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Technical Guide on How to Remove FHIR Services in Azure

Remove-AzHealthcareFhirService (Az.HealthcareApis) | Microsoft Learn

February 12, 2025Microsoft

Summary

This article explains how to manage FHIR services within the Microsoft Azure environment. Specifically, it provides procedures and syntax for safely deleting deployed FHIR services using the PowerShell cmdlet `Remove-AzHealthcareFhirService`.

Details

This document is a detailed technical specification for the `Remove-AzHealthcareFhirService` cmdlet, which is part of the Azure `Az.HealthcareApis` module. This function is used to delete an FHIR service running on Azure (a standard for medical data exchange). The syntax defines multiple execution patterns, including mandatory parameters like Resource Group Name and Workspace Name, as well as deletion methods via identity objects. Users can utilize the `-WhatIf` parameter to confirm the action before actual deletion. The cmdlet also supports asynchronous processing (`-NoWait`), which helps manage large-scale environments. In building and operating medical data linkage infrastructure based on FHIR standards in the cloud, service lifecycle management (especially deletion or updates) is crucial. The procedures outlined here serve as technical reference material for developers and system administrators to accurately and safely clean up FHIR service instances on Azure.

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