2023 Annual Report
HL7 saw a downward trend in membership during 2023. We attribute the loss of members to two major factors:
The launch of HL7’s new customer relationship management (CRM) system also affected membership renewals as members were not used to the automated renewal message from our CRM versus those from our membership director in previous years. We expect renewals to improve in the coming year as members get used to the new CRM and staff become adept at using the many features of the CRM. The table below summarizes membership trends over the last year.
In 2023, HL7 recognized four volunteers for their dedicated service to HL7. This year marks the 26th year that we have recognized such individuals via the W. Ed Hammond, PhD HL7 Volunteer of the Year Awards. Established in 1997, the award is named after Dr. Ed Hammond, one of HL7’s most active volunteers and a founding member as well as serving as HL7 Board Chair for three terms. The recipients of the 2023 HL7 Volunteer of the Year Awards included:
Many thanks to these individuals for their contributions to HL7, and congratulations on being selected for this well-deserved award.
The HL7 Fellowship program recognizes individuals with outstanding commitment and sustained contributions to HL7 with at least 15 years of active membership. The award name was officially changed in memory of HL7 founding member John Quinn, who served as the organization’s second Board Chair, the long-time Chair of the Technical Steering Committee, and the first Chief Technology Officer. During HL7’s 37th Plenary meeting, HL7 honored seven recipients of the John Quinn HL7 Fellowship Award. They are listed below:
During HL7’s annual business meeting in September 2023, the results of the Board elections were announced for the HL7 Board of Director positions listed below. New Board members serve two-year terms beginning January 2024 through December 2025.
The recent HL7 Board election results are as follows:
Thank you and congratulations to these members for their service on the HL7 Board of Directors.
Those elected to the HL7 Technical Steering Committee for the 2023-2024 term:
One member was elected as the co-chair of the HL7 International Council for the 2024-2025 term:
There were several intriguing plenary presentations provided on Monday morning, including the following:
A total of 13 online classes were offered in 2023, including the following:
The following six webinars were offered in 2023, serving 1,026 students:
We also offered one sponsored webinar in 2023 titled Data Quality in Healthcare: How FHIR Profiles Can Help. Sponsored by Edenlab in Ukraine, this webinar attracted 832 registrants (not included in the 1,026 total above).
The following asynchronous courses were offered in 2023, serving 1,097 students:
Education on Demand refers to several courses that the community can access from their own workstations. These may be free recordings from our HIMSS booth of presentations provided as part of our Working Group Meetings or other events, or they may be courses available for purchase, as they are recordings of paid webinars. A total of 706 users accessed HL7’s Education on Demand during 2023.
HL7 hosted the CMS Connectathon July 18-20, 2023. There were 14 tracks in this very successful Connectathon, which included 85 speakers and 606 participants.
HL7 held its first FHIR Security event August 8-9, 2023. Organization by our Implementation Division, this educational offering provided two tracks, one for the general audience and another for developers. This very successful event included 33 speakers, and 176 registrations.
As summarized in the table below, our educational offerings are a key revenue stream for the organization
