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I'm Eugene Vestel. Through consulting, open-source tools, and the Out of the FHIR podcast, I help teams navigate healthcare interoperability and turn data into outcomes.
Payer Interoperability Analytics & AI Lead at Outcomes · Former NCQA Advisor · 15+ years in healthcare data
Outcomes
Payer Interoperability Analytics & AI Lead
NCQA Advisor
Quality Measurement
b.well Connected Health
Director of Data & Analytics
UPMC Health System
5 Years in Clinical Analytics
Analytics on FHIR
Conference Speaker · 2025
Weekly conversations with the people building the future of healthcare interoperability. From HL7 work group chairs to startup founders to CMS policy makers — the stories behind the standards.
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HL7 Work Group Insights
The future of SQL on FHIR and ViewDefinitions
Quality Measurement Deep Dive
Why CQL needs a better execution story
Interoperability in Practice
Real-world FHIR implementation lessons
A weekly newsletter on FHIR implementation, quality measurement, healthcare AI, and the tools and standards shaping interoperability. Written for the people doing the actual work.
Read by 450+ healthcare data professionals · Presented at Analytics on FHIR 2025
Open source tools for the FHIR community. Some are production-ready, some are experiments. All are free to use.
Pre-built SQL on FHIR ViewDefinitions for US Core 7.0. Copy-paste ready.
AI-powered FHIR profile advisor. Ask questions, get instant guidance.
Analyze and validate FHIR resources for data quality issues.
AI-assisted data mapping with a visual editor.
Generate CQL from natural language. Early experiment.
All projects are open source
An open-source AI health agent stack built on MCP, FHIR R4, and SMART on FHIR — exploring what happens when patients have the same processing power as provider systems.
A security layer between AI agents and clinical data. Redacts PHI on every read, enforces multi-step human approval for clinical writes — proposal → permission evaluation → HMAC confirmation → immutable audit log — and keeps your health agent interactions HIPAA-compliant.
A SMART on FHIR patient records platform that aggregates your health data from Epic, Cerner, and other EHRs into a single secure interface. Provides curated health visualizations and MCP tools — the data layer that HealthClaw agents work with.
More experiments in progress — Curatr Skills and others
See all projects on GitHub →Practical resources I've written based on real implementation experience
I advise healthcare organizations on FHIR implementation strategy, data architecture, quality measurement, and AI readiness. Whether you're starting your FHIR journey or optimizing an existing implementation, I can help you move faster and avoid common pitfalls.
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