HL7 Resources

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References:

• ELR Validation Tool @ NIST
• Health IT Acronyms | HealthIT.gov
• Health Information Exchange | HealthIT.gov
• Health Information Technology | HHS.gov
• HL7 Implementation Guide ( HL7 Standards Product Brief - HL7 Messaging Standard Version 2.5.1 | HL7 International)
• HIPAA  Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) | CDC
• ICD-10  Classification of Diseases (ICD) (who.int);  ICD - ICD-10 - International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (cdc.gov)
• LOINC, refer to:  http://loinc.org/usage
• ONC  About ONC | HealthIT.gov
• PHI  What is PHI? | HHS.gov
• Promoting Interoperability Programs | CMS 
• Public Health Information (PHIN) Vocabulary and Distribution System (VADS) and Reportable Condition Mapping Tables (RCMT) PHIN VADS - Search All Vocabulary (cdc.gov)
• SNOMED, refer to either:
  •   SNOMED CT (nih.gov)
  •   NPEx Browser: Browse SNOMED-CT online (snomedbrowser.com)
  •   SNOMED CT - Home (ihtsdotools.org)

Acronyms: 

• CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
• CEHRT (Certified Electronic Health Record Technology)
• CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services)
• EHR (Electronic Health Record)
• ELR (Electronic Laboratory Reporting)
• EMR (Electronic Medical Record)
• HIE (Health Information Exchange)
• HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act)
• HIT (Health Information Technology)
• HL7 (Health Level 7)
• ICD-10 (International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision)
• LIMS (Laboratory Information Management System)
• LIS (Laboratory Information System)
• LOINC (Logical Observation Identifiers Names and Codes)
• NBS (NEDSS Base System)
• NEDSS (National Electronic Disease Surveillance System)
• NIST (National Institute for Standards and Technology)
• ONC (Office of the National Coordinator)
• PHI (Private Health Information)
• PHIN-MS (Public Health Information Network Messaging System)
• PIP (Promoting Interoperability Program)
• RCMT (Reportable Condition Mapping Tables)
• sFTP (Secure File Transfer Protocol)
• SNOMED-CT (Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine- Clinical Terms)