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This article is copyrighted strictly for Electronic Health Reporter. Health Level Seven International (HL7) announces the Office of the National Coordinator for HealthInformation Technology’s (ONC’s) FHIR at Scale Taskforce (FAST) will transition into an HL7 FHIR Accelerator.
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