HL7 Standards - Section 1: Primary Standards
SECTION 1 Primary standards are the most popular standards integral for system integrations, and interoperability. Our most frequently used and in-demand standards are in this category. (This section also includes the Version 2 and Version 3 solution sets, which encompass all standards relative to that version. Individual V2 and V3 standards are sold independently in the corresponding categories.)Click a Standard to link to more detail.
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| Section=1,Family=CDA,Type=STU,Section=10,Current_State=Active,Realm=US,wg=STRUCTURE | C-CDA (HL7 CDA® R2 Implementation Guide: Consolidated CDA Templates for Clinical Notes, Edition 3 - US Realm)C-CDA R2.1, Consolidated CDA Release 2.1,"HL7 IG for CDA R2: Consolidated CDA Templates for Clinical Notes, R1","HL7 IG for CDAR2: IHE Health Story Consolidation, R1",Consolidated CDA,C-CDA, C-CDA R2, Consolidated CDA Release 2, CCDA,C-CDA /StructureDefinition Publication, C-CDA Web Publication, C-CDA | Edition 3.0: C-CDA Edition 3.0 StructureDefinition Specification
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STU |
| Section=1,Section=20,Family=CDA,Topic=PATIENTCARE,Topic=PUBLICHEALTH,Type=NORMATIVE,Topic=Patient Referral,Product_Type=ANSI-approved,Topic=Attachments,Topic=Clinical Quality,Section=10,Stakeholder=ClinLabs,Stakeholder=QRReg,Stakeholder=SDOs,Stakeholder=RegAgcy,Stakeholder=Payors,Stakeholder=EHRVend,Stakeholder=HITVend,Stakeholder=HISVend,Stakeholder=EmergProv,Stakeholder=DOH,Stakeholder=Hosp,Current_State=Stable,Realm=UV,wg=STRUCTURE | CDA® Release 2"Reaffirmation of HL7 V3 Standard: Clinical Document Architecture, Release 2","Clinical Document Architecture, R2","Clinical Document Architecture, R2 (Reaffirmation)",CDAR2,CDA R2 | The HL7 Version 3 Clinical Document Architecture (CDA®) is a document markup standard that specifies the structure and semantics of "clinical documents" for the purpose of exchange between healthcare provi... |
Normative |
| Section=1,Section=20,Topic=CAREPROVISION,Topic=CLINICALGENOMICS,Product_Type=DATATYPES,Product_Type=ENCODINGSYNTAX,Topic=FINANCIALMGMT,Topic=LABORATORY,Topic=MEDREC,Topic=PATIENTADMIN,Topic=PATIENTCARE,Topic=PERSONALMGMT,Topic=PHARMACY,Topic=PUBLICHEALTH,Topic=REGULATEDSTUDIES,Topic=SCHEDULING,Topic=SECURITYPRIVACY,Product_Type=SFM,Product_Type=TRANS,Type=NORMATIVE,Topic=Terminology,Topic=Community-Based Health,Topic=Decision Support,Topic=Materials Management,Topic=Regulated Products,Topic=Patient Referral,Topic=Nutrition Orders,Family=FHIR,Type=STU,Topic=Clinical Quality,Product_Type=Structures,Section=12,Stakeholder=ClinLabs,Stakeholder=ImmReg,Stakeholder=QRReg,Stakeholder=SDOs,Stakeholder=RegAgcy,Stakeholder=Payors,Stakeholder=RxVend,Stakeholder=EHRVend,Stakeholder=EquipVend,Stakeholder=HITVend,Stakeholder=CDSVend,Stakeholder=LISVend,Stakeholder=HISVend,Stakeholder=DOH,Stakeholder=ImgVend,Stakeholder=Hosp,Current_State=Active,Realm=UV,wg=FHIRMG | FHIR® (HL7 Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources)HL7 FHIR® R4B,"HL7 FHIR® R4 Observation, Release 1","HL7 FHIR® R4 Patient, Release 1","HL7 FHIR® R4 Terminology & Conformance, Release 1","HL7 Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources Specification (FHIR), R1","HL7 Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources Specification (FHIR)",FHIR,FHIR Terminology,FHIR Patient,FHIR Observation | FHIR is an interoperability standard intended to facilitate the exchange of healthcare information between healthcare providers, patients, caregivers, payers, researchers, and any one else involved in the healthcare ecosystem. It consi... |
Normative, STU |
| Section=1,Section=24,Family=CCOW,Topic=CCOW,Type=NORMATIVE,Section=16,Current_State=Retired,Realm=UV,wg=VISUAL,wg=INM | HL7 Context Management Specification (CCOW), Version 1.6Reaffirmation of CCOW 1.6,Clinical Context Management Specification (CCOW) Version 1.6,CCOW | This specification has been retired, and is being replaced by HL7 FHIRCast
Aimed at facilitating the integration of applications at the point of use, CCOW Context Management Specification is a sta... |
Normative |
| Section=1,Section=20,Family=V2,Type=INFORMATIVE,Type=NORMATIVE,Section=13,Current_State=Stable,Realm=UV | HL7 Version 2 Product Suite | Become an HL7 V2 certified control specialist today!... |
Informative, Normative |
| Section=1,Section=20,Section=22,Section=24,Family=V2,Topic=CAREPROVISION,Topic=CLINICALGENOMICS,Topic=FINANCIALMGMT,Topic=LABORATORY,Topic=MEDREC,Topic=PATIENTADMIN,Topic=PATIENTCARE,Topic=PERSONALMGMT,Topic=PHARMACY,Topic=PUBLICHEALTH,Topic=SCHEDULING,Type=NORMATIVE,Topic=Terminology,Topic=Cardiology,Topic=Materials Management,Topic=Patient Referral,Product_Type=Standard Reference Materials,Topic=Attachments,Topic=Nutrition Orders,Topic=Devices,Topic=Clinical Quality,Section=13,Stakeholder=ClinLabs,Stakeholder=ImmReg,Stakeholder=QRReg,Stakeholder=SDOs,Stakeholder=RegAgcy,Stakeholder=Payors,Stakeholder=RxVend,Stakeholder=EHRVend,Stakeholder=EquipVend,Stakeholder=HITVend,Stakeholder=CDSVend,Stakeholder=LISVend,Stakeholder=HISVend,Stakeholder=DOH,Stakeholder=ImgVend,Stakeholder=Hosp,Current_State=Active,Realm=UV,wg=V2MGMTGRP | HL7 Version 2.9.1 Messaging Standard - An Application Protocol for Electronic Data Exchange in Healthcare EnvironmentsHL7 Version 2.9.1,V2.9.1 | HL7’s Version 2.x (V2) messaging standard is the workhorse of electronic data exchange in the clinical domain and arguably the most widely implemented standard for healthcare in the world. This messaging standard allows the excha... |
Normative |
| Section=1,Section=20,Family=V3,Type=NORMATIVE,Section=14,Current_State=Retired,Realm=UV | HL7 Version 3 Product Suite | The Health Level Seven Version 3 (V3) Normative Edition—a suite of specifications based on HL7’s Reference Information Model (RIM)—provides a single source that allows implementers of V3 specifications to work with the full ... |
Normative |