The final segment will include a look at Version 3.The Message Development Framework, the Reference Information Model, and how these are used in the generation of the standard will be discussed. The activity of related groups, such as the Vocabulary, Structured Documents, and Decision Support Technical Committees will be briefly mentioned. It has the flexibility to be adopted to specific national requirements. Klaus will describe the areas of flexibility and how HL7 can be adopted to your country. Case studies will demonstrate the configuration of messages to local requirements, while still being fully HL7-compliant.
Full compliance is important when integrating systems with products from international vendors.
They represent the central part of the standard one have to start with in HL7 implementations. The tutorial will focus on details of those messages in HL7 version 2.4. The most important datatypes will be explained, message structures and trigger events described. Examples will show how to map patient and visit data, orders and in particular test and observation results in HL7 messages. Participants shall be able to understand and read HL7 messages.