Digital Health Week NZ 2025 - Terminology and Data Standards Workshop Agenda SNOMED CT, FHIR and beyond Thursday 27 November 2025 | 8.30am to 3.30pm
Terminology and Data Standards: SNOMED CT, FHIR and Beyond Workshop Agenda
Thursday 27 November 2025 Where : Te Pae Christchurch Duration : 8:30 to 15:30
Convened by: HISO and HL7 NZ
Time
Duration Item
Speakers
7:30 - Conference space opens 8:30 to 10:15 – Session One 8:30 15 min
Welcome to the Workshop Karakia, health and safety, Menti poll, intro to the talks, exercises and ultimate challenge for the day: Interoperability in Real Life The Rest of the World’s on FHIR HL7 NZ Chair John Carter reviews the State of FHIR report and reports the latest FHIR news from the September 2025 HL7 International Plenary and Working Group meeting SNOMED Earth: Coding that has you Covered HISO Chair Alastair Kenworthy outlines the latest SNOMED CT developments here and overseas and provides an update on the NZ Health Terminology Service (NZHTS) The Value Proposition of SNOMED CT Liara Tutina – Customer Relations Executive Asia and Pacific and Global Education Lead for SNOMED International – presents on the value SNOMED CT brings to everyone Sparked not Parked: AU FHIR Accelerator Kate Ebrill works with the Australian e-Health Research Centre of CSIRO as the Product and Programme Lead for Clinical Terminology and FHIR Products. Australia’s Sparked initiative has engaged many stakeholders to come together and accelerate work on FHIR-related standards. This presentation reflects on the successes and lessons learned in Sparked’s first two years.
John Carter, HL7 NZ Alastair Kenworthy, HISO
8:45
30 min
John Carter, HL7 NZ
9:15
15 min
Alastair Kenworthy, HISO
9:30
15 min
Liara Tutina, SNOMED International
9:45
30 min
Kate Ebrill, CSIRO
10:15 to 10:45 – Morning Tea
10:45 to 12:15 – Session Two 10:45 20 min
Interoperability in Action: HealthLink’s FHIR- y Journey HL7 NZ Platinum Sponsor HealthLink Managing Director David Young reports on how one of the oldest NZ Health IT firms is implementing FHIR while still supporting legacy customers Hands-on Exercise Tracks Track facilitators make their pitch (1 min each) • Track1: Intro to FHIR • Track 2: Intro to SNOMED and NZHTS • Track 3: Using AI with SNOMED and FHIR • Track 4: Don’t Let Your IG Burn Down: Validating the SNOMED NZ Edition with the IG Publisher and NZHTS Interoperability for Complexity Matt Valentine – Clinical Informatics Director at Health NZ and HISO member – speaks about his interoperability manifesto
David Young, HealthLink
11:05
55 min
John Carter David Hay and Mia van Dorp Evan Li Kylynn Loi
Demi Meiklejohn Daniel Thomson
12:00
15 min
Matt Valentine, Health NZ
12:15 to 13:00 – Lunch 13:00 to 14:15 – Session Three 13:00 75 min
Discussion Breakout Sessions: Interoperability in Real Life Join a table to tackle our challenge for the day and apply what we’ve learnt to real life problems in interoperability
Mia van Dorp Evan Li Demi Meiklejohn John Carter Daniel Thomson Alastair Kenworthy David Hay
14:15 to 14:45 – Break 14:45 to 15:30 – Session Three 14:45 40 min
Discussion Panel: We Have the Technology - so What’s Next? Pegasus Health Special Advisor, Health System IT and coal face GP and Sexual Health Clinician Dr Martin Wilson joins Liara Tutina, Kate Ebrill and Lawrence Peterson on our panel
Dr Martin Wilson, Pegasus Health Liara Tutina, SNOMED International Kate Ebrill, CSIRO Lawrence Peterson, Medtech John Carter, HL7 NZ Alastair Kenworthy, HISO
15:25
5 min
Closing Remarks and Wrap Up Karakia
15:30 – Event finishes
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