HL7 grant targets interoperability conference

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HealthLeaders News Brief, June 24, 2008

Health Level Seven (HL7) has been awarded a $348,000 grant by the Rockefeller Foundation to convene a conference in association with the World Health Organization (WHO) to address the path to sustainable, interoperable health technology to support better health and health systems in the Global South. The week-long "Path to Interoperability" conference will take place at the Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Center in Lake Como, Italy this July and is part of the Foundation's conference series "Making the eHealth Connection: Global Partnerships, Local Solutions."

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