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HL7 releases finalized standards
EHR Connection, December 16, 2005
Health Level Seven (HL7) released to its 2,000-plus members a suite of standards--Version 3 Normative Edition 2005, or V3--the most definitive specifications to date. V3 will provide a "significant contribution to solving the global problem of integrating healthcare information in a way that supports multiple goals, ranging from individual patient care to clinical research to public health," said HL7 Chair Mark Shafarman.
The standards focus on a variety of areas, including
- semantic interoperability
- universal applications
- model-based specifications
- technology-neutral standards
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