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Martine Berden

As CEO of Firely, Martine Berden leads the company’s mission to improve healthcare through better access to high-quality, interoperable data. A senior leader with extensive experience in financial services, fintech, and healthtech, she has built her career on translating market insight and real customer needs into impactful strategy. At Firely, Martine leads the company’s next phase of growth, advancing FHIR-based interoperability and scalable health data exchange. She also leads the Women for FHIR initiative, advancing female-focused technology solutions that address real-world gaps in healthcare data and delivery.

Interoperability pays for itself. Here’s the math.

When a new regulation lands, most organizations ask the same question first: what is the minimum…

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The data that could have saved her was already there

Imagine being sick for years while every test comes back normal. Every doctor sees a piece…

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The day the healthcare system finally worked

Imagine finally getting a diagnosis after years of searching. There is a treatment. It works. Then…

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What happens when a patient writes the rules

Imagine spending eight years fighting a healthcare system for your own diagnosis. Now imagine someone hands…

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Why healthcare interoperability fails (and how FHIR fixes it)

Care is rarely delivered by one person, in one system, at one moment. Yet we still…

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Regional interoperability in practice: Lessons from Zuid-Limburg

Over the past months, I’ve had many conversations with healthcare leaders and technology partners about how hard data…

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FHIR as a foundation for real-world impact: a CEO’s perspective 

FHIR adoption has never been higher, and regulations continue to accelerate. The vision of interoperable healthcare…

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Reflections on Women for FHIR at DevDays 2024

Discover insights from the Women for FHIR initiative at DevDays 2024 as Firely's CMO Martine Berden…

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Dedication and Data Standards – the early days of FHIR

I love DevDays. It’s our annual chance to get together with the entire FHIR community and…

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