Workshops-Business Leaders, Data Scientists, Researchers on FHIR use

Join the HL7 Working Group Meeting for a concurrent stream. These workshops run in parallel to the Work Groups meetings.

Join the HL7 Working Group Meeting for a concurrent stream. These workshops run in parallel to the Work Groups, making it perfect for executives, managers, and anyone interested in digital health strategy.

This face-to-face workshops will bring together members of the:

• What is FHIR and why should I care? - FHIR for Business Leaders+

Want to know what FHIR is? Want to understand more about FHIR, but you are not a software engineer? Want to know why your business should be considering you FHIR strategy? Want to know why your team requests to go to FHIR Connectathons? What is Sparked anyway and why should I care?This session is for you. A 90-minute session to hear from the FHIR Product Director for Hl7 International - Grahame Grieve, as well as FHIR Experts and Industry Leaders. This will be both an opportunity for a high-level overview, but more importantly as chance for a Q&A and more informal dialogue to learn from the experts and share with each other in the room.

• FHIR + OMOP: Unlocking Better Data for Population Health and Research

How can we leverage high-quality data capture for better population insights? Join us to explore how the Sparked FHIR Accelerator, OMOP, and SQL on FHIR are strengthening data quality, interoperability, and large-scale analytics.FHIR is transforming how clinical data is structured and exchanged, enabling more consistent, standards-based data capture and real-time interoperability. OMOP transforms diverse health datasets into a common data model optimised for large-scale observational research, multi-site studies, longitudinal analysis, and real-world evidence generation.Hear from Grahame Grieve, Adrian Burton, Nicole Pratt, Guy Tsafnat, and John Grimes on what’s happening locally and globally — and how FHIR and OMOP together can support practical Australian use cases in population health, research, and system planning.Agenda• Intro and Objectives- Grahame Grieve & Adrian Burton• Current OMOP activity in Australia, Current Sparked /FHIR Activity (Nicole Pratt, AHDEN initiative & OHDSI Australia; Kate Ebrill, Sparked)• Intro to Vulcan - US Accelerator Guy Tsafnat• Intro to AU Core & SQL on FHIR- John Grimes• Group discussion for opportunities and interest for FHIR & OMOP In Australia

Participants will take part in focused work group discussions, supporting alignment, shared understanding, and coordinated development across standards initiatives.

This workshop provides an important opportunity for meaningful discussion, coordination, and community engagement—setting the stage for a productive March Connectathon.