John Quinn, CTO of HL7 International, has been involved with HL7 since its beginnings in 1987. This interview focuses on the creation of HL7 versions 1, 2, and 2.1, the 1987-1995 time frame.
This interview was held to document the "The early history of Health Level 7" which is published as a whitepaper (https://bit.ly/1kkkmMg) as well as a series of articles (2013 - 2015 newsletters) in the HL7 International Newsletter on the same subject.