“Health Level Seven® International (HL7®), the global authority for interoperability and standards in healthcare information technology, recently announced that it has published the Version 2.5.1 Implementation Guide for Electronic Laboratory Reporting to Public Health (as also specified in HITSP’s Interoperability Specification IS01).
The implementation guide is directly related to the initial set of standards and certification criteria interim final rule issued earlier this year by the Department of Health and Human Services U.S.A. The Version 2.5.1 Implementation Guide is intended to meet the needs and requirements of implementation guidance in public health entities. It contains the necessary specifications for laboratory results reporting to local, state, territorial and federal health agencies. In particular, the guide addresses messaging content and dynamics related to the transmission of Laboratory Reportable Result Messages/Electronic Laboratory Reporting.”
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BioMedME, 9 March 2010
