HL7 Standards

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HL7 STANDARDS
Dr. Chandil Kumar Gunashekara
Chairman , HL7 India
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HL7 International is a Consensus Driven
Standards Development Organization (SDO)
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The OSI Model
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Logical Connection
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Physical Connection
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Application 1
Application 2
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Scope of Standards
Scope ofHL7
Medical Informatics
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PatientBedsideMonitoring
Administrative HIS/RIS
Lab Data
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DiagnosticImaging
Scope ofDICOM
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Disagreements in Healthcare
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Where Who is HL7 International?

• Headquartered in Ann Arbor, MI, HL7 International
  is like many other SDOs in that it is a
  not-for-profit volunteer organization. HL7
  International also has an office in Brussels,
  Belgium.
• Its members (providers, vendors, payers,
  consultants, government groups and others who
  have an interest in the development and
  advancement of clinical and administrative
  standards for healthcare) develop HL7s
  standards.

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38 HL7 International Affiliates / Countries
Argentina
Romania
Puerto Rico
Pakistan
Norway
Australia
New Zealand
And growing
Russia
Uruguay
Luxembourg
Austria
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Singapore
Japan
United States
South Korea
Brazil
Italy
Spain
Sweden
United Kingdom
Canada
India
Switzerland
Turkey
The Netherlands
Taiwan
HongKong
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China
Greece
Columbia
Croatia
France
Germany
Czech Republic
Finland
Updated 01/19/13
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What is an Affiliate?

• An Affiliate is an independent legal entity that
• Represents its members at Hl7 International and
  within its country/ territory on HL7 matters
• Participates in HL7 Internationals standards
  development and governance processes
• Promotes the relevance and fitness of the HL7
  Protocol Specifications, HL7 Educational Material
  and Other HL7 Material in its country/territory
• Distributes, translates and localizes the HL7
  Protocol Specifications as appropriate
• Administers and proctors HL7 Certification tests
  within its Territory when suitable and authorized
  to do so as provided below and
• Promote HL7 standards, educates, informs and
  supports current and potential users within the
  Territory to promote consistent and widespread
  usage of the standards.

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Where Who is HL7 India?

• Headquartered in Bangalore, HL7 Standards
  Institute of India is a not-for-profit
  volunteer organization.
• Its members (providers, vendors, payers,
  consultants, government groups and others who
  have an interest in the development and
  advancement of clinical and administrative
  standards for healthcare) develop and use HL7s
  standards.

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Examples of Influencers Drivers

• Governments (US Federal Government , Canada
  Health Infoway, Australias NEHTA, UKs NHS , )
• American National Standards Institute (ANSI)
• Vendors
• International Affiliates
• Clinical users Consultants
• Healthcare Ontology/Terminology
• Other International Standards Organization (ISO,
  DICOM, etc.)
• NeHA/ EMR Standards committee

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The Users

• HL7 standards (e.g., messaging, v.2.X,V 3.0,
  CCD,CDA, FHIR) are now much more widely used
  around the world than even a few years ago.
• Users include governments and government funded
  entities (e.g., NHS, CHI, Turkey, Argentina,
  Uruguay, Columbia, US, etc.)
• The exact forms of use varies as well
• messaging, electronic documents or services
• the approach and methodology
• processes automated and terminologies applied

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HL7 Internationals Mission
HL7 International provides standards for
interoperability that improve care delivery,
optimize workflow, reduce ambiguity and enhance
knowledge transfer among all of our stakeholders,
including healthcare providers, government
agencies, the vendor community, fellow SDOs and
patients. In all of our processes we exhibit
timeliness, scientific rigor and technical
expertise without compromising transparency,
accountability, practicality, or our willingness
to put the needs of our stakeholders first.
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So many moving parts
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What the Market Wants

• Faster and meaningful implementations
• Tangible syntactic and Semantic
  Interoperability
• Continuity of care across facilities
• Confidentiality/Security
• Harmonization with other standards
• Support of the latest communication technologies

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HL7 Internationals Work Groups

• HL7 Work Groups
• Affiliate Due Diligence
• Anatomic Pathology
• Anesthesia
• Application Implementation and Design
• Architecture Board
• Arden Syntax
• Attachments
• Child Health
• Clinical Decision Support
• Clinical Genomics
• Clinical Interoperability Council
• Clinical Quality Information
• Clinical Statement
• Community Based Collaborative Care
• Conformance Guidance for Implementation/Testing
• Education
• Electronic Health Record s

• Financial Management
• Governance and Operations
• Health Care Devices
• Imaging Integration
• Implementable Technology Specifications
• Infrastructure and Messaging
• International Council
• International Mentoring
• Marketing
• Mobile Health
• Modeling and Methodology
• Nomination
• Orders and Observations
• Organizational Relations
• Outreach Committee for Clinical Research
• Patient Administration
• Patient Care

• Policy Advisory
• Process Improvement
• Project Services
• Public Health and Emergency Response
• Publishing
• Recognition and Awards
• Regulated Clinical Research Information
  Management (RCRIM)
• Security
• Services Oriented Architecture
• Strategic Initiative Committee
• Structured Documents
• Technical Steering Committee
• Templates
• Tooling
• Vocabulary

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• The present and the future of Healthcare
  Informatics

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The Most Helpful Single Piece of Information

• http//www.hl7.org

https//www.youtube.com/watch?v-NF1Pis1D18
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• Thank you