provides financial support to HL7 for development of industry-critical standards and products. 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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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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Health Level Seven Announces First e-Learning Course

November 27, 2010

Health Level Seven (HL7), a preeminent healthcare IT standards development organization with broad international representation, today announced the first HL7 e-Learning Course covering Versions 2 and 3, and Clinical Document Architecture (CDA) that will begin in March 2008. This is a limited edition introductory course targeted to those without previous experience using HL7 standards. HL7 [...]

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Health Level Seven Announces Key 2008 Initiatives for Messaging Standards, EHR and Structured Documents

November 23, 2010

Health Level Seven (HL7), a preeminent healthcare IT standards development organization with broad international representation, today announced key initiatives for 2008 to guide the development and adoption of healthcare IT standards in the U.S. and worldwide. The announcement was made at the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) annual meeting. HL7 Press Releases

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Health Level Seven Announces Newest Affiliate-HL7 Singapore

November 17, 2010

Health Level Seven (HL7), a preeminent developer of global healthcare standards, today announced the addition of HL7 Singapore to its growing number of affiliates. HL7 Singapore was officially launched at a half-day networking and information exchange event. Presentations were given by Fong Choon Khin, chair of HL7 Signapore; Sarah Christine Muttitt, MD, CIO of MOH [...]

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Health Level Seven Announces Release of Version 3 Normative Edition 2008

November 16, 2010

Health Level Seven® (HL7®), a preeminent developer of global healthcare standards, today announced the release of Version 3 Normative Editaaion 2008, a globally-defined suite of specifications based on HL7′s Reference Information Model (RIM). This suite provides a single source that allows implementers of V3 specifications to work with the set of messages, data types, and [...]

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Health Level Seven Announces New Advisory Council Members

November 14, 2010

The Health Level Seven (HL7) Board of Directors has named seven new members to serve on its Advisory Council: Michael Fitzmaurice, PhD, senior science advisor for information technology, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; Harry L. Reynolds, vice president of the HIPAA & Information Compliance Office at Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina; [...]

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Health Level Seven Announces New Board Members and Volunteer of the Year Awards

November 13, 2010

Health Level Seven® (HL7®), a preeminent healthcare IT standards development organization with broad international representation, today announced election results for its Board of Directors. The 2008 recipients of the W. Edward Hammond, PhD, Volunteer of the Year Awards were also recognized at the event. HL7 Press Releases

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

November 7, 2010

Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.A.?January 8, 2009? Health Level Seven (HL7), a preeminent healthcare IT standards development organization with broad international representation, today announced it has passed the healthcare industry’s first ANSI-approved standard that specifies the basic functional requirements for child healthcare in an electronic health record system (EHR-S). The HL7 Child Health Functional Profile for [...]

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Health Level Seven Announces Newest Affiliate-HL7 Russia

October 12, 2010

Health Level Seven® (HL7®), the global authority on standards for interoperability of health information technology with members in 57 countries, today announced the addition of HL7 Russia to its growing number of affiliates. HL7 affiliates are a critical component of the increasing global scope and orientation of the HL7 family of standards. HL7 Press Releases

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The Joint Initiative Council on Global Health Informatics Standardization Announces Its Newest Member, and New Web Site

October 9, 2010

The Joint Initiative Council (JIC) today announced that GS1 is the newest member to join the council, and it has launched its new web site for healthcare stakeholders and working groups involved: http://www.jointinitiativecouncil.org. HL7 Press Releases

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Health Level Seven Announces Recipients of New Fellowship Award

October 8, 2010

Health Level Seven® (HL7®) International, the global authority on standards for interoperability of health information technology with members in 55 countries, today announced the recipients of the newly established HL7 Fellowship Award. This award was presented to 25 individuals at the Wednesday evening networking reception at HL7′s 24th Annual Plenary and Working Group Meeting in [...]

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Health Level Seven Announces New Board Members and Volunteer of the Year Awards

October 6, 2010

Health Level Seven® (HL7®) International, the global authority on standards for interoperability of health information technology with members in 55 countries, today announced election results for its Board of Directors during the business meeting at the 24th Annual Plenary and Working Group Meeting. The 2010 recipients of the W. Edward Hammond, PhD, Volunteer of the [...]

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