HIT Consultant February 29, 2024
What You Should Know:
– Health Level Seven International (HL7®) and The Sequoia Project, leaders in promoting healthcare information technology (health IT) interoperability, announced a strategic collaboration to accelerate the adoption of the HL7 Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR®) standards in the US and globally.
– The HL7 FHIR® Accelerator (FAST) program, initially spearheaded by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC), will continue under HL7’s leadership. This program has played a crucial role in addressing scalability challenges associated with FHIR adoption.
Boosting Interoperability Through Collaboration
This partnership aims to:
Standardize data exchange: By promoting the widespread adoption of FHIR, the collaboration strives to create a common language for exchanging healthcare data between different systems, fostering...