Hi, need to submit a 1250 words paper on the topic Health Level Seven International Letter.

Hi, need to submit a 1250 words paper on the topic Health Level Seven International Letter. First, I will present background information as to why these changes are so necessary.&nbsp. President Bush signed Executive Order 13335 in 2004, mandating that Electronic Health Records (EHR) will be in place nationwide within ten years.&nbsp. Congress went a step farther, creating the 2009 Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH), and President Obama signed it into law.&nbsp. The act extended the deadline to 2015, but that is only two years away.&nbsp. After that, health facilities such as Toledo stand to lose millions of dollars in federal Medicare and Medicaid monies if they do not comply.&nbsp. All would agree that it would be a severe financial blow to our center.&nbsp. Fortunately, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has created the HIT coordinator to help us navigate the seemingly complex maze of regulations (HHS, 2013).

&nbsp.&nbsp.&nbsp.&nbsp.&nbsp.&nbsp.&nbsp.&nbsp.&nbsp.&nbsp.&nbsp. There is a nonprofit organization called Health Level Seven (HL7), which has developed a series of standards generally accepted by both the health community and HHS. Toledo intends to comply with HL7 initiatives. Yet Core point points out that HL7 is a “non-standard standard” (2009), meaning that as no two snowflakes are alike, neither are any two healthcare facilities the same.&nbsp. The main point is that Toledo complies with the laws within the specified timeframe, and conformity with HL7 standards will ensure this occurs.

&nbsp.&nbsp.&nbsp.&nbsp.&nbsp.&nbsp.&nbsp.&nbsp.&nbsp.&nbsp.&nbsp. Much time and money have been spent developing the software currently utilized by Toledo’s various departments, and I do not intend to dismantle any of their operations. Instead, I recommend that we purchase new hardware that can accommodate all of the departments’ current software systems.&nbsp. Interfaces consider the lack of interchange between clinics and are commercially available, improving communication and interoperability.&nbsp. That is where HL7 comes into play.&nbsp. Without it, my staff and I would be forced to create said interface from scratch, a costly and time-consuming process.&nbsp. Fortunately, HL7 V2 brought together software vendors and informatics specialists, such as me, to make displayed commercial products.&nbsp. Although V3 has largely superseded V2 in Europe, it will be some years before that happens in the United States, so that Toledo will concentrate on V2 compliance.