InterSystems signs on to HL7’s Vulcan FHIR Accelerator Program
Healthcare IT News April 2, 2021
The aim is to extend the FHIR’s capability beyond clinical care and into translational research, improving patient outcomes and driving delivery efficiencies by combining research and EHR data.
InterSystems this week announced that it would join the Vulcan FHIR Accelerator Program, which was recently convened by Health Level Seven International to enable greater interoperability for clinical researchers.
WHY IT MATTERS
The company joins government and regulatory agencies, standards development groups, academic institutions, life sciences and tech vendors and others. The goal of the initiative is to broaden the reach of HL7’s FHIR interoperability spec to include clinical research.
With its membership in the new multi-stakeholder project, InterSystems aims to accelerate advancement toward a “learning health system,” by enabling easier exchange of...