Based on a small group discussion during the HIMSS meetup (Thanks Jon @jon_duke for organizing this), it looks like that there is significant interest on building the connection/interoperability between FHIR and OHDSI models/data/tools from a number of groups. Potential use cases under discussion include:
There will be folks who already have strong FHIR implementation in
the EHR community who also want to do observational research with the
data;
The OHDSI data and research findings may be disseminated through
standard FHIR-based APIs;
The OHDSI vocabularies and mappings may be exposed as standard
FHIR mapping services.
We would like to propose to create an OHDSI FHIR WG to discuss the roadmap for the OHDSI FHIR integration and related use cases. As the first step, we want to understand the level of interests and existing resources on this topic from the OHDSI community. If you are interested in participating in the FHIR WG, could you please reply to this email to indicate your interest so that you can be included in the follow-up WG discussions?
The initial list of Interested participants includes:
Jon Duke’ team from Georgia Tech (We presented a poster on OMOP-FHIR
last year at the symposium and have a GitHub repo for the GT-FHIR
server to OMOP. https://github.com/gt-health/GT-FHIR)
Guoqian Jiang’ team from Mayo Clinic (We have been closely
collaborating with FHIR leading developers and contributing to the
evolution of FHIR specifications - http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1532046417300345.
Preliminary work was initiated on building Interoperable FHIR-based
Vocabulary Mapping Services - a Case Study of OHDSI Vocabularies and
Mappings)
Jack Po from Google (they are also very interested in this and have
some relevant software about to be released).
Best regards,
Guoqian
Guoqian Jiang, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Biomedical Informatics
Senior Associate Consultant II
Department of Health Sciences Research,
Division of Biomedical Statistics & Informatics,
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
200 First Street, SW,
Rochester, MN, 55905
Tel: 1-507-266-1327
Fax: 1-507-284-1516
Email: jiang.guoqian@mayo.edu
I am insterested too .
from http://www.clearofchina.com/ and i maintain FHIR spec in Chinese
right now we are working for combining all kinds of our products database into OHDSI common data model for secondary usage of healthcare data
This is a reminder that we will have an OHDSI FHIR WG Kickoff meeting during next week. Could you please check your availability using the doodle poll below by the end of today. thanks, -Guoqian
Ah, I thought the morning times would be good for European colleagues. Will have more afternoon times added on Monday. @Christian_Reich, Thanks, -Guoqian
According to the Doodle poll results, the OHDSI FHIR WG Kick-off meeting is scheduled at 11:00am-12:00pm U.S. Central Daylight Time March 15, 2017. The draft agenda items include:
Kick-off and Introduction
Discuss the objectives of the FHIR WG
Discuss the short-term and long-term tasks of the WG
The OHDSI FHIR WG Monthly Meetings have been temporarily scheduled at 12:00pm-1:00pm (Central Time) in the third Wednesday each month. Those who have put their email on the FHIR WG wiki page should have received the calendar holder for the schedule. For those who would like to join the WG monthly meetings but have not put your email on the wiki page, could you do so or send email directly to me at jiang.guoqian at mayo.edu so that I can add you in the distribution list? . (@Gowtham_Rao, @t_abdul_basser, @Frank, @twilson650, @cukarthik, @mitrarocca, @wanghaisheng, @jon_duke, @Richard_Starr, @Christian_Reich)
This is a reminder that we will have our OHDSI FHIR WG monthly meeting at 12:00pm (Central Time) in April 19, 2017. The proposed draft agenda is as follows.
For those who would like to join the WG monthly meetings but have not put your email on the wiki page, could you do so or send email directly to me at jiang.guoqian at mayo.edu so that I can add you in the distribution list?