2024 Annual Report
Membership is one of HL7’s main sources of revenue, so it’s not surprising that a significant amount of our resources are devoted to serving our members and attracting new ones. Given the current trend of mergers/acquisition in the industry, we feel fortunate to have pretty much maintained our membership in 2024.
In 2024 , HL7 recognized three volunteers of the year for their outstanding service. Established in 1997, the award is named after Dr. W Edward (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 2024 HL7 Volunteer of the Year Awards included:
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 2024, 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 2025 through December 2026. The recent HL7 Board election results are as follows:
The following members were elected to the HL7 technical steering committee for the 2025-2026 term:
Two members were elected as co-chairs of the HL7 International Council for the 2025-2026 term:
There were several noteworthy sessions, including:
14 online classes were offered in 2024, attracting 208 attendees and generating $74,460 in revenue. They covered the following topics:
The following 22 webinars were offered in 2024 with 13,014 registrants.
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 2024, attracting 269 attendees:
HL7 hosted the CMS Connectathon from July 16-18, 2024. This very successful Connectathon had 14 tracks and 1506 participants.
HL7 held its second FHIR Security event September 4-5, 2024. Organization by our Implementation Division, this educational offering provided two tracks, one for the general audience and another for developers. This event attracted 484 registrants.
As summarized in the table below, our educational offerings are a key revenue stream for the organization
