Founded in 1987, Health Level Seven International (HL7) is a nonprofit, ANSI-accredited standards-developing organization that provides a framework (and related standards) for the exchange, integration, sharing, and retrieval of electronic health information. These tools support clinical practice and the management, delivery, and evaluation of health services.

Members include affiliates; benefactors; consultants; government and universities; payers; pharmaceuticals; providers; and suppliers and vendors).

The name (HL7) refers to the seventh level of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) seven-layer communications model for Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) - the “application” level.

Examples of HL7 International's work include:

• HL7 Virtual Student Academy
  • HL7 Virtual Student Academy provides knowledge and support to the global healthcare industry through successful implementation of HL7 standards, including Version 2 (V2), Version 3 (V3), Clinical Document Architecture (CDA®,) and Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR®).
• Health Standards Certification
  • HL7 offers certification and proficiency testing to assess the knowledge and proficiency of health information technology (HIT) standards.

Resources

HL7 Virtual Student Academy

Health Standards Certification