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Ward Weistra 🔥 @wardweistra.nl · 09/09/2026

#CQL is an open language for clinical logic. Quality measures. Decision support. Computable guidelines. Cohorts. Readable for authors, executable for systems. Older than the #FHIR boom. Not married to FHIR either. But most energy is on CQL with FHIR now, via big quality measurement efforts.

CQL on FHIR is in balloting now, CQL version 2 has been released last month as a standard for trial use.

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Ward Weistra 🔥 @wardweistra.nl · 16/01/2026

Grateful to get regular invites from JAMIA to review and to be able to contribute to science in this way! #JAMIAOpen #JAMIA

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Ward Weistra 🔥 @wardweistra.nl · 13/01/2026

🚨 One week to go! Join our webinar: “Implementing the FHIR Community Process (FCP) with Simplifier.” 100+ registered already—clearly there’s demand for practical FCP guidance. If you create, validate, or govern FHIR IGs, don’t miss it. #FHIR #FCP #Interoperability fire.ly/webinar-impl...

An announcement of the FHIR Community Process webinar on January 20th, including the speakers Diego Kaminker, Mattias Colliander and Ward Weistra

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Ward Weistra 🔥 @wardweistra.nl · 01/12/2025

At the @hl7europe.bsky.social Working Group Meeting in Cologne this week. 🇪🇺 Here Giorgio explains how HL7 Europe is the third approved #FHIR Community Process participant. Want to learn more about the #FCP? See my recent article on it here 👉 www.linkedin.com/pulse/why-fc...

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Ward Weistra 🔥 @wardweistra.nl · 18/09/2025

A very preliminary list from the #HL7WGM in Pittsburgh right now on which #FHIR resources have been proposed to move out of the core specification with the R6 version and where they may go.

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Ward Weistra 🔥 @wardweistra.nl · 10/07/2025

This is one of the most insightful graphs in the #StateofFHIR report from this year, highlighting what are the most common use cases for #FHIR around the world! 💡 Many other insights you can find in the summary and full report here: fire.ly/blog/the-sta...

The most common use cases for FHIR from the 2025 State of FHIR report, as indicated by experts around the world.

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Ward Weistra 🔥 @wardweistra.nl · 24/06/2025

Maybe universal interoperability isn’t all it’s cracked up to be 😄 @xkcd.com xkcd.com/3105/ #Interoperability #FHIR

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Ward Weistra 🔥 @wardweistra.nl · 02/06/2025

Ready for all the attendees to arrive tomorrow morning! #FHIRDevDays

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Ward Weistra 🔥 @wardweistra.nl · 20/05/2025

Join me for a tour through Amsterdam, showcasing the highlights for the #FHIRDevDays program in two weeks! 🌷 👉 4 days of 120+ sessions! 👉 8 amazing keynotes, incl. @drishitabarua.bsky.social @maxschrems.bsky.social @grahamegrieve.bsky.social 👉 All #FHIR experts in one place #Amsterdam750

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Ward Weistra 🔥 @wardweistra.nl · 15/05/2025

Simplifier.net is evolving! 🚀 Exciting changes June 1st for the #FHIR community! 👇 ✨ New 60-day FREE trial (Forge, Editors, QC)! ✨ FREE Trainer License + student vouchers! 📚 ✨ Show organizational affiliation & collaborate! 🤝 Making #Interoperability easier! 🔥 simplifier.net/organization...

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Ward Weistra 🔥 @wardweistra.nl · 12/05/2025

My colleague Alexander Zautke gave an amazing presentation this morning on the #FHIR journey from AdapCare, from complying to regulation to wild innovation. He also gave a sneak peek of the upcoming #StateOfFHIR survey: FHIR is entering health it regulation everywhere 🐙 #HealthIT #Interop

Alexander presents a sneak peek of the State of FHIR Survey on data exchange regulation

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Ward Weistra 🔥 @wardweistra.nl · 12/05/2025

Was also inspired by seeing the AI based guide validation that Kereval demoed. See example output here: fhir-testing.gazelle-platform.net/examples It verifies softer requirements from the Best Practices IG and generates test cases based on the IG content. #HealthIT #Interoperability

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Ward Weistra 🔥 @wardweistra.nl · 12/05/2025

Time for some updates from the #HL7WGM in Madrid this week! 🇪🇸 Let's start with the Connectathon over this weekend. My main focus was the #EHDS track with @hl7europe.bsky.social and comparing multiple profiles side-by-side for compatibility. I hacked together a little application to make a start.

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Ward Weistra 🔥 @wardweistra.nl · 06/05/2025

𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗠𝗮𝗱𝗿𝗶𝗱! 🇪🇸 Attending the HL7 International Working Group Meeting & FHIR Connectathon next week (May 10-16) — excited to help shape the future of health data interoperability. My focus areas: #EHDS developments, aligning #FHIR profiles across 🇪🇺 EU Member States with @hl7europe.bsky.social

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Ward Weistra 🔥 @wardweistra.nl · 02/05/2025

📹 Just made a video breaking down the Forge vs FHIR Shorthand debate! 🔧 Whether you're team GUI or team code, choosing the right FHIR modeling tool matters. Check out my detailed analysis in the original article: www.linkedin.com/pulse/choosi... #FHIR #HealthIT #Interoperability #FSH

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Ward Weistra 🔥 @wardweistra.nl · 29/04/2025

🔐 Privacy champion @maxschrems.bsky.social joins #FHIRDevDays 2025! The renowned digital rights activist behind landmark EU privacy cases & founder of @noyb.eu will explore the future of healthcare data privacy in our changing geopolitical landscape. Early bird ends May 1! 🐦 #FHIR #DigitalPrivacy

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Ward Weistra 🔥 @wardweistra.nl · 25/04/2025

🇪🇺 Meet our EHDS experts at FHIR DevDays 2025! Itte Overing (ICTRecht) will decode the legal framework while Rutt Lindström (TEHIK) explores European FHIR Implementation Guides. #EHDS #FHIR @hl7europe.bsky.social

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Ward Weistra 🔥 @wardweistra.nl · 24/04/2025

🌍 Our second keynote speaker at FHIR DevDays 2025 is the @who.int's Carl Leitner! He'll showcase how FHIR and the International Patient Summary enable healthcare delivery to millions of Hajj pilgrims in Saudi Arabia 🇸🇦 #FHIRDevDays #FHIR #IPS

Carl Leitner of the World Health Organization is a keynote speaker at the FHIR DevDays conference

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Ward Weistra 🔥 @wardweistra.nl · 23/04/2025

🎤 Excited to announce Donald Rucker as keynote speaker at #FHIRDevDays 2025! Former U.S. National Coordinator for Health IT and current Chief Strategy Officer at 1upHealth will share insights on "data beyond the EMR" and FHIR's role in high-compute healthcare.

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Ward Weistra 🔥 @wardweistra.nl · 02/03/2025

FHIR tattoo and Christmas designs on the official HL7 shop aren't bad either. European shipping best via hl7-international.myspreadshop.co.uk, US via hl7-international.myspreadshop.com. The 🦴 and 🗡️ look a bit ominous for the standard's fate though 😅

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Ward Weistra 🔥 @wardweistra.nl · 22/02/2025

Happy reading for my Dutch friends in healthcare data exchange! www.algemenebestuursdienst.nl/docum… More centralization? Or are we just creating the 15th standards org? 😅 #healthit #standards

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Ward Weistra 🔥 @wardweistra.nl · 17/02/2025

The #FHIRDevDays schedule in development! (Not sponsored by Heineken, just in the Freddy room of B. Amsterdam 😅) Four days and 200+ sessions to choose from 😬 And so many cool topics. #FHIR #Conference

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Ward Weistra 🔥 @wardweistra.nl · 11/02/2025

An SQL-on-FHIR overview in 4 slides! There's people who think #FHIR is only for data exchange, but Nikolai is not in that camp 😄 📊 Define a ViewDefinition, point it to a FHIR server and extract a nice set of square tables. Nice playground here: sql-on-fhir.org/extra/playground.ht…

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Ward Weistra 🔥 @wardweistra.nl · 10/02/2025

At #HospitalsOnFHIR session this afternoon, Filipe Mealha explains the national platform SPMS (as part of the Ministry of Health) builds for sharing electronic health data between healthcare providers in Portugal 🇵🇹 #EDHS helps, but national infrastructure and procedures are needed on top.

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Ward Weistra 🔥 @wardweistra.nl · 10/02/2025

Rutt Lindström showcases the proposed structure for HL7 Europe guides. A nice guidance for anyone building an Implementation Guide on what sections are important to include! One column is hidden now, with "IHE-like requirements" like Use Cases, Actors and Transactions. #FHIR #HL7Europe #IHE

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Ward Weistra 🔥 @wardweistra.nl · 10/02/2025

At the HL7 Europe WGM in Lisbon this week 🇪🇺 Second year for this meeting, should be ~100 attendees. This morning starts with a small group at the Technical CoordiNation Team (TNT) where Giorgio explains the current set of EU guides in development 👇 #FHIR #HL7Europe #Interoperability

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Ward Weistra 🔥 @wardweistra.nl · 06/02/2025

In our recent webinar, we explored a critical question with the Dutch IKNL: What does it take for European registries to fully leverage #FHIR? 🔥 The results so far? Extremely promising. Check out the case study here: fire.ly/blog/iknl-journey-with-fire…

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Ward Weistra 🔥 @wardweistra.nl · 05/02/2025

🇵🇹 Exited to join the 2025 HL7 Europe Working Group Meeting in Lisbon next week. I'll give a tutorial on using FHIR Shorthand, host a session on computable guidelines and hope to learn more about the HL7 #phoenix Cancer Accellerator Please drop me a DM if you are open for a coffee ☕ #FHIR

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Ward Weistra 🔥 @wardweistra.nl · 30/01/2025

So, if the concept property 'deprecated' is deprecated, why is it still being used to mark 'deprecated' as deprecated? 😅 #FHIR See build.fhir.org/codesystem-concept-p…

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Ward Weistra 🔥 @wardweistra.nl · 13/12/2024

🎉 The FHIR DevDays video vault is OPEN! ✨ After 6 months of exclusive access for our conference attendees, we're releasing ALL the #FHIRDevDays 2024 videos! The world's biggest FHIR-only event, now free to watch: devdays.com/devdays-edition-2024 #HealthTech #FHIR #OpenHealthcare #Interoperability

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Ward Weistra 🔥 @wardweistra.nl · 11/11/2023

Want to save a bunch on your Headspace subscription? Cancel > 'It costs too much' > 50% off… 🫤

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Ward Weistra 🔥 @wardweistra.nl · 30/10/2023

FHIR implementation can be easily underestimated, as Richard nicely illustrates: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/... 📈Vertical axis: Which and how many resources involved 📉Horizontal axis: Which existing tools to leverage for development, for publishing and which underlying standard

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Ward Weistra 🔥 @wardweistra.nl · 27/10/2023

Fun little questionnaire (n=25) from the FHIR North conference on which FHIR Tools people are using 📊 Note that the Canadian FHIR Registry is hosted on Simplifier: simplifier.net/organization... 🇨🇦

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