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Clinical Research Track at the 14th FHIR Connectathon

Last weekend was the 2nd HL7 FHIR Connectathon (Jan. 14 & 15) that included a Clinical Research Track and the 14th overall FHIR Connectathon. This event was hosted on the Riverwalk in San Antonio and featured over 200 attendees for a weekends worth of hacking. The primary purpose of the Connectathon events is to provide a forum for participants to develop and test software in an informal way. During the previous, inaugural Clinical Research Track < http://wiki.hl7.org/index.php?title=FHIR_Connectathon_13> only two of us participated.  By the end of the weekend we were able to use FHIR resources to demonstrate the pre-populate Medidata Rave-based demographics and concomitant medications CRFs. The Clinical Research Track at the 14th Connectathon generated quite a bit more participation interest with 8 attendees. Representatives from vendors, sponsors, and standards organizations participated. Beyond the pre-population of CRFs using EHR data retrieved using FHIR, several a