Overview of FHIR for Birth Defect Reporting

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This presentation, titled 'FHIR Overview for Birth Defect Reporting,' explains how the Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR) standard—a healthcare data exchange standard—can be utilized in the field of public health. Specifically, it uses the challenge of birth defect reporting as an example to outline how FHIR's interoperability can be applied to this data collection and sharing process. The material was released in 2020 and emphasizes the critical importance of standardized data exchange within healthcare information systems. FHIR is a standard developed by HL7, providing a foundation for smoothly exchanging data among disparate systems such as electronic health records and public health databases. Through this presentation, attendees can learn not only technical knowledge but also the applicability of FHIR from the perspective of solving real-world public health challenges. In Japan's healthcare IT environment, seamless data linkage across regions and institutions is a pressing issue. The approach demonstrated in this material—using standardized interfaces (FHIR)—holds extremely high relevance. It serves as a guideline for efficiently and accurately collecting and analyzing crucial public health data, such as birth defect information.