Table of Contents
Health Level-7 International Standards 1
7 Sectioned Categories of HL7 Standards 2
Section 1: Primary Standards 3
Section 2: Foundational Standards 4
Section 3: Clinical and Administrative Domains 7
Section 4: EHR Profiles 31
Section 5: Implementation Guides 33
Section 6: Rules and References 54
Section 7: Education & Awareness 64
HL7 Version 3 Standard: 72
HL7 EHR-S Functional Model 72
Health Level International -7 (HL7) are internationally accepted standard for clinical and other medical data transfers. HL7 is an ANSI-accredited standards developing organization (SDO), is the global authority on standards for interoperability of health information technology. With members in more than 55 countries, HL7 is deeply involved in worldwide efforts to improve healthcare through information technology and is a founding member of the Joint Initiative Council, an international council on global health informatics standardization that is committed to developing a single standard for a single …show more content…
It creates standards that allow healthcare information to be communicated across and between healthcare enterprises and communities. HL7 standards facilitate the exchange of clinical and administrative data among health information systems. Specifically, HL7 provides a comprehensive framework and related standards for the exchange, integration, sharing, and retrieval of electronic health information that supports clinical practice and the management, delivery, and evaluation of health services. HL7 encompasses the complete life cycle of a standards specification including the development, adoption, market recognition, utilization, and adherence.2. The HL7 standards are produced by the HL7, and are adopted by other standards issuing bodies as mention above. OSI standards can be found in detail at the International Telecommunications Union (ITU-T) cite as the X.200-series of