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Health Level Seven International (HL7), is a non-profit organization involved in the development of international healthcare informatics interoperability standards.〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=Health Level Seven International )〕 HL7 is an international community of healthcare subject matter experts and information scientists collaborating to create a framework (and related standards) for the exchange, integration, sharing, and retrieval of electronic health information.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.hl7.org/ )〕 HL7 promotes the use of such informatics standards within and among healthcare organizations to increase the effectiveness and efficiency of healthcare information delivery for the benefit of all. The 2.x versions of the standards, which support clinical practice and the management, delivery, and evaluation of health services, are the most commonly used in the world. ==Organization== The HL7 community is organized in the form of a global organization (Health Level Seven International, Inc.) and country-specific affiliate organizations: *Health Level Seven International, Inc. (HL7) is headquartered in Ann Arbor, Michigan.〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=Health Level Seven International )〕 *HL7 affiliate organizations, not-for-profit organizations incorporated in local jurisdictions, exist in over 40 countries. The first affiliate organization was created in Germany in 1993.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The early history of health Level 7 )〕 The organizational structure of HL7 is as follows:〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=HL7 Governance and Operations Manual )〕 *The organization is managed by a Board of Directors, which comprises 10 elected positions and three appointed positions.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=HL7 Board of Directors )〕 The chair of HL7 is currently Stanley Huff MD. * *The Chief Executive Officer (currently Charles Jaffe, MD, PhD) serves as an ex officio member of and reports to the Board of Directors. The Chief Technology Officer (currently John Quinn); and the Chief Operations Officer (currently Mark McDougall) report to the CEO and also serve as ex officio members on the Board of Directors. *Members of HL7 are known collectively as "The Working Group". The Working Group is responsible for defining the HL7 standard protocols and is composed of Standing Administrative Committees and Working Groups. * *''Standing Administrative committees'' focus on organizational or promotional activities, such as Education, Implementation, Marketing, Outreach Committee for Clinical Research, Publishing and Process Improvement and Tooling. * *''Working groups'' are directly responsible for the content of the Standards, framing the actual language of the specifications. About 45% of the global membership (of either HL7 International Inc. or an HL7 affiliate) is located in Europe, 35% in North America, 15% in Asia-Oceania and 5% elsewhere.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=HL7 Membership Numbers )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Health Level Seven International」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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