Collaboration in the healthcare industry through interoperability standards
FHIR (pronounce “fire”) is a data standard for health information exchange. It is based on modern API technologies and is changing the health IT landscape in many countries. Governments, care providers, healthtech companies and health insurance companies are adopting FHIR to achieve affordable and accessible care, better outcomes for patients, and efficient cross-institutional information exchange for doctors. Rien will explain for a non-technical audience what FHIR is, why it is relevant for anyone in the industry and how stakeholders are driving the adoption in other countries. He will draw comparisons from other industries.
Rien Wertheim, Firely
CEO
Rien Wertheim is the CEO and co-founder of Firely, one of the initiators of FHIR. He has more than 30 years of experience in the international healthcare technology domain. He started his healthtech career as CEO and co-owner of Furore, a Dutch healthtech consultancy firm. After successfully running this company for 24 years, he sold Furore and founded his next startup, Firely. In six years, he made Firely grow into a key player in the healthcare interoperability domain, with clients all over the world. Rien is also one of the founders of the global FHIR Business Alliance.
FHIR (pronounce “fire”) is a data standard for health information exchange. It is based on modern API technologies and is changing the health IT landscape in many countries. Governments, care providers, healthtech companies and health insurance companies are adopting FHIR to achieve affordable and accessible care, better outcomes for patients, and efficient cross-institutional information exchange for doctors. Rien will explain for a non-technical audience what FHIR is, why it is relevant for anyone in the industry and how stakeholders are driving the adoption in other countries. He will draw comparisons from other industries.
Rien Wertheim, Firely
CEO
Rien Wertheim is the CEO and co-founder of Firely, one of the initiators of FHIR. He has more than 30 years of experience in the international healthcare technology domain. He started his healthtech career as CEO and co-owner of Furore, a Dutch healthtech consultancy firm. After successfully running this company for 24 years, he sold Furore and founded his next startup, Firely. In six years, he made Firely grow into a key player in the healthcare interoperability domain, with clients all over the world. Rien is also one of the founders of the global FHIR Business Alliance.