HL7 USA

The HL7 standards development organisation is based in America and oversees the development of the HL7 standard. HL7 current work programme includes:

HL7 Version 2 (including HL7 V2.1, HL7 V2.2, HL7 V2.3, HL7 V2.3.1, HL7 V2.4 and HL7 V2.5)
HL7 Version 3 (including HL7 Reference Information Model)
electronic health record
HL7 templates, vocabulary, XML for HL7 messages
arden syntax
HL7 clinical document architecture and HL7 clinical context management

Please refer to the official HL7 web site of for further details on the HL7 standards.
www.hl7.org