Health Level Seven (HL7), a healthcare IT standards development organization, announced on Aug. 27 the opening of a public comment period on the Electronic Health Record Technical Committee’s Personal Health Record System Functional Model (PHR-S FM).
While an abundance of PHR systems exist in today’s market, the industry lacks a functional standard to which these systems can conform. A PHR standard outlines guidelines for systems to follow, facilitating the exchange of health information among different PHR systems as well as between PHR and EHR systems. The HL7 PHR-S FM has the potential to be the first industry standard that specifies functionality for PHR systems.
HL7 invites the public to comment on the PHR-S FM. Members and nonmembers of HL7 can submit comments through Sept. 13, 2007, via the EHR area of the HL7 web site by downloading the relevant documents posted, completing a spreadsheet, and e-mailing it to: EHRComment@HL7.org.
