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HL7 UK closes the year with an Interoperability Forum on December 13th at Kings Cross, London. We are welcoming back Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust who built one of the UK’s first live FHIR implementations, to tell us how it has evolved over the last 3 years. We will hear from Kent and Medway NHS about the Kent Care Record, and have updates from other projects and key figures in UK interoperability. The meeting is free for HL7 UK members. Book your ticket with the Eventbrite link here.

The recent HL7 UK Interoperability Forum was held at NCVO, London on Tuesday 20th June. There were featured presentation on the wide-ranging London Digital Programme (Healthy London Partnership)’ about the evolution and technical basis of a flagship UK interoperability project. Updates on NHS Digital’s FHIR plans, and other UK and international interoperability topics. To view the agenda and access presentations please see here.

The 18th International HL7 Interoperability Conference (IHIC 2018) will be held from 11th-12th July 2018 at the University of Portsmouth. The meeting will be hosted by HL7 UK, with support from HL7 Germany.

The first day comprises two tutorial tracks for the afternoon and culminates in an evening reception aboard the historic HMS Warrior. The second day is a full programme of presentations and keynotes. We welcome case studies, plans, project outputs or innovations, either as full papers or short reports. Please see https://ihic.info/cfp/ for full details.

To attend IHIC 2018, please register on the University of Portsmouth online store. Registration includes lunch, tea/coffee and a half-day tutorial on day one and a full day conference with lunch and tea/coffee on day two. The social event is on the evening of the first day and has a maximum capacity of 100.

Would you like to learn more about healthcare interoperability and how to unlock NHS data silos and improve patient safety? HL7 UK is a partner in the UK’s inaugural InteropSummit, taking place in March 2017 (more details on this link). If you are frontline health or care staff aspiring to become a digital eHealth expert, CCIO, CIO (or equivalent), software developer or supplier wishing to design interoperability system.