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HL7 Working Group Meeting

Name: HL7 Working Group Meeting
Location: Rotating

HL7 Working Group Meeting usually runs in late September. Its host city rotates from year to year. It's for software engineers, data architects, medical informaticians, and government healthcare IT policy makers.

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A critical technical meeting where global health IT standards, including FHIR, are developed and refined.

When: September, Late September
Where: RotatingView on Google Maps
Format: In person
Organiser: Health Level Seven International
Region: Global
Scale: Around 500 attendees
Founded: 1987

The Signal

The Working Group Meeting is organized by Health Level Seven International. It is where engineers, clinicians, and government officials gather to debate and update health data exchange standards. These standards form the backbone of modern digital health interoperability, including the widely used FHIR specification. For healthtech developers and operators, attending is key to anticipating regulatory requirements and ensuring systems can share clinical data seamlessly.

What to expect

Technical debates on upcoming revisions of the FHIR standard
Collaborative work on healthcare data exchange profiles
Discussions on policy mandates for interoperability

Who is in the room

Software engineers, data architects, medical informaticians, and government healthcare IT policy makers.

Background

HL7 working group meetings have been held multiple times a year for decades, serving as the quiet engine room where the technical plumbing of modern global health IT is built.

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