Contract Award for FHIR Messaging to Integrate Pharmacy Across Care Settings
Integrating Pharmacy across Care Settings - FHIR Messaging - Contracts
The UK government is exploring the integration of pharmacy services across various care settings using FHIR Messaging standards.
Summary
NHS Digital secured a contract for an incentivisation payment aimed at developing FHIR Messaging functionality within pharmacy systems. This initiative aims to strengthen the foundation for drug information exchange across all healthcare delivery processes.
Details
This notice details a service contract awarded on the UK's public procurement site (Contracts Finder), involving NHS Digital. Specifically, it concerns an award for an incentivisation payment to develop FHIR Messaging functionality in a pharmacy system ('Award for Incentivisation payment to develop FHIR Messaging functionality in Pharmacy system'). The contract was awarded to Sonar Informatics Limited, with a total value of £45,000. FHIR (Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources) is a standard API-based resource set widely used for exchanging healthcare information, representing an evolution from HL7. The Messaging functionality developed under this contract aims to build a foundation for seamlessly exchanging drug information across multiple care settings (e.g., hospitals, clinics, pharmacies). This focus on interoperability is critical in modern healthcare IT. In Japan's medical IT landscape, the adoption of standards like FHIR is crucial when different vendors' electronic health record or dispensing systems need to communicate. This case provides a concrete example of the procurement process for enhancing drug information management and achieving interoperability in the UK. The contract period was from November 19, 2018, to March 29, 2019.
Technology Note
FHIR（Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources）は医療データ交換の国際標準。このエントリの関連技術: FHIR
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