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Section 1e: Version 3 (V3)
Section 2: Clinical and Administrative Domains
Section 4: Rules and References

HL7 Version 3 Standard: Privacy, Access and Security Services (PASS); Access Control, Release 1

DESCRIPTION

The purpose of this document is to describe the conceptual-level viewpoints associated with the business requirements that relate to the content, structure, and functional behavior of information important to the Access Control area of the Privacy, Access, and Security domains within the healthcare environment. This version has been expanded to include some support for enterprise to enterprise access control and the patient’s participation in the healthcare ecosystem.

ALTERNATIVE NAMES

HL7 Version 3 Standard: Privacy, Access and Security Services (PASS); Access Control, Release 1 may also go by the following names or acronyms:

"Reaffirmation of HL7 V3: Privacy, Access and Security Services (PASS); Access Control, R1","HL7 Version 3 Standard: Privacy, Access and Security Services (PASS) - Access Control, Release 1","HL7 Version 3 Standard: Privacy, Access and Security Services (PASS) - Access Control, PIM Level, Release 1",PASS,PASS ACS, PASS Access Control

TARGETS

  • Standards Development Organizations (SDOs)
  • Health Information Network Providers
  • Architects
  • Requirement Developers
  • All Health Care IT Vendors
  • Healthcare Institutions (hospitals, long term care, home care, mental health)

BENEFITS

  • Enables the information and capabilities required to:
    • Provide Access Control services to protected resources in a distributed healthcare environment, where interoperability requirements arise.
    • Manage Access Control Policies and Obligations
  • Creates a conceptual framework for access control applicable to healthcare institutions and health plans. 
  • Enables the creation of services and capabilities commensurate with meeting the policy framework of any domain.  While policy neutral the conceptual model provides the framework to manage and enforce domain specific needs
  • Supports considerations of services in support of privacy and security access control which are both complete and sufficient.

 

RELATED DOCUMENTS

HL7 Version 3 Standard: Privacy, Access and Security Services (PASS); Access Control, Release 1

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HL7 Version 3 Standard: Privacy, Access and Security Services; Security Labeling Service, Release 1 (SLS) (View Brief)

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TOPIC

  • Security and Privacy

BALLOT TYPE

  • Normative

STATUS DATE

2021-12-16

RESPONSIBLE WORK GROUPS

Community-Based Care and Privacy (CBCP)

Orchestration Services and Architecture

Security

PRODUCT TYPE

  • Services

STAKEHOLDERS

  • Health Care IT Vendors
  • Healthcare Institutions
  • Standards Development Organizations (SDOs)

FAMILY

  • V3

CURRENT STATE

  • Stable

REALM

  • Universal