HL7 International Ballots

The September ballot cycle is now open until the 27 September, responses to these ballots will be addressed at the WGM running 3-8 October 2010 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

There is a Technical Committee Ballot Discussion on 17 September 2010 to discuss and finalize UK votes for the upcoming HL7 International ballot. UK votes are cast in accordance with a UK consensus position, and this meeting is being held in order to form that consensus. If you are interested but unable to attend, please send input by email to the HL7 UK TC Chair before the call, preferably by 16th September

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Announcement of the Opening of Multiple Ballot Pools for the HL7 Sept 2010 Ballot Cycle

Health Level Seven International ® invites you to take part in the ballot openings for the upcoming September 2010 ballot cycle. The candidate standards/draft standards for trial use and other documents in the announcement are associated with the following standard classifications:

• Clinical Context Object Workgroup
• Clinical Documents Architecture, Release 2
• Electronic Health Records
• Version 2 Messaging
• Version 3 Messaging
• Version 3 Specifications, Infrastructure and Foundation

Ballot Open Date: Monday, August 23, 2010 
Ballot Close Date: Monday, September 27, 2010

For the full announcement, please download the PDF from the following link: http://www.hl7.org/documentcenter/ballots/2010SEP/announcements/Announcement%20of%20Ballot%20Openings%20for%20September%202010%20Ballot%20Cycle.pdf 

Please note that several of the document pools listed are contingent upon the completion of related reconciliation activities, in accordance with HL7 policy. In addition, the final names and/or ballot levels of several pools are contingent upon Technical Steering Division or HL7 Technical Chair approval. As a reminder, all new document names are subject to approval and every document put forward as a DSTU ballot is subject to review.

V3 Ballot Downloads

To gain access to the Ballot downloads click on the links below.  Please note that links to all ballot downloads are included for your convenience. Important Note: The downloads on this page are provided for the purposes of balloting ONLY! Any use of these draft standards for uses other than as a reference for the indicated balloting activities is strictly prohibited. This includes the use of any of these materials for the development of messaging applications and/or interfaces.

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Voting by HL7 UK Members

There is a Technical Committee Ballot Discussion on 17 September 2010 to discuss and finalize UK votes for the upcoming HL7 International ballot. UK votes are cast in accordance with a UK consensus position, and this meeting is being held in order to form that consensus. If you are interested but unable to attend, please send input by email to the HL7 UK TC Chair before the call, preferably by 16th September

1. Login to HL7.org via the HL7 UK website (you must login to the HL7 UK site before you can access the HL7 login from the main menu) and select Participate>Online Balloting from the main menu 
2. Select the link to the Ballot Desktop to get to the ballots home page. On the right hand side of this page is a column labelled Cmnt. In this column is a WinZip icon and clicking on it will download the full set of ballot spreadsheets.

The spreadsheets all follow the same format and contain instructions for completion. It is much easier if you use these spreadsheets to submit comments. 

All voting from members of HL7 UK must be done via one or more of the eight votes allocated to the UK and managed by the Technical Committee Chair. 

Last modified 25/08/10