HL7 UK is the UK affiliate organisation to HL7, and was set up in January 2000.
The mission of HL7 UK is entirely complementary with that of the parent HL7
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HL7 UK is a voluntary association of interested parties drawn from the supplier, user, provider and technical expert members of the UK healthcare community. It conducts its business according to the requirements of its affiliation agreement with HL7 and the aims expressed in its mission statement. Day-to-day management of HL7-UK is carried out through a Management Board, drawn by election from the membership. Technical subcommittees of the main group address matters of specific interest in relation to Version 2 implementation and Version 3 development. The whole HL7 UK community, at meetings held four times a year, takes decisions on matters relating to the UK interest. Decision-making is by consensus-forming in the first place, but ultimately by ballot based on American National Standards Institute (ANSI) rules. HL7 UK also collaborates with other developers of healthcare and information technology standards to optimise progress through sharing of skills and knowledge.
HL7 UK seeks to identify HL7 standards that are applicable to UK healthcare without change and those that require adaptations or national implementation guidelines to meet UK requirements. Where UK adaptations, profiles or guidelines are required, HL7 UK proposes solutions that meet the need for consistent national implementation, while avoiding unnecessary divergence from HL7 standards. To this end, HL7 UK feeds back national requirements and proposed solutions to its parent body.
Last modified 22/05/12