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HL7 presence at HIMSS 2010
On this page you will find HL7 HIMSS 2010 exhibit resources, including downloadable PDF files of the presentations given at our booth, press releases issued at the conference and an organizational backgrounder and descriptions of our major standards.
Health Level Seven International (HL7©) is the global authority for standards and interoperability in health information technology. We create the best and most widely used standards in healthcare that improve healthcare delivery, optimize workflow, reduce ambiguity, and enhance knowledge transfer among the entire continuum of healthcare stakeholders. HL7 affiliates in more than 30 countries are working to ensure that people everywhere benefit from healthcare technology standards.
Our members and volunteers work collaboratively with healthcare industry representatives around the world to develop interoperability standards and create specifications for electronic health records, personal health records, laboratory information, claims attachments and other initiatives that improve healthcare system connectivity.
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services selected the HL7 Clinical Document Architecture, the Continuity of Care Document and Version 2 in its initial set of standards, implementation specifications and certification criteria for EHR technology. In addition, the U.S. Surgeon General uses the HL7 Clinical Genomics Pedigree Model in his family history collection website: My family Health Portrait. HL7 standards are also being used by other national governments around the world as well as software vendors, hospitals, academic medical institutions and related organizations to guide the development of applications and to create interoperability between disparate systems.