4.0 Change History

Upon approval by the HITSP Panel on December 13, 2007, this document is now Released for Implementation.

This document has been updated to include the HITSP Security and Privacy constructs and has been updated to reflect the new template.

The following changes have been made to the construct:

Update HL7 reference in section 2.2

Moved text from section 2.2 to 2.2.1 per reviewer comment

Deleted Section 2.1.3 Technical Actors actors already documented in IS Table 3.2.1-1

Removed HIPAA and CLIA from Table 2.3-1 as these are guiding regulations, not standards

Upon approval by the HITSP Panel on March 27, 2008, this document is now Released for Implementation.

This document has been modified to reflect the updated HITSP approach to categorizing standards as Regulatory Guidance, Selected Standards, and Informative References.

The following standard was added as Regulatory Guidance:

Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) of 1988

The following standard was added as Selected:

International Health Terminology Standards Development Organisation (IHTSDO) Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine Clinical Terms (SNOMED CT)

Upon approval by the HITSP Panel on August 27, 2008, this document is now Released for Implementation.

Minor editorial changes were made to this document. Removed boilerplate text for simplification. The term actor was replaced with interface.

Upon approval by the HITSP Panel on July 8, 2009, this document is now Released for Implementation.