Question

HL-7 (Health Level 7) is:

1)	A coding system for medical data.

2)	A standard for data interchange among clinical information systems.

3)	A standard of automation which healthcare organizations were required to meet within seven years of the HITECH act.

4)	The highest level of automation, required within five years of the passage of the HITECH act.

Answer 1

20 A standard for data interchange among clinical information systems HL7 are a set of international standards used to transfer and share data between various healthcare providers. HL7 helps bridge the gap between health IT applications and makes sharing healthcare data easier and more efficient when compared to older methods. Health Level Seven is a set of international standards for transfer of clinical and administrative data between software applications used by various healthcare providers. These standards focus on the application layer, which is "layer 7" in the OSI model.