Hello everyone, I hope you are well and are able to safely enjoy summer.

Here is a link to the HL7 Intl Sept 2020 Ballot Package I have put together for the HL7 Intl Canada Community.

Download and extract the files to your computer. In the folder HL7 2020 Sept Ballot you will find an Excel spreadsheet that has hyperlinks to all of the ballot content and the specific ballot comment spreadsheet for each item. The FHIR related ballot material is on their respective websites, and other content is provided as part of the download package.

Comment spreadsheets are due by Sept 09. Submit your comments to me directly or to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Here is a list of the ballot items contained in the Ballot Package:
(please note: The item on Reducing Clinical Burden may be of great interest to your clinical and application design stakeholders)

• HL7 CDA R2 Implementation Guide: Dental Data Exchange, Release 1 - US Realm
• HL7 Cross-Paradigm Specification: CDS Hooks, Release 1
• HL7 Domain Analysis Model: Birth Defects, Release 1 - US Realm
• HL7 Domain Analysis Model: Unique Device Identifier (UDI) Implementation Guidance, Release 1
• HL7 FHIR® IG: Pharmacy; Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (PDMP), Release 1- US Realm
• HL7 Guidance: Reducing Clinician Burden, Release 1
• HL7 Informative Document: Share with Protections (SwP), Release 1
• HL7 Version 2 Implementation Guide: v2-to-FHIR, Release 1
• HL7 Version 2.5.1 Implementation Guide: Laboratory Results Interface (LRI), Release 1 STU Release 5 - US Realm
• Reaffirmation of HL7 Version 3 Standard: Refinement, Constraint and Localization to Version 3 Messages, Release 2

HL7 FHIR® Implementation Guides:

• Data Exchange for Quality Measures, Release 1 - US Realm
• Dental Data Exchange, Release 1 - US Realm
• DME Orders, Release 1- US Realm
• Health Record Exchange (HRex) Framework, Release 1- US Realm
• Order Catalog, Release 1
• Potential Drug-Drug Interaction (PDDI) Clinical Decision Support (CDS), Release 1
• SMART Web Messaging, Release 1
• Vital Signs, Release 1- US Realm

Thank you for your attention to, and commentary on, this material.

Ron G. Parker HL7 Canada Affiliate Chair.