To discuss the origins of HL7 and its subsequent impact on interoperability in hospitals.


 The first versions of HL7 were based on the StatLAN protocol developed at the University of California, San Francisco and later commercialized by Simborg Systems Corporation.  Although HL7 became the most widely used data-interchange protocol worldwide in healthcare, open architecture did not prevail in healthcare as it did in other industries. 
HL7
The first versions of HL7 were based on the StatLAN protocol developed at the University of California, San Francisco and later commercialized by Simborg Systems Corporation. 
StatLAN protocol
The first versions of HL7 were based on the StatLAN protocol developed at the University of California, San Francisco and later commercialized by Simborg Systems Corporation. 
Simborg Systems Corporation