What is a Working Group Meeting?

HL7 International Working Group Meetings (WGMs) are held three times per year at varying locations and serve two important purposes:

1. Provide the HL7 International work groups the opportunity to meet in person and work on standards, as well as to network with industry leaders from around the world.
2. Offer an invaluable educational resource for the healthcare IT community.

Educational Sessions

Educational sessions will cover a full range of HL7-specific topics such as Version 2.x Implementation, Fast Health Interoperability Resources (FHIR®) and the Clinical Document Architecture (CDA®), among others. Sessions also branch out to cover general interest industry topics such as Electronic Health Records, Interoperability, Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA) and Vocabulary Terminology. Download the Working Group Meeting Brochure to learn more about our educational sessions.

HL7 FHIR Connectathon

FHIR Connectathons are a two-day event of hands-on FHIR development and testing held in conjunction with Working Group Meetings. This event provides a great opportunity for implementers and developers to gain hands-on experience developing FHIR-based solutions by participating in one of many available tracks. To learn more about the FHIR Connectathon, visit confluence.hl7.org/display/FHIR/Connectathons

HL7 FHIR Experience — A Hands-On Workshop

Learn how to implement HL7 FHIR at this two-day, hands-on FHIR workshop. The program blends theory with hands-on activities so that students are able to apply what they learn throughout the experience. The first day is devoted to evaluating and applying the base FHIR standards through hands-on interaction with FHIR servers. The second day focuses on reviewing and utilizing the FHIR implementation guides. Students will work with the US Core (Argonaut) and Provider Directory Implementation Guides. Learn from our expert faculty: Eric Hass, DVM, MS: HL7 FHIR Core Team; President and CEO, Health eData, Inc. Simone Heckmann: Dipl. Inform. Med.; Chair, HL7 Germany’s Technical Committee on FHIR; Board Member, HL7 Germany; CTO, Gefyra GmbH; CEO, Health-Comm GmbH Rik Smithies: Technical Chair, HL7 UK; Independent Consultant, NProgram Ltd.