Our guest for this episode is Kai Heitmann, HL7 Germany, independent healthcare information technology consultant with more than 25 years of experience in the field of healthcare IT communication. Works mainly in Germany and the Netherlands but is also active in all of Europe.

Our guest for this episode is Ron Parker, from Canada

Chair of HL7 Canada since 2018

Co-Chair of the HL7 International Council

Fellow of HL7

37 years as an integrator and enterprise architect in health and social services

Our guest for this episode is Catherine Chronaki

Catherine is the Secretary General at HL7 Europe and President of the European Federation for Medical Informatics (EFMI)

Our guest for this episode is Peter Jordan, from New Zealand

Peter Jordan is the HL7 Affiliate Chair for New Zealand, and also co-chair of the HL7 International Council. He is a highly experienced software architect and developer with a particular interest in healthcare information modelling, terminology and exchange. He contracts as a Solutions Architect to various national and regional interoperability projects and provides the Terminz HL7®️ FHIR®️ Terminology, Directory and Conformance Server for community use.

Our guest for this episode is Bill Hersh from Oregon, USA!

William (Bill) Hersh, MD is Professor and Chair of the Department of Medical Informatics & Clinical Epidemiology (DMICE) in the School of Medicine at Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) in Portland, Oregon. Dr. Hersh has had a distinguished academic career with many accomplishments in research and education. He is currently President of the International Academy of Health Sciences Informatics. Dr. Hersh is a prolific teacher in biomedical and health informatics and passionate advocate for data standards and interoperability in the field.

Our guests for this episode are Lincoln Moura & Beatriz de Faria Leão (Brazil)

Beatriz is a MD and has worked in the area of Health Informatics since 1980. She is the founder of the Brazilian Society of Health Informatics in 1986 and was president for four terms. Beatriz combines academic, government and private experience. Beatriz works at Hospital Sírio-LIbanês in São Paulo, teaching at the Postgraduate Course in Health Informatics since February 2014 and also in the Telehealth Project

For over 40 years, Lincoln has been a very active member of the Health Informatics community. He was IMIA president from 2013 to 2015, is a founder member of IAHSI and an IMIA Honorary Fellow. His major interest now lies in regional, national and global Digital Health Strategies.

In this first episode (pilot), Diego interviews his co-host Ed Hammond. Ed talks about the beginning of HL7, how to use balloons to engage, and how to cure depression.