HL7 India conducts HL7 Certification examinations in two different ways.

• Exams will be conducted at the premises of the corporate on a mutually convenient date.


• Minimum 10 candidates should be there. If there are more than 25 candidates, two proctors are required.


• The fee payable for each exam per candidate is Rs 8000 for non HL7 members and Rs 7000 for HL7 members. HL7 members should provide the evidence of valid HL7 membership.


• If the organization has HL7 membership then the fee is Rs 7000 per candidate for their employees; Organization should provide evidence of valid HL7 membership.


• Demand Draft should be drawn in favor of : HEALTH LEVEL SEVEN INDIA payable at Bangalore.


• DD’s should be handed over to proctor on the day of exam


• Proctor will bring the required material for the exam


• Each candidate should have a photo identity proof which should be shown to Proctor for verification at the time of exam


• Air tickets (round trip) shall be sent to proctor(s) 4 – 5 days in advance.


• Pick up and drop from airport to the exam venue should be arranged.

• HL7 India conducts exam for individuals. Generally this is conducted twice a year. Any individual can participate in this.


• This will be published at least 8 weeks before the scheduled exam date.


• The fee payable for each exam per candidate is Rs 9000 for non HL7 members and Rs 8000 for HL7 members. HL7 members should provide the evidence of valid HL7 membership.


• The fee for the employee who belongs to an organization which has organizational membership is Rs 8000; such an employee should produce the evidence of valid HL7 membership of the organization and a letter from an appropriate authority from the organization for the individual for attending the exam.


• DD should be drawn in favor of ‘HEALTH LEVEL SEVEN INDIA’ payable at Bangalore.


• Next exams for individuals are on 30-Oct-2010, 04-Dec-2010 and 28-May-2011, All of them will be held at Bangalore. We are open to conduct the exam if there are more than 10 candidates at mutually convenient date and time.

Certification Standards

We currently offer certification in the following standards:

v2.6:

HL7 version 2.6 is the latest version in the HL7 version 2 messaging standard and replaces earlier standards 2.5.1 and 2.5.

v3.0:

HL7 Version 3 uses a well defined methodology based on RIM (Reference Information Model). It uses object-oriented methodology for development and a RIM for message creation. RIM is an integral part of HL7 V3 standard.

CDA R2:

CDA R2 stands for Clinical Document Architecture Release 2. This standard provides a method for exchanging clinical documents. Use of XML, RIM and coded vocabularies makes the document electronically parsable and also human readable. CDA documents can be viewed using web browsers too.  

Read more about HL7 Certification Standards on HL7 International website at http://www.hl7.org/library/standards.cfm

For Study Material, please go to  http://www.hl7.org/library/training/index.asp. This is a page from HL7 International website that gives you information on study guide and sample certification tests for all the three certifications – HL7 version 2.6, Version 3 and CDA R2.

For any more queries, please write to us at certifications@hl7india.org