The case for the HL7 standard.

An effort begun in the spring of 1987 by a group of executives within the healthcare industry to establish a Level 7 networking standard (HL7) is rapidly gaining momentum. This article discusses a draft Level 7 protocol which has been produced to ease the complications inherent in the multi-vendor environment of healthcare communications.

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Computer Communication Networks, Computer Systems, Hospital Information Systems, Database Management Systems, Models, Theoretical, Reference Standards, Software, United States

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