New implementation community builds on global collaboration to improve
real-time device data exchange for AI-enabled care
Imagine a patient in an intensive care unit, monitored by a dozen devices generating streams of critical data every second. From operating rooms and ICUs to ambulatory clinics and patient homes, clinicians and care teams rely on a growing ecosystem of medical and personal health devices. Now imagine that data is siloed, unable to flow into the EHR and unreachable by the analytics platform that might detect a dangerous trend before a clinician does.
This fragmentation is a well-known challenge in healthcare IT. On March 5, 2026, HL7 International took a major step toward solving it with the launch of the Caliper FHIR® Accelerator, a new implementation community dedicated to improving how data from medical and personal health devices is exchanged, integrated and used across healthcare systems.
Why Caliper, and Why Now?
Caliper builds on HL7’s 2025 work with founding members to define a collaborative community focused on device interoperability. The need is clear: healthcare organizations are generating more high‑frequency device data than ever, but too often this information cannot flow cleanly into EHRs, analytics platforms or AI‑driven applications.
By leveraging HL7 FHIR alongside established device communication frameworks, Caliper aims to create a scalable, standards‑based foundation for real‑time device data integration. The goal is simple but transformative: ensure that data from critical care equipment and patient‑facing technologies can be shared consistently, reliably and safely.
“Healthcare systems are entering a new phase where access to high-quality, real-time data is essential to safely deploying advanced analytics and AI,” said Rachel Dunscombe, CEO of HL7 International. “The Caliper Accelerator represents an important step forward in ensuring that device-generated data, whether from critical care equipment or patient-facing technologies, can be shared and used consistently across care environments worldwide. This kind of foundational interoperability is critical to improving both clinical outcomes and operational resilience.”
A Community Built on Real‑World Experience
The Caliper FHIR Accelerator brings together organizations across the healthcare and technology ecosystem that share a commitment to improving device interoperability. These contributors bring deep implementation experience and a shared understanding of the challenges associated with integrating high‑frequency device data into clinical and operational systems.
Their collective expertise is helping Caliper set early priorities and ensure the accelerator focuses on practical, scalable solutions that can be adopted across diverse care environments.
Building on a Strong Foundation of Global Collaboration
Caliper aligns with complementary standards from IEEE, ISO, IEC and IHE, and builds on decades of work from the HL7 Devices Work Group and the HL7–IHE Gemini Device Interoperability Program. These efforts have already advanced service‑oriented device connectivity in clinical environments; Caliper now brings these threads together into a unified, implementation‑focused community.
“With the launch of the Caliper Accelerator, we now have a dedicated implementation community focused on turning device interoperability from a technical aspiration into an operational reality,” said Todd Cooper, Technical Director of the Caliper FHIR Accelerator. “This work will help clinicians, health systems, and technology developers better utilize high‑fidelity device data to achieve new levels of safety, quality, and innovation.”
For More Information
To learn more or get involved with the HL7 Caliper FHIR Accelerator, visit hl7.org/caliper or follow @Caliper-Accelerator on LinkedIn.
