---
oid: "2.16.840.1.113883.3.72"
asn1-notation: "{joint-iso-itu-t(2) country(16) us(840) organization(1) hl7(113883) externalUseRoots(3) nistHealthcare(72)}"
description: "National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Healthcare Project"
last-modified: "2026-02-19"
tags: [oid-repository]
---

## OID: `2.16.840.1.113883.3.72` (last updated: 2026-02-19)

```asn1
{joint-iso-itu-t(2) country(16) us(840) organization(1) hl7(113883) externalUseRoots(3) nistHealthcare(72)}
```

### Description

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Healthcare Project

**Classification**: Healthcare; Registration authority

### Supplementary information

The Healthcare Project sponsors the Health Level 7 (HL7) Artifact Registry, and develops testing tools and methods for interoperability testing among healthcare applications. This OID is used to register supporting code systems, value sets, profiles, templates, etc.

### Registrant

Name: Len Gallagher
Address: NIST 
100 Bureau Drive Stop 8970 
Gaithersburg, MD 20899 
United States (the)
Phone: +1 301 975 3251
Email: lgallagher@nist.gov

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