Vocabulary
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Mission
Objective
To identify, organize and maintain coded vocabulary terms used in HL7 information structure and provide clear documented guidelines on the principles of vocabulary content and structure to support the retention of meaning over time.
Charter
Goal
Provide an organization and repository for maintaining a coded vocabulary that, when used in conjunction with HL7 and related standards, will enable the exchange of clinical data and information so that sending and receiving systems have a shared, well defined, and unambiguous knowledge of the meaning of the data transferred. The purpose of the exchange of clinical data includes, but is not limited to: provision of clinical care, support of clinical and administrative research, execution of automated transaction oriented decision logic (medical logic modules), support of outcomes research, support of clinical trials, and to support data reporting to government and other authorized third parties.
To achieve this goal, we will work cooperatively with all other groups that have an interest in coded vocabularies used in clinical computing. Some of the groups that we will seek to work closely with include: standards development organizations, creators and maintainers of vocabularies, government agencies and regulatory bodies, clinical professional specialty groups, vocabulary content providers, and vocabulary tool vendors.
Work Products and Contributions to HL7 Processes
This includes:
Ø Maintain OID Registry with approval for new OID requests
Ø Maintain the V3 Vocab repository
Ø Maintain table 0396 (V2 content for registered coding systems) including new requests, changes to existing entries, publishing on HL7 website
Ø Document HL7 vocabulary design and maintain the documentation guidelines on the principles of vocabulary message content and structure over time
Ø Educate stakeholders via tutorials and improved documentation
Decision Making Practices
Date of Last Revision
April 6, 2010