MARCH 9-12, 2026

We are moving from a world of static, physical insurance cards to dynamic, digital cards that are portable, verifiable, and useful to payers, providers, and consumers at every touchpoint. Built on HL7 FHIR and SMART Health Cards and Links standards, digital insurance cards can surface coverage and cost information in real time, trigger patient-initiated requests, and streamline check-in, referrals, and prior authorization. Attendees leave with an understanding for how to create digital insurance cards that reduce front desk friction, eliminate rework, and improve patient experience.

Speaker:

• Mark Roberts
  Lead, CARIN IG for Digital Insurance Card, Co-Lead for CARIN IG for Blue Button - CARIN Alliance; Director - Leavitt Partners

This session will outline practical "do's and don'ts" for using AI alongside the Da Vinci Burden Reduction implementation guides (CRD, DTR, PAS). We'll explore appropriate use cases (such as summarizing clinical data or converting unstructured documents into structured FHIR artifacts) while keeping FHIR-based CRD/DTR/PAS workflows and payer rules as the authoritative source of truth. Attendees will learn key guardrails around transparency, avoiding AI-generated coverage decisions, and preventing hallucinated clinical content from entering prior authorization transactions. The talk will emphasize governance, testing and design patterns that let organizations safely benefit from AI within HL7 standards.

Speaker:

• Maxim Gorshkov 
  Senior Software Developer - InterSystems Corporation

We will present MSK’s™s Clinical Trials Data Hub (CTDataHub, a web-based application that was developed to reduce the time and effort required for data managers (DM) to abstract data from MSK clinical systems to biopharmaceutical firm’s Electronic Data Capture (EDC). It extracts and consolidates Lab Results, Vitals, Medications, and Adverse Events from the MSK electronic health record (EHR) and displays it in a user friendly and consolidated view for easy entry into EDC forms. CTDataHub has integrated generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) via a Large Language Model (LLM) based on gpt-oss:120b, an open-source model released by OpenAI, to extract patient data from unstructured Electronic Health Record documents.

Speaker:

• Michael Buckley
  Associate Director, Product Management - Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

As CMS accelerates the Health Technology Ecosystem and CMS-Aligned Networks initiative, payers and providers must move from isolated APIs to secure, network-to-network interoperability at scale. This session demonstrates how HL7® FHIR® at Scale Taskforce (FAST) Security STU 2, in collaboration with the HL7 Da Vinci Project, provides the standardized trust framework required to operationalize payer interoperability across CMS-0057, prior authorization, payer-to-payer exchange, and TEFCA-facilitated FHIR.

Led by FAST Technical Director, David Pyke, the session will explain how certificate-based digital identity, dynamic client registration, OAuth-based authorization, and automated trust onboarding create repeatable, scalable API security patterns across networks. Mark Scrimshire will bring implementation perspective from OnyxHealth, illustrating how these standards are applied in real-world payer environments to support prior authorization workflows, directory-driven API discovery, payer-to-payer exchange, and production FHIR deployments aligned with Da Vinci implementation guides.

Speakers:

• David Pyke
  Technical Director - HL7 FAST FHIR Accelerator

• Mark Scrimshire
  Co-Chair - HL7 Da Vinci Project Payer Data Exchange Work Group; Chief Interoperability and Innovation Officer - Onyx Health

January 2025 saw the Call for Participation and the Inception phase for the new HL7 devices accelerator program. Now it is fully operational and has a multi-year roadmap that will significantly impact this global ecosystem, from patients to healthcare providers to technology developers.

Speaker:

• Todd Cooper
  Technical Director - HL7 Caliper FHIR Accelerator; HL& Devices Evalgenlist, Co-Chair - HL7 Devices Work Group

The Gravity Project has created shared data and coding standards for screenings, community-based referrals, and reimbursement for wraparound services to support health outcomes. By aligning early on with these established frameworks, providers, payers, community organizations, and government agencies can accelerate interoperability and speak a common technical and clinical language.

Speaker:

• Emily Anders
  Committee Member - Gravity Project; Director of Payments Strategy - Unite Us

• Katie Keating
  Committee Member - Gravity Project; Vice President Of Solutions Engineering - Unite Us

In this session, we will discuss the impact of the triad of specification around Burden Reduction through improvement of the Prior Authorization workflow: CRD, DTR and PASS

Speaker:

• Diego Kaminker - FHL7
  Deputy Chief Standards Implementation Officer - HL7 International

The HL7 International accelerator projects, such as Argonaut, drive data interoperability standards development, but this is just the beginning of a journey into real-world applications. Dexcom will share how it navigated that journey from participating in Argonaut to implementing a Continuous Glucose Monitoring (CGM) FHIR Implementation Guide (IG) at major health systems in the U.S. The presentation will cover lessons learned and best-practice recommendations for implementing a FHIR IG.

Speaker:

• Beata Piehl - MSCS,  PMP, LSSMBB, CSM 
  Member - HL7 Argonaut Project; Director Global Interoperability Solutions - Dexcom

The Italian National Health Service (SSN) serves a diverse population across 20 autonomous regions, which has historically led to fragmented, regionally siloed patient data. This session details Italy's ambitious national strategy to transition to a truly unified digital health ecosystem through the development and nationwide roll-out of the Fascicolo Sanitario Elettronico (FSE) as the core interoperability hub. We will demonstrate how Italy is leveraging the HL7 FHIR standard to unify and standardize not only the FSE but also critical national services, including:

• The National Telemedicine Platform, ensuring standardized service delivery and data exchange for remote patient care.
• We will explore the complex technical and political roadmap required to mandate the use of FHIR-based APIs across these diverse regional and national components.

Speaker:

• Marco Pingitore
  Psychologist - ASP Crotone (Public Healthcare); Member - HL7 Italy
  

In partnership with the Gravity Project, Civitas Networks for Health and the New York eHealth Collaborative (NYeC) are working toward New York state-wide implementation of Gravity terminology and technical standards for the purposes of the New York Health Equity Reform 1115 Waiver Amendment. Throughout 2024 and 2025, NYeC, Gravity, and Civitas have worked together to implement Gravity Project standards, apply best practices to SHIN-NY 1115 testing and development, and provide feedback into Gravity standards for continuous improvement, supporting national learning. Feedback from the NYeC implementation work has been incorporated into Gravity’s SDOH CC FHIR IG STU 3.0, which is being published in early 2026. The goal of the NYeC FHIR IG based on Gravity data standards is to ensure consistent, high-quality data is exchanged from organizations supporting the waiver to QEs and ultimately through the SHIN-NY Data Lake to NY State Medicaid.

Speakers:

• Jess Little
  Steering Committee Member - HL7 Gravity Project FHIR Accelerator; Chief Operating and Programs Officer - Civitas Networks for Health

• Demri Henterson - MHA, PMP 
  Implementation Workstream Project Manager, GranTs and Programs Manager - Civitas Networks for Health

Implementation Guides are essential to successful interoperability—but they can be intimidating to navigate. In this session, Linda Michaelsen walks attendees through how to read and interpret an HL7 FHIR implementation guide. Drawing on real-world implementation experience, she explains how IGs are structured, how requirements are expressed, and which sections are most critical for implementers. 

Speaker:

• Linda Michelson
  Implementer Member, Technical Steering Committee  - HL7 International; Co-Chair - HL7 CDA Management Group; Member, HL7 US Realm Steering Committee; Member, Operating Committee - HL7 Da Vinci Project; Member, Steering Committee - HL7 Argonaut Project; 2025 Recipient - HL7 Volunteer of the Year Award; Award Recipient - Da Vinci Project Community Champions

As HL7 and FHIR exchanges scale, organizations are realizing that raw clinical data, whether it arrives as FHIR resources, HL7 v2 messages, or C-CDA documents, often comes incomplete, inconsistent, and difficult to use. This session introduces a data filtration framework for transforming noisy inputs into reliable, trusted information across common scenarios such as payer and provider connectivity and networks evaluating data they do not directly control. We will outline why data quality is foundational, how PIQI and SAMs help define and measure it across different HL7 standards, and how in-flight enrichment and normalization techniques strengthen downstream use cases. Attendees will leave with a clearer understanding of how to convert raw interoperability data into high-quality outputs that support analytics, operations, and clinical workflows.

Speaker:

• Autumn Ike
  Director of Enterprise Implementations - Redox
  

Presentation Description: As healthcare increasingly relies on structured clinical data, the lack of a standardized pathway from clinical terminologies to administrative codes remains a major barrier to automation, interoperability, and value-based care. This session will introduce the AMA’s SNOMED CT-to-CPT mapping initiative and explain how it enables computable translation of clinician-documented concepts into billable services. Attendees will learn how this mapping can support FHIR-based workflows, reduce administrative burden, improve coding accuracy, and unlock downstream use cases such as prior authorization, quality measurement, and AI-enabled clinical documentation. The presentation will also highlight governance, use-case prioritization, and how HL7 stakeholders can engage with and operationalize the mapping.

Speakers:

• Julie Brown Georgi
  Director of Interoperability, Policy and Standards - American Medical Association; Operating Committee Member - Gravity Project HL7 FHIR Accelerator; HL7 Collaborator
  

• Denis Casaubon
  Product Management Director - American Medical Association

Da Vinci Burden Reduction is the suite of FHIR Implementation Guides primarily focused on prior authorization automation and reducing the burden on providers and payers within this workflow.

Speaker:

• Jeff Brown
  Member - HL7 FHIR Management Group; Principal Healthcare Standards Advisor - Lantana Consulting Group

In this session, Janice Reese, FAST Program Manager, and Kevin Day, FAST Consent Co-Lead, will illuminate how the FAST Consent guide operationalizes consent management requirements into implementable FHIR operations, search parameters, value sets, Capability Statement elements, and Subscription Topics. Attendees will gain clarity on the guide’s consent lifecycle support — including solicitation, decision, delegation, revocation, disclosure audit, and status inquiry — and how these changes are exchanged across organizations and use cases.

The presentation will translate guide constructs like subscription-based notification models into actionable strategies for implementers. It will also outline other considerations and integration touchpoints with digital identity, directory services, and existing exchange frameworks to support trusted exchange while preserving patient preferences.

Participants will leave with concrete insights into how the current FAST Consent FHIR Implementation Guide can be applied to advance scalable, interoperable, and computable consent management — bridging policy intent with executable FHIR-based mechanisms.

Speakers:

• Janice Reese 
  Program Manager - HL7 FAST FHIR Accelerator

• Kevin Day
  Program Manager - HL7 FAST FHIR Accelerator; Co-Lead - HL7/FHIR FAST FHIR at Scale Taskforce Consent Management Implementation Guide; Principal Business Advisor - Edifices

Data exchange is no longer the hard part – usable data is. This session spotlights The Sequoia Project’s Data Usability work and the Taking Root movement, showing how organizations can move beyond connectivity to ensure shared data is complete, reliable, and fit for clinical and operational use. We’ll highlight practical frameworks, early adoption signals, and how HL7 standards serve as the foundation for measurable improvements in data quality and trust. Attendees will leave with clear, actionable steps to assess, score, and strengthen data usability within their own HL7-based interoperability ecosystems.

Speaker:

• Didi Davis
  Vice President, Informatics, Conformance and Interoperability - The Sequoia Project; Co-Chair, HL7 CDA Management Group - HL7 International

In this session, we will discuss the use of FHIR in projects and its impact on regulation based on our annual survey and the author's discussions with regional and national governments.

Speaker:

• Diego Kaminker - FHL7 
  Deputy Chief Standards Implementation Officer - HL7 International

In this session, we discuss how some Da Vinci standards may not easily align with current legacy systems and the difficulties of managing interoperability in a heterogeneous environment.  We review our integration template, which includes a library of adapters, business process logic, operations, and transformations to provide a normalized FHIR front door for Payers and Providers.  This includes how we partner with different vendors to have prebuilt adapters and connectivity tools and consideration for implementations that are upgradeable, extensible and easily maintained.

Speaker:

• Kristen Nemes
  Product Manager - Intersystems Corporation
  

For years, the healthcare industry has been diligently building the digital foundations of data exchange, but we have reached a pivotal inflection point where the era of "preparedness" must transition into the era of performance. As the regulatory landscape matures and the demand for real-time, AI-driven insights reaches the mainstream, interoperability has moved from a technical requirement to a primary driver of organizational value with ROI. At HL7, we believe that standardized data is no longer just a goal to be achieved—it is the strategic engine that will power operational efficiency, reduce clinician burnout, and finally deliver the seamless, high-value experience that patients and providers deserve.

Speaker:

• Professor Rachel Dunscombe, CHCIO
  Chief Executive Officer - HL7 International
  

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has significant potential to improve healthcare outcomes. From ambient scribes capturing data directly from patient conversations to Agentic Agents assisting in managing care, the landscape is changing rapidly. However, there are challenges along the way, such as bias, hallucinations, and non-determinism. We need effective ways to trace AI’s involvement in healthcare. The AI Transparency on FHIR Implementation Guide (IG) is a start, but we also need to talk about the importance of tracking actions taken or planned by AI. Come hear about this new IG and what is still needed. Along the way, we’ll talk about provenance, model cards, FHIR CarePlans, and Agentic Agents.

Speaker:

• Sam Schifman
  Chief Innovation Architect - Vantiq; Co-Author, HL7 Informative Document: AI/ML Data Lifecycle, Edition 1 - US Realm

While public health has been an early (and successful) adopter of interoperability standards across many programs and use cases, much work remains to ensure that public health programs have access to the authorized data they need to effectively and efficiently safeguard the health of the populations under their care. The Helios FHIR Accelerator for Public Health has developed a broad coalition of public health programs, HIT vendors and other key partners to explore and test how FHIR can be applied to public health use cases. Using several different approaches, including RESTful API queries, bulk data, and aggregate measures, Helios participants are paving the way to a better-informed and more effective public health community.

Speaker:

• Craig Newman
  Program Manager - Helios HL7 FHIR Accelerator; Senior Fellow - J Michael Consulting

As healthcare organizations accelerate digital transformation, adopting a FHIR-first approach has become essential for interoperability, agility, and data reuse. This session shares real-world insights from Northwestern Medicine Cloud's FHIR adoption, including designing, implementing, and operating a FHIR-first digital data platform at enterprise scale. It explores key architectural decisions, governance models, and operational practices required to support critical FHIR-compliant workloads while maintaining performance, Data Quality, and conformance at the enterprise level.

Speaker:

• Lima Chatterjee
  Principal Technical Architect, Enterprise Data - Northwestern Medicine

CodeX, the HL7 FHIR Accelerator for oncology and specialty data, delivers meaningful improvements across cancer care, genomics, and cardiovascular health workflows. This presentation provides a high-level overview of CodeX’s active use cases, including mCARD, Molecular Tumor Board, Prior Authorization in Oncology, REMS, and Pathogen Genomics, and highlights recent outcomes and early pilot insights. Designed for audiences of all backgrounds, this session focuses on the real-world problems CodeX is solving today and the value emerging from current implementations. Attendees will also learn how to get involved in CodeX initiatives and contribute to advancing FHIR-based interoperability.

Speaker:

• Sandra Sabaratnam
  Program Manager - CodeX HL7 FHIR Accelerator

CMS interoperability mandates are often discussed in theory, but far fewer organizations are running them at scale. In this session, Firely and the New Jersey Innovation Institute (NJII) share a real-world implementation of the CMS Patient Access and Provider Directory APIs, supporting Medicaid access across the entire state of New Jersey.

Speaker:

• Alexander Zautke 
  Project Manager (Firely Server) - Firely; Chief Technology Officer - HL7 Germany

Collecting a patient’s medical history still heavily relies on paper-based forms, leading to re-entry of information and the risk of data omission. Recent innovations demonstrate that Quick Response (QR) codes and FHIR-based patient summaries can provide a better alternative. Using the HL7 SMART Card and Link standards and the HL7 International Patient Summary (IPS), I will review advancements made by several nations to improve care continuity. The presentation will include case studies and technical details on how these standards enable secure and effective patient-mediated information exchange.

Speaker:

• John D'Amore
  Co-Editor - HL7 International Patient Summary Implementation Guide; President - More Informatics; Former CDA Management Group Co-Chair

This presentation details how Findhelp is operationalizing New York’s Section 1115 Waiver demonstration by mapping social care workflows to Gravity Project standards and leveraging FHIR bundles for three Social Care Networks. Implementation included standardized screenings, needs identification, social care referrals, and interventions leveraging code sets such as LOINC, ICD-10, and SNOMED CT within FHIR bundles. This has enabled a precise and interoperable digital record of care. Additionally, we will discuss how we successfully transmit this standardized data from community providers via Regional Qualified Entities to the New York State Health Information Exchange (SHIN-NY). Attendees will see the architecture used to validate and move data from local organizations to state-level infrastructure, ensuring a true longitudinal social care record.

Speaker:

• Jaffer Traish
  Chief Operating Officer - Findhelp

Washington State Department of Health (DOH) and Health Care Authority (HCA) in partnership with the University of Washington and the US Assistant Secretary for Technology Policy (ASTP) has been demonstrating the ability to use US Core Data for Interoperability (USCDI), SMART Health Cards and Links to deliver the foundational aspect of the 21st Century CURES Act, patient access API to their data through "My Health Summary". This approach provides seamless, secure and portable access to an individual’s health data (clinical and claims), made available through the APIs required by ASTP’s EHR Certification Program, and leveraging CMS Aligned Networks. The session will highlight the enabling use of SMART Health Cards and Links to facilitate unexpected and out-of-area care and highlight how these technologies also provide a single platform for a patient to retrieve, store, and share their health and insurance information. Sharing these data may help those traveling, parents or caregivers, and anyone who wants to view their own records or securely share their data with healthcare providers or others of their choosing. This reference implementation for data sharing has been adopted and adapted by Canada and is in production use in several provinces.

Speaker:

• Bryant Karras, MD, FACMI 
  Chief Medical Informatics Officer - Washington State Department of Health

This presentation examines the development and implementation of FHIR-based scheduling specifications that enable patients to discover, book, and manage healthcare appointments across provider systems. The session will cover the integration of Bulk Publish for slot availability, API design patterns for real-time scheduling, and lessons learned from Connectathon testing scenarios. Attendees will explore how standardized scheduling interfaces can reduce administrative burden, improve patient access to care, and enhance the overall healthcare experience. Practical examples and implementation guidance will be provided for organizations looking to adopt open scheduling standards.

Speaker:

• Adam Culbertson
  Senior Director Emerging Technology - Bwell

Empowering individuals to have a voice in their care by making advance healthcare directive information available across the healthcare ecosystem, at the point of care, using FHIR. There is significant movement within the current administration to leverage technology for solutions, and a keen interest in demonstrating how data-sharing can accelerate innovation and deliver personalized health insights to empower better health decisions by patients, caregivers, and the medical teams that care for them.

Speaker:

• Maria Moen
  Senior Advisor - MyDirectives, Inc.; Co-Chair, Patient Empowerment Work Group - HL7 International

For too long, the digital transformation of healthcare has come with a hidden tax on our clinicians: hours of "pajama time" spent charting and reconciling data long after the clinic doors have closed. As the new CEO of HL7, I believe our mission extends far beyond technical specifications; we are in the business of returning time to professionals. By championing seamless, automated data exchange, we are moving toward a frictionless system where information flows as naturally as a conversation, eliminating the manual data entry that fuels burnout. The era of the clinician as a data entry clerk must end, and through the strategic adoption of global standards, we are finally can build a healthcare ecosystem that supports the provider and puts the human connection back at the center of care.

Speaker:

• Professor Rachel Dunscombe, CHCIO
  Chief Executive Officer - HL7 International