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November 6, 2006
Health Level Seven will ballot the following candidate standards/documents before the January 2007 working group meeting. Comments received in response to these ballots will be discussed at the next HL7 Working Group Meeting, which convenes January 7-12, 2007 in San Diego, CA.
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A section is devoted to each below.
NOTE: Each ballot document has a unique Ballot ID that can be found in the text for each ballot document below. Updated ballot spreadsheets for commenting will be available on the balloting website at the time the ballots open.
The membership is also reminded that ANSI rules dictate that all individuals who were in a membership ballot pool MUST be included in the initial ballot pool when the same document goes out for a subsequent membership ballot. Thus, if a document is going out for a 2nd membership level ballot, all individuals who were in the ballot pool for the 1st membership ballot are automatically subscribed as members of the ballot pool for the 2nd membership ballot. Please use the Ballot Desktop (URL below) for joining ballot pools, voting, or (for this ballot cycle) removing yourself from a ballot pool.
Attachments Additional Information Specifications
The Attachments Special Interest Group announces the formation of a ballot group for the following document group:
o Additional Information Specification 0000: HL7 Additional Information Specification Implementation Guide (CDAR2AIS0000R030) - This document defines the structure and format rules for developing a CDA Release 2.0 document for attachments.
o Additional Information Specification 0001: Ambulance Service Attachment (CDAR2AIS0001R030) - This document defines the content for sending an Ambulance Service attachment and includes all the appropriate LOINC values.
o Additional Information Specification 0003: Rehabilitation Services Attachment (CDAR2AIS0003R030) - This document defines the content for sending an Rehabilitation Services attachments and includes all the appropriate LOINC values for nine separate rehabilitation disciplines.
o Additional Information Specification 0004: Clinical Reports Attachment (CDAR2AIS0004R030) - This document defines the content for sending Clinical Report attachments and includes all the appropriate LOINC values for a wide variety of clinical reports and diagnostic studies.
o Additional Information Specification 0005: Laboratory Results Attachment (CDAR2AIS0005R030) - This document defines the content for sending a Laboratory Results attachment and includes all the appropriate LOINC values.
o Additional Information Specification 0006: Medications Attachment (CDAR2AIS0006R030) - This document defines the content for sending a Medications attachment and includes all the appropriate LOINC values.
o LOINC Modifiers – This document defines the valid Time Window and Item Selection LOINC Modifiers that can be used when requesting additional attachment information.
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Balloting Procedure
HL7 members in good standing and others who are materially affected by the proposed standard and wish to participate in these ballots must join the respective ballot groups. This can be accomplished by going to http://www.hl7.org/ctl.cfm?action=ballots.home . Alternately, you can call the HL7 office at (734) 677-7777 and request that the Ballot Group Declaration Form be faxed or mailed to you.
HL7 will conduct these ballots according to its procedure for electronic balloting. Individuals who sign up for the ballot group will not receive a paper copy of the document or a paper ballot. Instead, they will be notified by e-mail when the ballot package is available. They will download the document from the HL7 web server and will enter their votes and comments using the HL7 web server.
If a member of the ballot group does not have access to the technology being used, or if the person can demonstrate that using the electronic process creates a substantial hardship, he/she may request a paper copy of the ballot package and/or vote using a paper ballot. Because of the extra expense and time delays associated with paper ballots, HL7 does not intend to provide the alternative of using paper to members who have access to the technologies and have no substantial hardship associated with their use.
Comments resulting from this ballot will be discussed at the upcoming HL7 meeting, which convenes January 7-12, 2007 in San Diego, CA.
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