Implementation

CDA Implementation Interpretations and the Impact on Interoperability

July 3, 2011

An interesting implementation question was recently submitted to the HL7 list serve for structured documents.  The question centered around the correct way to express “none” in a CDA instance.  In a general sense, “none” can have two meanings: A positive assertion. For example, a patient positively asserts no known allergies, no active medications, etc. An [...]

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ACLA and HL7 Announce Approval of First-Ever Electronic Directory of Services (eDOS) Implementation Guide

June 27, 2011

The American Clinical Laboratory Association (ACLA) and Health Level Seven® International (HL7®) announce the approval of the first-ever implementation guide in the laboratory industry for a reliable process to deliver a laboratory’s electronic Directory of Service to those providers ordering laboratory services in a meaningful and constructive process. HL7 Press Releases

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HL7 Publishes Plan-to-Plan Personal Health Record (PHR) Data Transfer Implementation Guide

May 3, 2011

May 2, 2011-Health Level Seven International (HL7®) today announced the release of the Plan-to-Plan Personal Health Record (PHR) Data Transfer Implementation Guide. The HL7 CCD guide was created for the U.S. payer stakeholder community and is intended to be used with the Accredited Standards Committee (ASC) X12 Patient Information (275) Implementation Guide, to ensure consistency [...]

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HL7 Structured Documents Technical Committee Opens Balloting for CDA, Release 2.0 Implementation Guides for Care Record Summary (CRS)Documents, Levels 1 and 2; Invites Participation in Open Webinars April 13 and April 19

March 24, 2011

The Health Level Seven (HL7) Structured Documents Technical Committee (SDTC) is proud to offer the first ballot for Clinical Document Architecture (CDA), Release 2.0 Implementation Guides for Care Record Summary (CRS) documents, Levels 1 and 2, US realm. Open Webinars, hosted by Dictaphone and McKesson, to introduce the Implementation Guides and to encourage participation in [...]

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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 to Develop Continuity of Care Record Clinical Document Architecture Implementation Guide

February 17, 2011

Health Level Seven, Inc. (HL7) today announced that it will create an implementation guide for expressing ASTM International’s Continuity of Care Record (CCR) data set in an HL7 Version 3 (V3) Clinical Document Architecture (CDA), Release 2 (R2) document. This implementation guide will afford the United States healthcare industry an incremental but immediate step toward [...]

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HL7, NCPDP Collaborate on Mapping Project – Efforts to Help Streamline Implementation of e-Prescribing

February 9, 2011

A work group of key healthcare industry stakeholders, including members of the National Council for Prescription Drug Programs (NCPDP) and Health Level Seven (HL7), have completed the first phase of a standards coordination project to facilitate electronic prescribing messaging capabilities between prescribers and pharmacies and payers. HL7 Press Releases

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HL7 and ASC X12 Offer Webinar on Plan-to-Plan Personal Health Record (PHR) Data Transfer Implementation Guide Ballot

November 21, 2010

Health Level Seven, Inc. (HL7) and the Accredited Standards Committee X12 (ASC X12) today announced a joint webinar on the Plan-to-Plan Personal Health Record (PHR) Data Transfer Implementation Guide developed in collaboration with Blue Cross Blue Shield Association (BCBSA) and America’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP). The Implementation Guide is currently being balloted through HL7. HL7 [...]

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Two Perspectives on the Feasibility of EHR Implementation

October 17, 2010

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Health Level Seven Clinical Genomics Version 2 Messaging Standard Implementation Guide Successfully Transmits Genomic Data Electronically

September 17, 2010

Health Level Seven (HL7®), the global authority for interoperability and standards in healthcare information technology, today announced its Version 2 messaging standard has successfully gathered structured and coded genetic tests results from a lab and transmitted them to an individual patient’s EHR for the first time. The current standard for genetic test results is either [...]

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Enablers of Meaningful Use: Version 2.5.1 Implementation Guide for Electronic Laboratory Reporting to Public Health Now Available

August 31, 2010

Health Level Seven® International (HL7®), the global authority for interoperability and standards in healthcare information technology, today announced that it has published the Version 2.5.1 Implementation Guide for Electronic Laboratory Reporting to Public Health (as also specified in HITSP’s Interoperability Specification IS01). The implementation guide is directly related to the initial set of standards and [...]

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Meaningful Use Standards Final Rule Names Five HL7 Standards and Implementation Guides

August 4, 2010

Health Level Seven® International (HL7®), the global authority for interoperability and standards in healthcare information technology, today announced that five of its standards and guides will be used in the U.S. final rule on standards and certification criteria for meaningful use. The interim final rule published in January of this year included: •HL7 Version 2.5.1 [...]

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