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HL7 Canadian Constituency

The HL7 Canadian Constituency, hosted by the Infoway Standards Collaborative, supports the mandate of HL7 International in Canada. This support includes domestic as well as international obligations, processes and activities:

  • Liaising with HL7 International;
  • Supporting communication and correspondence domestically and international for specific HL7 items;
  • Responding to inquiries from HL7 International;
  • Planning and execution of HL7 Canada Constituency roles and responsibilities;
  • Supporting domestic and international HL7 Canada meetings;
  • Providing support to domestic input on international HL7 ballot and comment items; and
  • Administering the HL7 Canada Constituency forum to facilitate member collaboration.

HL7 Canadian Council

The HL7 Canadian Council representatives serve principally to cast the 8 HL7 Canada votes for HL7 International technical and administrative ballots on behalf of the SC. These voting members form a consensus-based final position and provide this final position submission, with comments by the SC staff supporting the HL7 Canada mandate, to HL7 International ballots and HL7 International Board elections.

HL7

Health Level Seven (HL7) is an international set of open standards for communication that allows health information systems developed independently to automatically "talk" with one another. It is rapidly becoming the global standard in this area as evidenced by the growing number of official international HL7 affiliates. HL7 standardizes the protocols and structure for exchanging key sets of health data at the application level, the seventh level of the ISO's open systems model.

What are some of the benefits of using HL7?

  • Open - it is a platform and technology independent standard
  • Enables information exchange between different computer applications
  • Gives you flexibility because it can be implemented using a variety of software technologies to suit your information needs
  • Reduces the labour and time involved in negotiating application-to-application (or point-to-point) interfaces
  • Reduces the custom programming required in health application "interfacing" and program maintenance

HL7 Frequently Asked Questions

HL7 Certification

Resources

  • HL7 International 2009 Publishing Schedule (.pdf)
  • Software tools

  • HL7 V3 Primer (English)

    The newest edition of HL7 V3 Primer in English – "Understanding Version 3: A primer on the HL7 Version 3 Healthcare Interoperability Standard – Normative Edition" has been completely updated and aligned with the most current Normative Edition at the time of publication (HL7 2006 Normative Edition).

    What can you expect from in this primer?

    • All terms are explained so no specific background is required
    • A general understanding of the HL7 V3 development method
    • A general understanding of HL7 Version 3 concept as a whole
    • Detailed explanations of HL7 Version 3 model

    This comprehensive primer is only $40 including tax and shipping within Canada. A limited number of booklets are available at this time. To get yours today, simply call the Standards Collaborative Infodesk at 1-877-595-3417 or fax the order form to begin processing at 416-593-5911.

Contact the Standards Collaborative Infodesk

Toll free#: 1-877-595-3417
Local #: (416) 595-3417
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