John Grimes
Principal Research Consultant, Health Informatics
Queensland, Australia
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Top SchoolJohn Grimes is a Principal Research Consultant in Health Informatics with 16 years of experience building software and tooling that makes clinical data more usable and interoperable. Based in Queensland, Australia, he specialises in SNOMED CT and FHIR, developing analytics tools at CSIRO and previously shaping national clinical terminology services at the Australian Digital Health Agency. He combines hands-on backend engineering—evidenced by contributing SNOMED-CT medication order support to the widely used Synthea synthetic patient simulator—with strategic architecture and integration experience from consulting and government roles. John has a strong track record delivering practical interoperability solutions across public and private sectors, from national e-health programs to SaaS products. He brings a pragmatic mix of clinical terminology expertise, data modelling and systems integration, and a clear focus on turning standards into usable software.
16 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor, Information Technology, Bachelor, Information Technology at Griffith University
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Programming languages (19)
Github contributions (5)
synthetichealth/synthea
Apr 2019 - Aug 2020
Synthetic Patient Population Simulator
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:20 commits, 3 PRs, 8 comments in 1 year 4 months
Contributions summary:John contributed to the project by adding support for SNOMED-CT coded medication orders. Their work involved modifications to FHIR export files (FhirStu3.java, FhirDstu2.java, FhirR4.java) to recognize and map SNOMED-CT URIs. Furthermore, they implemented ValueSet-based code selection within the engine/State.java file. These changes enhanced the project's ability to handle and export medication-related data using standardized terminology.
health-datafhirpatientsimulationsimulator
aehrc/pathling
Dec 2018 - Jan 2023
Tools that make it easier to use FHIR® and clinical terminology within data analytics, built on Apache Spark.
Contributions:9 releases, 192 reviews, 2232 commits in 4 years 1 month
data-analyticsanalyticsclinicalfhirstandards
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