HL7 International and openEHR International are pleased to inform our collective communities that we are jointly considering aligning some of our standards and specifications for the global good. We believe that this will be beneficial for: The digital health ecosystem: in the long term, having s…

I like the idea. As I’ve been working on FHIR and openEHR harmonization pretty much my entire career, here are my 5 practical cents for the short term. Maybe in the future we manage to merge the best of both standards, who knows: I think something like a publicly available FHIR to openEHR mapping…

The next step is that we need a transformation language for FHIR ↔ openEHR, and we are actively working on that Have you looked at the FML language in the FHIR Spec? The resulting mapping files would then be attached to the model using the mapping section in the CKM. +1. This is what I propos…

Good news! having worked on this issue in the past there seem to be a lot of room for alignment. Also the proposed ISO 24305 aligning ISO 13606, HL7 FHIR, and Contsys becomes quite relevant now (as was lead by people involved in both communities)

[image] grahamegrieve: Have you looked at the FML language in the FHIR Spec? Sure but we need more logic and also two layers of mappings. resource ↔ archetype template ↔ profile [image] grahamegrieve: +1. This is what I proposed in my openEHR masterclass presentation. Awesome …

[image] grahamegrieve: The resulting mapping files would then be attached to the model using the mapping section in the CKM. +1. This is what I proposed in my openEHR masterclass presentation. We’ll have mapping tabs for both archetypes and templates in the forthcoming CKM release; this an…

Very exciting news, lot’s of opportunities for win-win

Great news!! Only by combining the standards, each one for its purpose, we will have the best health data spaces :star_struck:

A great step forward towards better data availability! Thank you to everyone who contributed to this . Special thanks and congratulations to Grahame Grieve for his historic outreach! Let’s learn, work and transform together!

Great news! There are challenges to everything, but we can find some synergies for the greater good of clinicians, patients and healthcare. After all, we both share the same goals!

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grahamegrieve (Grahame Grieve) 23 May 2024 13:46 3

Thanks Rachel and other openEHR leaders for your leadership in this matter!

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