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EHR Press Releases
| 03/16/2004 | The Public Health Data Standards Consortium (PHDSC or Consortium) Launches a voluntary Ad Hoc Task Force on Electronic Health Record-Public Health (EHR-PH) | Read More |
| The Public Health Data Standards Consortium (PHDSC or Consortium) - a voluntary confederation of federal, state and local health agencies, national and local professional associations and public and private sector organizations - launched a voluntary Ad Hoc Task Force on Electronic Health Record-Public Health (EHR-PH) in an attempt to provide a public health perspective in the evaluation of the HL7 EHR functional model. These documents represent the Consortium's efforts to bring a common voice from the public health community to the national efforts of standardization of health and healthcare information. | ||
| 03/11/2004 | HL7 Announces March 18 Second Ballot Opening of Electronic Health Record - System Functional Model Draft Standard for Trial Use | Read More |
| Ann Arbor, Mich. -- March 11, 2004 -- Health Level Seven (HL7) recently announced that the second ballot on the HL7 Electronic Health Record-System Functional Model Draft Standard for Trial Use (EHR-S DSTU) is slated to open on March 18, 2004. The ballot will be available for comment until April 16 and the results will be announced during HL7's upcoming working group meeting, May 2-7, 2004 in San Antonio, TX. | ||
| 03/04/2004 | Position Letter Regarding HHS, HL7 and EHR | Read More |
| The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has released a position letter regarding the HL7 EHR SIG standards development activities related to the EHRS Functional Model. The focus of the letter involves the HL7 EHR SIG's efforts toward the inclusion of the Care Setting and Use Profiles as reference material in the ballot package, as per the San Diego agreement. | ||
| 09/29/2003 | Electronic Health Record System Functional Model Draft Standard for Trial Use (DTSU) Update and Progress Report | Read More |
| Ann Arbor, Mich. -- September 29, 2003 -- The Electronic Health Record (EHR) System Functional Model Draft Standard for Trial Use (DTSU) ballot closed on September 5 and was reviewed by the Electronic Health Record Special Interest Group (EHR SIG) at the Health Level Seven (HL7) Annual Plenary and Working Group Meeting September 7-12 in Memphis. The EHR DSTU did not pass on this first ballot... | ||
| 07/18/2003 | HL7 Partners with Private and Public Healthcare Leaders to Develop Electronic Health Record (EHR) System Functional Model and Standard | Read More |
| Ann Arbor, Mich. -- July 18, 2003 -- Health Level Seven (HL7), one of the world's leading healthcare standards developers, has joined with public and private healthcare leaders in the development of an Electronic Health Record (EHR) Functional Model. Support for this work is provided by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and Health Information Management Systems Society (HIMSS), as well as through a grant from The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Collaborators on the project include the Institute of Medicine (IOM), HIMSS, and members of the Health Level Seven community, representing a broad sector of the healthcare community. The IOM and HL7 collaboration focuses on the HL7-developed EHR Systems Functional Model & Standard, with IOM recommending the high-level, care-related functionalities for the EHR in several care settings.... | ||
| 07/01/2003 | HHS LAUNCHES NEW EFFORTS TO PROMOTE PAPERLESS HEALTH CARE SYSTEM | Read More |
| HHS Secretary Tommy G. Thompson today announced two new steps in building a national electronic health care system that will allow patients and their doctors to access their complete medical records anytime and anywhere they are needed, leading to reduced medical errors, improved patient care, and reduced health care costs.... | ||
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