Hi Andrew, > Bryan, > In that case, do you think HL7 v3 is sufficient to support portable > medical records between EMR systems? Could it prevent the > same barriers > that HL7 implementions ran into?
I really don't know enough about v3 to answer that. The vast majority of my HL7 work is with v2. The GP2GP project (http://www.nhsia.nhs.uk/gp2gp/pages/default.asp) might be a good place to look as they are trying to do just that. > Are there any HL7 v3 implementations yet? Yes, but again I'm not the best person to ask. HL7's Java SIG is working on an open-source v3 library (including data types, information model, and XML serialization) but I don't think anything has been released. There are certainly projects here and there using v3. Aside from the GP2GP project, another one that comes to mind is Canada's National e-Claims Standard. I'm not terribly familiar with these projects, just aware of them. Bryan This e-mail may contain confidential and/or privileged information for the sole use of the intended recipient. Any review or distribution by anyone other than the person for whom it was originally intended is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please contact the sender and delete all copies. Opinions, conclusions or other information contained in this e-mail may not be that of the organization.
