HL7 Messaging Standard Version 2.8.2

DESCRIPTION

HL7 Version 2.8.2 represents HL7’s latest development efforts to the line of Version 2 Standards that date back to 1989. HL7 Version 2.8.2 is deemed necessary to support: 

• The US Federal Government's Health and Human Services (HHS) proposed Laboratory Implementation Guides supporting functionality for communicating an orderable lab test compendium, ordering laboratory tests, and reporting the lab results;
• The Australian national health IT initiative requiring vocabulary updates; 
• The HHS initiative introducing universal device identifiers (UDI).

ALTERNATIVE NAMES

HL7 Messaging Standard Version 2.8.2 may also go by the following names or acronyms:

TARGETS

• Clinical and Public Health Laboratories
• Standards Development Organizations (SDOs)
• Regulatory Agency
• EHR, PHR Vendors
• Equipment Vendors
• Health Care IT Vendors
• Lab Vendors
• HIS Vendors

BENEFITS

• provides essential updates to enable improvements to the Laboratory implementation guides targeted for the US

DEVELOPMENT BACKGROUND

• As this standard is referenced in the respective Laboratory implementation guides that support ONC’s certification program, many LIS, EHR, and HIT software developers will be taking advantage of the updates.

RELATED DOCUMENTS

	HL7 Messaging Standard Version 2.8.2		(Download) (45.16 MB)
	HL7 Version 2.8.2 Implementation Guide: Immunization Messaging, Release 1 - US Realm	(View Brief)

TOPIC

• Patient Care

BALLOT TYPE

• Normative

STATUS DATE

2015-09-04

RESPONSIBLE WORK GROUP

PRODUCT TYPE

• Standard Reference Materials

STAKEHOLDERS

• Clinical and Public Health Laboratories
• EHR, PHR Vendors
• Equipment Vendors
• Health Care IT Vendors
• HIS Vendors
• Lab Vendors
• Regulatory Agency
• Standards Development Organizations (SDOs)

FAMILY

• V2

CURRENT STATE

• Stable

REALM

• Universal