HL7 Ambassador Series – Introduction to HL7 Version 3

Virginia Lorenzi, Manager, NewYork Presbyterian Hospital and Associate, Department of Biomedical Informatics, Columbia University and HL7 Ambassador Speaker, provides a high level overview of Version 3 – HL7’s modern standard for healthcare interoperability. She discusses the rationale for Version 3, the Version 3 products (messaging, documents, services), and where Version 3 is used. Included in the discussion is Version 3’s applicability to regional integration as well as an introduction to the HL7 Reference Information Model, the harmonized model on which all the Version 3 standards products are built.