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Health Level Seven (HL7) Develops Proof of Concept for Continuity of Care Record (CCR)

April 28, 2011

The first project to emerge from a Health Level Seven (HL7) and ASTM International memorandum of understanding signed in September has demonstrated how ASTM’s Continuity of Care Record (CCR) can be implemented as an HL7 Version 3 (V3) Clinical Document Architecture (CDA) XML document. The CCR is a snapshot or mini-summary of relevant patient information [...]

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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’s ANSI-Approved Structured Product Labeling (SPL): A Model Standard for Present and Future

April 17, 2011

Health Level Seven’s new Structured Product Labeling (SPL) Release 1.0 standard, which received approval from the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) in August 2004, is a model standard that both addresses the practical needs of the present and provides for robust future solutions. HL7 Press Releases

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Health Level Seven Renews Associate Charter Agreement with MedBiquitous Consortium

April 16, 2011

Health Level Seven (HL7), Inc. this past fall has renewed its Associate Charter Agreement with MedBiquitous Consortium. The agreement, which is for two years and renewable upon expiration, enables MedBiquitous to work with HL7 on joint projects and to harmonize the MedBiquitous information model with the HL7 Reference Information Model. HL7 Press Releases

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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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Health Level Seven, Object Management Group Begin Joint Healthcare Software Services Standardization Work

April 5, 2011

Health Level Seven (HL7) Inc., one of the world’s most prolific healthcare standards developers, and the IT specifications consortium Object Management Group (OMG) are collaborating to build a set of healthcare-domain software components and services interface standards to promote interoperability across health provider organizations and healthrelated software products. Conceived to support healthcare IT as part [...]

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Health Level Seven Signs Memorandum of Understanding with Accredited Standards Committee (ASC) X12

April 5, 2011

Health Level Seven (HL7) Inc., one of the world’s most prolific healthcare standards developers, recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with The Accredited Standards Committee (ASC) X12, in yet another example of HL7′s proactive efforts of cooperation and harmonization in healthcare standards development. HL7 Press Releases

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Health Level Seven’s Chinese Affiliate Publishes Translation of Version 2.4 Messaging Standard

April 1, 2011

HL7 China has announced that it has translated Version 2.4 of the HL7 messaging standard and is now making it available to the Chinese market. HL7 China, which was established in May 2000, joins other HL7 international affiliates in providing language translations of the standards to their country constituents. HL7 Press Releases

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Health Level Seven Signs Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) Engineering in Medicineand Biology Society (EMBS)

March 28, 2011

Health Level Seven (HL7) Inc., one of the world’s most prolific healthcare standards developers, has recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBS). This agreement is consistent with HL7′s long-standing spirit of cooperation and harmonization in healthcare standards development. HL7 [...]

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Health Level Seven Receives ANSI Approval of Common Terminology Services, Version 1

March 21, 2011

Health Level Seven (HL7), one of the world’s most prolific healthcare standards developers, announced that on April 21, 2005 it received approval from the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) of its Common Terminology Services (CTS), Version 1 standard. HL7 Press Releases

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Health Level Seven Receives ANSI Approval for Arden Syntax, Version 2.5

March 19, 2011

Health Level Seven (HL7), one of the world’s most prolific healthcare standards developers, announced that on April 25, 2005 it received approval from the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) for its Arden Syntax, Version 2.5 standard. HL7 Press Releases

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Health Level Seven Supports EHR Interoperability Collaboration Process to Promote Industry-Proven Options

March 17, 2011

To accelerate interoperability, enhance efficiency and improve patient safety through industry collaboration, Health Level Seven (HL7) is participating in the EHR interoperability collaboration process for the creation and management of standardized medical summaries and other clinical templates. HL7 Press Releases

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Health Level Seven (HL7) and Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise (IHE) Sign Associate Charter Agreement

March 3, 2011

Health Level Seven (HL7) and Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise (IHE) announced today the two organizations have signed a two-year, renewable associate charter agreement to formalize the existing cooperative relationship between the two groups, convey mutual benefits to their members, and establish the framework for future joint work projects. The first of these HL7/IHE collaborations will [...]

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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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Health Level Seven Releases Long-Awaited Version 3 Normative Edition 2005

February 16, 2011

Health Level Seven (HL7) announced today that after more than a decade of hard work by scores of dedicated HL7members worldwide, its long-awaited Version 3 (V3) Normative Edition 2005 – a suite of dozens of specifications allbased on HL7′s Reference Information Model (RIM) – has been released and is being distributed to all HL7 members. [...]

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Health Level Seven Highlights Successes of 2005, Important 2006 Initiatives at HIMSS – Support for Hurricane Katrina evacuees, collaboration with ASTM International and other groups, and the recent release of HL7 Version 3 Normative Edition top list of im

January 30, 2011

Health Level Seven, Inc. (HL7), now beginning its 20th year of healthcare standards development, is using its 2,000 square feet of exhibit space at the Healthcare Information and ManagementSystems Society’s (HIMSS) Annual Conference and Exhibition to highlight how its standards provide real-life solutions, to educate attendees on the plethora of HL7 standards activities and to [...]

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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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Health Level Seven Names New Board Members and Volunteers of the Year

January 9, 2011

Health Level Seven, Inc. (HL7) today announced the results of its Board of Directors elections at its 20th Annual Plenary and Working Group Meeting, which convened last month in Boca Raton, Florida. The 2006 recipients of the organization’s Tenth Annual W. Edward Hammond, PhD Volunteer of the Year Award were also recognized at the event. [...]

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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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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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