HL7 Version 3 Foundation Course

This course is intended to provide the foundations for the knowledge required by those implementing HL7 Version 3 messages and those involved in message design and development.

Course Outline

• What is HL7 and HL7 Version 3
  • HL7 and its affiliates
  • Overview of the V3 method
• Requirements
• Dynamic and Static models
• HL7 Reference Information Model (RIM)
  • Acts, Roles and Entities
  • ActRelationships, Participation and RoleLinks
• HL7 Datatypes
  • Simple types
  • Identifiers and coded datatypes
  • Times, numbers and quantities
  • Ranges and collections
• HL7 Vocabulary
  • Internal and external vocabularies
  • Codes datatypes and coding strength
  • Concept Domains
  • Value Sets
• Constrained Message Information Models
  • Domain and Refined Message Information Models (DMIM / RMIM)
• Implementation Technologies
• How to read HL7 Standards
  • Ballot packs
  • Normative standards