HL7 (Health Level Seven) International January 2018 Ballot is now open for comments

Ballot Comments 2018JAN FHIR - eHealth Ontario

Ballot Comments from eHealth Ontario for FHIR R4, for the 2018JAN Ballot. eHealth Ontario will be on the Ballot Review Call on Wednesday.

As per the January 9th HL7 Community call, here are the links for getting to the HL7 Ballot site:

If you are NOT a member of HL7 International, then you can only get there via the following links:

infocentral.infoway-inforoute.ca/en/standards/international/hl7/hl7-login
infocentral.infoway-inforoute.ca/en/standards/international/hl7/hl7-ballots

This will require you to create an HL7 International user account (for free) and then link it with your HL7 Canada account so that you have access to the HL7 International material.

If you ARE a member of HL7 International, then you can get to the ballot material directly:

www.hl7.org/ctl.cfm?action=ballots.home

Yes, the closing is January the 14th at the end of day. The review call will be held on Jan 17th.

Can you please confirm the Canadian close date for the ballot comments? Your last posting indicated "Thursday January 14, 2018" however January 14th is a Sunday...

Ballot opens: Friday December 22, 2017
Canadian Close date: Thursday January 14, 2018
Ballot closes: Monday January 22, 2018

Only registered voting members currently have access to the ballot materials and ballot desktop on HL7.org. To request access to view ballot materials, please email Infodesk at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

On January 17th, the HL7 Canada Council and Community will meet and review the ballot comments submitted to decide on voting direction. Please feel free to add this meeting to your calendar and join the discussion.

Resources:
• To download a copy of the standard or parts of the standard, HL7 International access is required, upon login please visit HL7 International's download page
• Should you have paid HL7 International access via Canada Health Infoway, upon login to InfoCentral, visit HL7 International Login page for HL7 Canada before clicking on HL7 International's download page
• Fill out your comments for each ballot pool by using the corresponding Ballot Comments Spreadsheet January 2018.
• To submit your ballot comment spreadsheet, please reply to this post and upload your comment sheet to the HL7 Community - Ballot Comments Spreadsheet January 2018
• You may submit a ballot comment spreadsheet as many times as you like for each pool up to the closing date. However, please note that your new submission will overwrite your old submission file.
For questions or additional guidance please email Infodesk at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.