E-Mail Health Level Seven International (HL7®) and the Observational Health Data Sciences and Informatics (OHDSI) network announced a collaboration to address the sharing and tracking of data in the healthcare and research industries by creating a single common data model. The organizations will integrate HL7 Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR®) and OHDSI's Observational Medical Outcomes Partnership (OMOP) common data model to achieve this goal. HL7 International CEO Dr. Charles Jaffe, M.D., Ph.D., underscored the significance of this partnership. "The Covid-19 pandemic has emphasized the need to share global health and research data." He continued, "Collaboration with OHDSI is critical to solving this challenge and will help our mutual vision of a world in which everyone can securely access and use the right data when and where they need it."