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HL7 Norway - new affiliate

Espen Møller, interim chair of HL7 Norway, on the topic of the creation of the HL7 Norway organization. HL7 Norway's petition to become an affiliate was formally accepted on April 20th, 2010. The main reasons are a) to be able to create Norwegian implementation guides, and b) to be part of a network of international resources that are working on healthcare interoperability.

Part of a blog post.

Rio de Janeiro (BR), May 2010

Interview with Chuck Jaffe, M.D., PhD

Dr. Eric Fishman and Dr. Charles Jaffe, CEO of HL7, discuss how HL7 International has garnered affiliates in over 40 countries, and how the organization has become the leading global standards development organization for the sharing health information.

They discuss how HL7 International standards help physicians not just ‘use’ data, but reuse data through permanent electronic documentation, which will be more and more important as the government makes strides towards creating a National Health Information Infrastructure.

April 2010

Internationalization of HL7

Interview with Klaus Veil, active member of HL7 Australia and HL7 International, former member of the board of HL7 International, on the topic of the internationalization of HL7 as an organization.

Part of a blog post.

September 2009

Ed Hammond about the international nature of HL7

Ed Hammond, past chair of HL7, comments on the international nature of HL7 during the HL7 Affiliates Council meeting held in Orlando (US)

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Orlando, FL (USA), January 2009