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Below is a list of the current projects this work group is sponsoring. Visit the searchable project database to find projects sponsored by other work groups.

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2,007
 		Testing as an Integrated Component of the FHIR Implementation Guide Authoring and Publishing Process (PSS- 2770) Sponsor(s):
FHIR Infrastructure Work Group

Co-Sponsor(s):
Electronic Health Records Work Group 		h1. *Executive Summary* The ability to exchange healthcare data reliably depends not only on well- specified Implementation Guides, but on *demonstrable evidence* that those specifications have been implemented correctly. Today, the FHIR community lacks. . . Mario Hyland Awaiting Approval Awaiting Approval Active Project (Resources assigned to pjt)
1,994
 		Usability Functional Profile (HL7 EHRS- FM Release 2. 0. 1: Usability Functional Profile, Edition 1) (PSS- 2320) Sponsor(s):
Electronic Health Records Work Group 		ISO TC215 WG1 has expressed interest in adopting the Usability Functional Profile (UPF) - which will require HL7 to first re- ballot the UFP as a Normative standard (from its current status as an Informative standard). John Ritter Awaiting Approval May 13, 2024 Active Project (Resources assigned to pjt)
1,952
 		FHIR US Patient Summary Aligned with the IPS (Jira PSS- 2718) Sponsor(s):
Cross-Group Projects Work Group

Co-Sponsor(s):
Electronic Health Records Work Group; Structured Documents Work Group 		This project will develop and maintain a U. S. International Patient Summary (US IPS) Implementation Guide based on FHIR, aligned with US Core and USCDI. The US IPS will align with the international IPS standard while incorporating U. S. - specific clinical a. . . Brett Marquard Awaiting Approval Feb 9, 2026 STU - Reconcile
1,951
 		Trusted End- to- End Information Flows (Jira PSS- 2702) Sponsor(s):
Electronic Health Records Work Group 		ISO 21089:2018 (Health Informatics - Trusted End- to- End Information Flows) is currently an ISO Normative Technical Specification. In 2004, ISO 21089 first introduced a standards based approach to managing electronic health record entries throughout their. . . Gary Dickinson Awaiting Approval Jan 5, 2026 Normative - Preparing Ballot
1,945
 		Reaffirmation of HL7 EHRS- FM Release 2: Personal Health Record System Functional Model, Release 2 Sponsor(s):
Electronic Health Records Work Group 		Reaffirm HL7 EHRS- FM Release 2: Personal Health Record System Functional Model, Release 2 Gary Dickinson Awaiting Approval Awaiting Approval Normative - Preparing Ballot
1,940
 		HL7 EHRS- FM Release 2. 0. 1: Usability Functional Profile, Edition 2 (Jira PSS- 2683) Sponsor(s):
Electronic Health Records Work Group 		The list of Functions and Conformance Criteria that promote the usability of electronic health record systems. Enables Health Information system designers to design systems that account for and accommodate human factors. Supports purchasing decisions b. . . John Ritter Awaiting Approval Dec 8, 2025 Normative - Reconcile
1,936
 		Patient Information Quality Improvement (PIQI) Framework (Jira PSS- 2607) Sponsor(s):
Cross-Group Projects Work Group

Co-Sponsor(s):
Clinical Decision Support Work Group; Electronic Health Records Work Group; Structured Documents Work Group; Terminology Infrastructure Work Group 		The objective of the Patient Information Quality Improvement (PIQI) Framework project is to develop an abstract, representation- agnostic data quality framework enabling the computable definition of data quality criteria. Additionally, this project will de. . . Russ Ott Awaiting Approval Jun 9, 2025 Informative - Reconcile
1,933
 		Patient- centric Medication List Management and Office Visit Reconciliation (Jira PSS- 2571) Sponsor(s):
Electronic Health Records Work Group

Co-Sponsor(s):
Clinical Interoperability Council Work Group; Pharmacy Work Group 		The project is to extend the EHR and PHR functional models specific to patient- centric medication list management and scheduled outpatient (office) visit medication reconciliation. An outgrowth of the HL7 EHR WG - Reducing Clinician Burden Project, the in. . . James Tcheng Awaiting Approval Jun 30, 2025 Active Project (Resources assigned to pjt)
1,931
 		AI Transparency on FHIR (Jira PSS- 2579) Sponsor(s):
Electronic Health Records Work Group 		This project will develop a FHIR Implementation Guide that defines standard methods for representing the use of generative AI and LLMs in FHIR resources and operations. The IG will address two main areas: 1. AI Content Transparency 2. AI Operations . . . Sam Schifman Awaiting Approval Apr 15, 2025 Active Project (Resources assigned to pjt)
1,926
 		FHIR R6 Record Lifecycle Event Implementation Guide (Jira PSS- 2572) Sponsor(s):
Electronic Health Records Work Group 		Update FHIR R5 Record Lifecycle Event Implementation Guide to FHIR R6 - to include CDS Hooks. FHIR R5 Version: https://hl7. org/fhir/uv/ehrs- rle/Informative1/ Michael van der Zel Awaiting Approval Awaiting Approval Active Project (Resources assigned to pjt)
1,923
 		Data Quality (Jira PSS- 2485) Sponsor(s):
Electronic Health Records Work Group 		The focus of the Data Quality Project is to ensure evidence of truth is reliably captured and maintained throughout the health data/information lifespan, so that trust is assured. This enables the much vaunted 'chain of trust' - from source to use. Thus o. . . Gary Dickinson Awaiting Approval Jan 15, 2025 Comment - Considering Comments
1,922
 		Dental Health Functional Profile R2 - Update from EHRS FM R2. 01 to R2. 1 (Jira PSS- 2550) Sponsor(s):
Electronic Health Records Work Group 		The DHFP R1 is based on the HL7 Electronic Health Record System Functional Model and Standard (EHR- S FM) Release 2. 01, July 2017. The DHFP R2 will be based on the HL7 Electronic Health Record System Functional Model and Standard (EHR- S FM) Release 2. 1, Ju. . . Gary Dickinson Awaiting Approval Jan 21, 2025 Active Project (Resources assigned to pjt)
1,905
 		Behavioral Health Functional Profile and FHIR IG (Jira PSS- 2416) Sponsor(s):
Electronic Health Records Work Group

Co-Sponsor(s):
Community-Based Care and Privacy (CBCP) Work Group 		This project is planned as a collaboration with key behavioral health stakeholders, including US federal and state agencies, along with behavioral health providers (CIOs, CMOs, EHR MD Champions, psychiatrists, Licensed Clinical Social Workers and case man. . . Gary Dickinson Awaiting Approval Sep 19, 2024 Active Project (Resources assigned to pjt)
1,807
 		Military Toxic Exposure Standards for Interoperability (Jira PSS- 2213) Sponsor(s):
Electronic Health Records Work Group

Co-Sponsor(s):
Pharmacy Work Group; Public Health Work Group 		The Federal Electronic Health Record Modernization Program Office (FERHM) has identified the gaps in the current standards related to the military services mission and deployment concerning Toxic Exposure. The project will bring those gaps forward to deve. . . Charles Gabrial Awaiting Approval Aug 29, 2023 Active Project (Resources assigned to pjt)
1,804
 		Standard Personal Health Record (Jira- PSS 2125) Sponsor(s):
Patient Empowerment Work Group

Co-Sponsor(s):
Electronic Health Records Work Group; FHIR Infrastructure Work Group 		This FHIR Implementation Guide operationalizes the PHR- S Functional Model providing best practice guidance for FHIR Apps based on the PHR- S functional model, a FHIR- based file format to support PHR data portability, and provides patient app developers wit. . . Abigail Watson Awaiting Approval May 16, 2023 STU - Balloting
1,728
 		Problem Oriented Health Record (POHR) (Jira PSS- 2684) Sponsor(s):
Electronic Health Records Work Group

Co-Sponsor(s):
Patient Empowerment Work Group 		Updated 2026 Description: The Problem- Oriented Health Record (POHR) Project was established by the EHR WG as a Functional Profile (FP) within the existing ISO/HL7 10781 EHR System Functional Model (EHR- S FM). See Release 2. 1. 1, 2025. The portions of . . . Lincoln Weed Awaiting Approval Oct 18, 2021 Active Project (Resources assigned to pjt)
1,525
 		International Patient Summary (IPS) IG (PSS In Confluence) Sponsor(s):
Patient Care Work Group

Co-Sponsor(s):
Electronic Health Records Work Group 		The goal of this project is to refine and maintain CDA R2 and FHIR implementation guides and the associated artifacts (e. g. resource profiles) for the International Patient Summary, extending its current scope. This project continues and supersedes . . . Robert Hausam, MD, Giorgio Cangioli Apr 7, 2019 Apr 15, 2019 STU - Reconcile
1,432
 		Vital Records Domain Analysis Model / HL7 Cross- Paradigm Domain Analysis Model: Vital Records, R5 Sponsor(s):
Public Health Work Group

Co-Sponsor(s):
Electronic Health Records Work Group 		Develop and establish a procedure for on- going maintenance of a mapping between the published VR DAM Release 2 and each of the developing exchange specifications for the Vital Records standards. Highlight where concepts in common across the specification . . . Hetty Khan Jul 15, 2018 Aug 1, 2018 STU - Test Period/Accepting Comments
1,381
 		Electronic Health Record System Functional Model Release 2. 1 Sponsor(s):
Electronic Health Records Work Group 		This will be an incremental update to existing Electronic Health Record System Functional Model (EHR- S FM) Release 2. This update will incorporate: 1) Changes to the Record Infrastructure Section to accommodate three additional record lifecycle events (. . . EHR WG Co- Chairs: John Ritter, Gary Dickinson, Mark Janczewski MD, Michael Brody, Anneke Goossen Nov 30, 2017 Jan 11, 2018 Normative - Balloting
1,380
 		Reference Domain Analysis Model (RDAM) Sponsor(s):
Clinical Interoperability Council Work Group

Co-Sponsor(s):
Clinical Information Modeling Initiative Work Group; Electronic Health Records Work Group; Modeling and Methodology Work Group; Structured Documents Work Group 		Technical Perspective: The CIC sponsored HL7 Reference Domain Analysis Model (RDAM) project scope is to integrate EHR System Functional Model (EHR- S FM), CIMI Clinical/Common Logical Information Model CLIM (SOLOR, FHIM, CIMI, CQF); where, the EHRS FM will. . . Steve Hufnagel & Nona Hall Awaiting Approval Awaiting Approval On Hold
1,316
 		Integrated Information Models and Tools (IIM&T) Sponsor(s):
Clinical Information Modeling Initiative Work Group

Co-Sponsor(s):
Clinical Decision Support Work Group; Clinical Interoperability Council Work Group; Clinical Quality Information Work Group; Community-Based Care and Privacy (CBCP) Work Group; Electronic Health Records Work Group; Healthcare Standards Integration; Orchestration, Services, and Architecture Work Group 		HL7's Integration of Information Models and Tools (IIM and T) project will facilitate alignment among a federated set of CIMI- compliant models: SOLOR, FHIM, DCMs, CQI CQF, US CORE, QI Core, etc. ; where, alignment is dependent on common CIMI principles and. . . Steve Hufnagel, Nona Hall Mar 7, 2017 Jun 9, 2017 Informative - Reconcile
1,273
 		HL7 Personal Health Record System Functional Model - Update from Release 1 to Release 2 format Sponsor(s):
Electronic Health Records Work Group

Co-Sponsor(s):
Mobile Health Work Group 		This project will update the PHR System Functional Model from Release 1 format to Release 2 format and update various functions to accommodate recent advances in health care technology. When the HL7 aspect of the project has been completed, the new Releas. . . Gary Dickinson; Lorraine Doo; John Ritter Jun 24, 2016 Oct 24, 2016 Active Project (Resources assigned to pjt)
1,182
 		Consumer Mobile Health Application Functional Framework Sponsor(s):
Mobile Health Work Group

Co-Sponsor(s):
Electronic Health Records Work Group 		This project will define security, privacy and data standards for secure mobile health applications (apps). The intent is to provide industry guidance and common methods to enable the development of mobile health smartphone apps targeted to consumers/citi. . . Tim Mc Kay Apr 24, 2015 Sep 22, 2015 STU - Test Period/Accepting Comments
1,095
 		EHR- S Func Reqs Doc for Laboratory Interoperability Transactions - EHR- S Func Reqs IG for LRI Sponsor(s):
Orders and Observations Work Group

Co-Sponsor(s):
Conformance Work Group; Electronic Health Records Work Group 		This is part of a larger current work project, whose goal it is to create a suite of functional requirements documents for EHR technology for laboratory orders and results with 4 deliverables (3 going to ballot). Deliverables for this project: (1) EHR- S F. . . Riki Merrick, Robert Dieterle May 23, 2014 Jun 9, 2014 STU - Test Period/Accepting Comments
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