• The Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR) Resources for Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM) Knowledge Assets project (EBMonFHIR) was approved on May 16, 2018 as an HL7 project.

• The goal of EBMonFHIR is to provide interoperability (standards for data exchange) for those producing, analyzing, synthesizing, disseminating and implementing clinical research (evidence) and recommendations for clinical care (clinical practice guidelines).

The EBMonFHIR project  Has Greatly Expanded

For Current and Detailed information go to Health Evidence Knowledge Accelerator (HEvKA) at:

 HEvKA at FEvIR.net

or HEvKA Confluence Page for more information about meeting times and current projects.

Contact jdehnbostel@computablepublishing.com to get involved.

Our EBMonFHIR Implementation Guide is available here.

EBMonFHIR Project Information

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Project History

The idea for this project came from a Guidelines International Network meeting in Capetown, South Africa in 2017 

https://www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10.1002/14651858.CD201702/full

• The Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR) Resources for Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM) Knowledge Assets project (EBMonFHIR) was approved on May 16, 2018 as an HL7 project.
• FHIR SOLVES INTEROPERABILITY FOR PATIENT DATA
  • Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR) is an HL7 standard
  • Developed by US government (ONC, CDC, AHRQ, FDA, NIH, CMS), other
  governments, healthcare systems, payers (UHC, Aetna, etc), EHRs (Cerner, Epic,
  Allscripts, etc.), industry – all agreeing how to do it as a standard
• EBMonFHIR is sponsored by the Clinical Decision Support Work Group and co-sponsored by the Clinical Quality Information Work Group and Biomedical Research and Regulation Work Group.
• The goal of EBMonFHIR is to provide interoperability (standards for data exchange) for those producing, analyzing, synthesizing, disseminating and implementing clinical research (evidence) and recommendations for clinical care (clinical practice guidelines).
• You can contact Brian Alper, the project lead, at balper@computablepublishing.com.
  
• We regularly host an EBMonFHIR track at HL7 Connectathons the next Connectathon is in September in Pittsburgh
• Examples of previous connectathon tracks 2022 - 05 Connectathon 30, 2025 - 05 Evidence Based Medicine
• current active Project Scope Statement
• original Project Scope Statement

The EBMonFHIR group has expanded to the Health Evidence Knowledge Accelerator (HEvKA) Initiative, See the schedule below for our weekly meetings

(Meeting schedule last updated February 9, 2026):

You are welcome to join us!

Please email balper@computablepublishing.com with any questions.

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