Anything (e.g., a document) providing permanent evidence of or information about past events.

Represents the HL7 V3 publishing sub-section that holds specifications related to the definition and communication of records of clinical care within the Health and Clinical Management (HM) section.UsageNote:V3 Specifications are published in a set of "domains", which contain interactions and related specifications for a single area of health care within which can be supported by a single, coherent set of interoperability specifications. For publishing purposes, these domains are aggregated into sub-sections of related health care areas and these sub-sections are further aggregated into three major sets.

Works on authentic evidence, of something having legal importance. The concept includes certificates of birth, death, etc., as well as hospital, medical, and other institutional records.