Health Level Seven Announces Upcoming Release of the greenCDA™ Implementation Guide

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 Health Records. It supports continuity of care and re-use of clinical data for public health reporting, quality monitoring, patient safety and clinical trials. greenCDA maintains the full utility of CDA while making it easier to implement. It is a simplified XML for CDA templates.

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ONC Announces New Project to Harmonize Standards that Support Meaningful Use of EHR Systems

Today the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) announced the launch of an industry project to consolidate and harmonize required health information exchange specifications that support meaningful use of electronic health record (EHR) systems. The project, called the "HL7/IHE Health Story Implementation Guide Consolidation Project," is a collaboration of Health Level Seven (HL7) International, Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise (IHE) and the Health Story Project. Working through the HL7 standards development organization, volunteers will consolidate exchange standards for eight common types of clinical documents along with the HL7 Continuity of Care Document (CCD) standard into one comprehensive implementation package that establishes a foundation for health information exchange.

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New Site for HL7 Messaging

A new site for HL7 Message development is being built HL7 Messaging for the users of Health level 7 messaging.

4th Annual SOA in Healthcare Conference: Save the Date and Call for Participation

Needham, MA, USA and Ann Arbor, MI, USA – January 13, 2011 – OMG® and Health Level Seven® International (HL7) today announced that the fourth annual SOA in Healthcare Conference: "SOA Road-map to Integration: Architecting Interoperability in Healthcare" will be held June 14-16, 2011 in Washington, D.C. The Review Committee has issued the Call for Participation. Registration and abstract submission details may be found online at http://www.omg.org/hc-pr.

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CCHIT Names HL7 International CEO Charles Jaffe as 2011 Board Commissioner

The Certification Commission for Health Information Technology (CCHIT) announced yesterday that HL7 International CEO Charles Jaffe, MD, PhD, is named as one of eleven appointees to its board of Commissioners to serve a two-year term beginning Jan. 1, 2011.

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The Health Story Project and Health Level Seven International to Host Webinar on How to Exchange Basic Records and Meet Early Meaningful Use Requirements (Part II)

Health Level Seven (HL7) International, the global authority for interoperability and standards in healthcare information technology, and the Health Story Project, a collaborative of healthcare vendors, providers and associations, will present a complimentary webinar on Wednesday, December 1 from 10:00 – 11:00 am ET to discuss how healthcare providers can exchange basic records and meet early meaningful use requirements. The webinar is also co-sponsored by the Association for Healthcare Documentation Integrity (AHDI) and the Clinical Documentation Industry Association (CDIA).

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