HL7

English

Etymology

Initialism of Health Level 7, ultimately, a blend of health and the ISO networking model level 7.

Proper noun

HL7

1. (medicine, software) A set of international standards for transfer of clinical and administrative data between software applications used by various healthcare providers.

Coordinate terms

Health Level 7

• CIS
• DICOM
• EHR
• EMR
• HIS
• PACS
• RIS

 

See also

• Health Level 7 on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• (Health Level 7): HIS, RIS, PACS