Episode 49: Gene Vestel on FHIR, AI, and Data Quality

Informonster Podcast

Informonster Podcast
Episode 49: Gene Vestel on FHIR, AI, and Data Quality
Mar 04, 2026 Episode 49
Clinical Architecture

In Episode 49 of the Informonster Podcast, Charlie Harp sits down with Gene Vestel, host of Out of the FHIR Podcast and founder of FHIR IQ.

Gene shares his journey from pharmacy analytics to leading FHIR initiatives and advising organizations on digital quality measurement. He and Charlie discuss how FHIR has evolved, where it delivers value, and where organizations still struggle to make exchanged data truly computable.

They also explore AI and data quality and why governance and provenance matter more than ever. Gene offers his perspective on the future of US Core and what it will take to move from simply exchanging data to actually making it usable. 

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