HL7 v2.8
Published April 2014 · successor to HL7 v2.7
What's changed in v2.8
Changes from v2.7 to v2.8
251
Total Changes
46
Segments Affected
6
Data Types Affected
135
New Fields
Accident
1 change
Appointment Request
1 change
Authorization Information
17 changes
Blood Product Transfusion/Disposition
1 change
Blood Unit Information
12 changes
Charge Description Master
1 change
Cumulative Dosage
4 changes
Donation
33 changes
Equipment Detail
1 change
Goal Detail
1 change
Guarantor
2 changes
Inventory Item Master
2 changes
Material Lot
2 changes
Insurance
1 change
Insurance Additional Information
1 change
Insurance Additional Information, Certification
3 changes
Material Item
4 changes
Merge Patient Information
1 change
Next of Kin / Associated Parties
1 change
Observation Request
5 changes
Observation/Result
4 changes
General Segment
16 changes
Observations that Require Specimens
7 changes
Additional Basic Attributes
3 changes
Common Order
3 changes
Patient Identification
6 changes
Item Packaging
1 change
Problem Details
1 change
Participation Information
1 change
Pathway
1 change
Patient Visit
1 change
Referral Information
13 changes
Role
1 change
Pharmacy/Treatment Administration
4 changes
Pharmacy/Treatment Component Order
2 changes
Pharmacy/Treatment Dispense
5 changes
Pharmacy/Treatment Encoded Order
3 changes
Pharmacy/Treatment Give
7 changes
Pharmacy/Treatment Order
3 changes
Pharmacy/Treatment Infusion
22 changes
Scheduling Activity Information
1 change
Segment Group Header
2 changes
Segment Group Trailer
2 changes
Staff Identification
1 change
Test Code Configuration
2 changes
Uniform Billing Data
8 changes
Composite ID Number and Name Simplified
1 change
Encapsulated Data
1 change
Location with Address Variation 1
9 changes
Location with Address Variation 2
16 changes
Reference Pointer
1 change
Extended Composite Name and Identification Number for Organizations
9 changes
Most used in v2.8
Structural usage across the specification — not popularity, arithmetic.