Work Groups & Committees
Work Groups, Committees and Councils
About Work Groups
With the support of our members and community, HL7 develops technical standards with the potential to transform health IT systems everywhere! More than 40 HL7 work groups are dedicated to specialized areas and are directly responsible for standards content and development. Share your skills and expertise by joining a work group aligned with your areas of interest. Get started by clicking on a work group name below to find details on upcoming conference calls.
Work Group Resources
Balloting
CTO Errata Letter (46 KB)
Electronic Ballot Charts (528 KB)
The Ballot Charts provide a quick reference to information related to each level of HL7 electronic balloting.
This online form is used by WG CoChairs to officially request that a proposed standard or item be included in an upcoming ballot cycle.
How to submit form for providing information to HQ for requesting an out-of-cycle ballot
How to submit form to request Recirculation of unresolved Negative votes on a Normative ballot
Co-Chair Handbook Resources
Use this form if you want to dissolve a WG, merge two WGs, or change a WG's name or assigned steering division.
All work group resources have been copied to the HL7 Essentials page on Confluence. As of 2022 all resources will be removed from this page and will only reside on the HL7 Essentials page on Confluence.
Projects
The objective of this document is to request to withdraw a protocol specification. For a Normative proposed American National Standard (ANS), ANSI will be notified that work on the protocol specification (typically an HL7 standard or implementation guide) is being discontinued by a Work Group. NOTE: This form is commonly referred to as the ‘Standard Withdrawal Form’ and was formerly titled 'Notice of Withdrawal of Proposed ANS Template'.
Project Scope Statement Template and Project Approval Process
MS Word template for the Project Scope statement, PSS-Lite (contained within the PSS template) and HL7’s Project Approval Processes as well as the HL7 Affiliate Project Description Template to be used by HL7 Affiliates.
Publishing Resources
Use this form to request publication of your balloted document (Normative, DSTU or Informative) after ballot reconciliation is complete