Standards organization Health Level Seven International is urging the United Sates to move full speed ahead with its programs for the voluntary certification of health information technology – with what the group calls “reasonable and important modifications.” Health Level Seven International (HL7) is a not-for-profit, ANSI-accredited standards developing organization (SDO), with more than 2,300 members [...]

Dr. David Blumenthal, national coordinator for health information technology, addressed an overflowing crowd of HIMSS attendees during the keynote address at HIMSS. Less than 24 hours after Dr. Blumenthal led an ONC Townhall meeting at the conference, to discuss the ONC’s release of a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) regarding certifying bodies.