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HL7 is not bashful about the improvements offered in the FHIR standard (see" Why FHIR is better" in the executive summary). Rather than create a lengt...

The healthcare industry is infamous for it's aggressive use of acronyms that often confuse people more than they help. Chief among these confusing acr...

HL7v2 has been in use for quite a long time in the healthcare industry. It powers much of the communication that goes on behind the scenes at the hosp...

In part 1 of this series I gave a high-level overview of what HL7 is and does. In part 2 I outlined what integration profiles are and why we need them...

In part 1 of this series, I gave a high-level overview of what HL7 is and does and alluded to the vagueness that comes with many of the HL7 standards....

Interoperability—it's a buzzword, a marketing tool, and something that impacts the quality of healthcare. In this post I will help demystify jargon an...

HL7 was created and is supported by the standards organization Health Level Seven International. HL7 is commonly used as a catchall, and most often, i...