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How do Health Level Seven (HL7) standards facilitate the sharing of clinical data?

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This posting helps with the health level seven (HL7) standards. It defines the seven standards and discusses how the seven standards facilitate the sharing of clinical data. The concepts discussed include informatics, data processing, hospitals, healthcare industry, and computer applications in the world of medicine. The explanation is given in 324 words with references.

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Problem: How do Health Level Seven (HL7) standards facilitate the sharing of clinical data?

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Informatics began to be a discipline in healthcare organizations in the 1960s largely by the efforts of Charles Barlow who was an engineer. He laid the groundwork for developing data processing in hospitals and the healthcare industry (2010 Pioneers). Much of the language used in modern informatics has been developed by nurses to use to improve quality of care (Ozbolt, & Saba, 2008)

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