HL7 International Jan 2026 Ballot Package for Download

Hello HL7 FHIR Implementation Community.

Please forgive the double posting on Infocentral. I really wanted to be sure that people invested in FHIR implementations in Canada are aware the FHIR Release 6 in out for ballot.

Here is the link to the HL7 International 2026 January Ballot package .

<strong>Please note</strong> that this ballot includes the final normative content for FHIR Release 6. If you are at all engaged with HL7 FHIR you should review this specification, and comment on it.

This compressed folder contains an Excel spreadsheet that provides an index to all of the content for this ballot, as well as the spreadsheets you can use to provide your ballot comments. Most of the ballot content is from the FHIR website, however there is other downloaded content that has been extracted from their individual ZIP files and then consolidated here in this package for your convenience. At the very top of the Excel index is a link to the description of all of the items in the ballot package.

Simply download the Ballot Package ZIP file, create a folder for the extracted files, and then extract all to that folder.
Then use the hyperlinks in the Excel ballot index file to access ballot items content and related comment spreadsheets. Each comment spreadsheet has an extensive explanation of how to record your comments.

Comments on of the ballot items are due for consolidation by the HL7 Canada Council on or before Wednesday, Jan 14th, 2026.

<strong>Once you have completed a ballot comment spreadsheet, use the | Contact US | link at the top of any Infocentral page to submit the your comment.</strong>

Thanks very much. If you have any questions about the ballot or the comment submission process contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Ron G. Parker, HL7 Canada Chair