About HL7

Founded in 1987 , Health Level Seven, Inc . ( http://www.HL7.org/ ) is a not-for-profit, ANSI-accredited standards developing organization dedicated to providing a comprehensive framework and related standards for the exchange, integration, sharing, and retrieval of electronic health information that supports clinical practice and the management, delivery and evaluation of health services .  HL7's more than 2,000 members represent approximately 500 corporate members, including 90 percent of the largest information systems vendors serving healthcare. 

HL7's endeavors are sponsored, in part, by the support of its benefactors:

• Capgemini ; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC);  Documentum ;  Duke Clinical Research Institute (DCRI), Eclipsys Corporation; Eli Lilly & Company; the Food and Drug Administration; GE Medical Systems; Guidant Corporation; IBM; IDX Systems Corporation; InterSystems Corporation; Kaiser Permanente; McKesson Provider Technologies; Microsoft Corporation; Misys Healthcare Systems; NHS Connecting for Health; NICTIZ National ICT Institute for Healthcare in The Netherlands; Oracle Corporation; Partners HealthCare System, Inc.; Pfizer, Inc.; Philips Medical Systems; Quest Diagnostics Inc.; Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC); Siemens Medical Solutions Health Services; the U.S. Department of Defense , Military Health System; the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs; and Wyeth Pharmaceuticals.

International affiliates have also been established in 25 countries throughout the globe including Argentina , Australia , Brazil , Canada , China , Croatia , Czech Republic , Denmark , Finland , France , Germany , Greece , India , Ireland , Italy , Japan , Korea , Mexico , The Netherlands, New Zealand , Spain , Switzerland , Taiwan , Turkey and the United Kingdom .  Recently, the HL7 Board approved the establishment of two new affiliates in Malaysia and Uruguay .