Instructor: Craig Newman Co-Chair of PH Work Group Co-Chair of v2 Management Group Participating in HL7 since 2008 Former interface developer and implementer for an EHR vendor

The adoption and implementation of FHIR in clinical settings is progressing. FHIR is being applied to several different workflows allowing FHIR enabled systems to smoothly exchange health data with each other. The HL7 Public Health Work Group’s FHIR projects are leveraging FHIR resources and mechanisms to improve clinical and public health interactions.

This course will provide an overview of the current and potential application of FHIR within the public health domain.

This Course Will Benefit:

• Public health, clinicians, IT implementers, standards developers

Upon Completion of this Course, Students Will Be Able To:

• Describe public health reporting workflows
• Explain how FHIR is addressing public health use cases Identify potential future FHIR public health use cases

Prerequisites:

• Basic understanding of FHIR