Tuesday, June 28, 2011

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

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.

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Monday, June 20, 2011

Doug Fridsma, M.D., Ph.D, to Keynote SOA in Healthcare Conference

OMG® and Health Level Seven® International (HL7), along with Open Health Tools and the Business Ecology® Initiative, today announced that Doug Fridsma, M.D., Ph.D., Director of the Office of Standards and Interoperability in the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, will be giving a keynote address at the fourth annual SOA in Healthcare conference: "SOA Roadmap to Integration: Architecting Interoperability in Healthcare." The conference is on July 13-15, 2011 at the Hyatt Dulles, in Herndon, VA. Registration and program details may be found online at http://www.omg.org/hc-pr.

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Wednesday, June 15, 2011

HL7 Offers Free Ambassador Webinar-CDA® Release 2 and the CCD®: Standards for the Meaningful Exchange of Health Information and Clinical Summaries

Health Level Seven® International (HL7®), the global authority for interoperability and standards in healthcare information technology with members in 55 countries, will present a complimentary Ambassador webinar on the HL7 Clinical Document Architecture Release 2.0 (CDA) and the Continuity of Care Document (CCD) on Wednesday, June 22 from 11:00 am – 12:00 noon EDT.

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Tuesday, June 14, 2011

Modeling Tutorial Track Added to SOA in Healthcare Conference

OMG® and Health Level Seven® International (HL7), along with Open Health Tools and the Business Ecology® Initiative, today announced that a Modeling Tutorial track has been added to the fourth annual SOA in Healthcare conference: "SOA Road-map to Integration: Architecting Interoperability in Healthcare". The conference will be held July 13-15, 2011 at the Hyatt Dulles, in Herndon, VA. Registration and program details may be found online at http://www.omg.org/hc-pr.

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Wednesday, June 01, 2011

HL7 International Appoints ONC's Doug Fridsma, MD, PhD, to the Board of Directors

Health Level Seven® International (HL7®), the global authority for interoperability and standards in healthcare information technology with members in 55 countries, today announced the appointment of Doug Fridsma, MD, PhD, director of the Office of Interoperability and Standards, Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC), to the HL7 Board of Directors.

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