# CAMP FHIR: Lightweight, Open-Source FHIR Conversion Software to Support EHR Data Harmonization and Research

> **NIH NIH UL1** · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · 2021 · $203,479

## Abstract

Project Summary
Since our inception in 2008, the UNC CTSA affiliate, the North Carolina Translational and Clinical Sciences
Institute (TraCS) has transformed clinical and translational science at UNC through interdisciplinary research,
training, collaboration with partners and stakeholders, and strong engagement across the CTSA consortium.
We have built a dynamic regional network of universities, research institutes, health care providers, and >130
community organizations across our state.
 In our current funding cycle, we are translating the best science from UNC and across the CTSA
consortium into creative, effective, and accessible clinical and community interventions, addressing the public
health problems of our state and advancing national CTSA goals by completing our Overall Aims. Aim 1
Workforce Development: Develop and support a skilled and diverse clinical and translational research
workforce to advance translational innovations and address healthcare priorities. Aim 2 Collaboration and
Engagement: Engage diverse stakeholders as active partners in translational research, and promote
innovative approaches to team science. Aim 3 Integration: Integrate translational research for disciplines and
populations across the research continuum and throughout the lifespan; Aim 4 Methods/Processes: Develop
and disseminate innovative methods and approaches to address scientific and operational barriers to
translating scientific findings. Aim 5 Informatics: Incorporate cutting-edge informatics tools and methodologies
in every aspect of translational research.
 The TraCS Informatics and Data Science (IDSci) component provides services and develops new tools
that increase research productivity and reduce the effort required by individual researchers and teams to
conduct effective clinical and translational research. We have built sustainable, cross-institutional informatics
infrastructure and data governance processes that keep data secure while removing barriers to getting
research done. In our current funding cycles, we are building on our experience in developing local resources
and tools to support leading national informatics initiatives, training our translational workforce on the use of
informatics tools including those from other CTSA hubs, providing secure and compliant data management
services, disseminating open source software locally and nationally, and engaging communities of
stakeholders in translational research via the sharing of data and tools.
 TraCS IDSci developers conceptualized CAMP FHIR in 2018 in response to a need to work with
electronic health record (EHR) data in “bulk” Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR) format, despite
HL7 not having released a finalized bulk FHIR specification. (Bulk FHIR enables EHR data extraction for large
cohorts of patients rather than one patient at a time, which is essential for population-based research.) CAMP
FHIR fills this gap, enabling users to convert large amounts of data stored ...

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10402112
- **Project number:** 3UL1TR002489-04S2
- **Recipient organization:** UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL
- **Principal Investigator:** John Bernard Buse
- **Activity code:** UL1 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $203,479
- **Award type:** 3
- **Project period:** 2021-09-01 → 2022-02-28

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10402112

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10402112, CAMP FHIR: Lightweight, Open-Source FHIR Conversion Software to Support EHR Data Harmonization and Research (3UL1TR002489-04S2). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-28 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10402112. Licensed CC0.

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