Get the HL7 Standards named in the HHS Final Rule
STANDARD DESCRIPTION
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services published the Final Rule for Health Information Technology that included an Initial Set of Standards, Implementation Specifications, and Certification Criteria for Electronic Health Record Technology. The following HL7 standards are listed in the HHS' Final Rule. The table below briefly describes the purpose that each of the four standards will fulfill.
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STANDARD REFERENCES
Purpose – Submission of lab results to public health agencies
Purpose - Patient Summaries
Purpose - Patient Summaries
Purpose - Submission of lab results to public health agencies. Submission to public agencies for surveillance or reporting (excluding adverse events reporting); may be used in place for 2.3.1 for this purpose. Submitting information to immunization registries as the content exchange standard along with the CDC-maintained HL7 standard code, CVX-Vaccines Administered, as the vocabulary standards; may be used in place for 2.3.1 for this purpose.
Purpose - Submission to public agencies for surveillance or reporting (excluding adverse events reporting); may be used in place for 2.5.1 for this purpose. Submitting information to immunization registries as the content exchange standard along with the CDC-maintained HL7 standard code, CVX-Vaccines Administered, as the vocabulary standards; may be used in place for 2.3.1 for this purpose.
Non-members can purchase these standards in the bookstore. Members, log in for access to standards downloads.