Data engineering firm Sonra has released 'Flexter,' a free online tool designed to make legacy enterprise XML data usable by modern analytics platforms. The tool automatically converts complex, hierarchical XML files into flat structures like CSV, aiding in the utilization of historical data.
This feature enables data export at the system, group (cohort), and individual patient levels. This capability facilitates compliance with GDPR/DSAR requirements while supporting vendor-to-vendor data migration and advanced analytics pipeline construction.
Edenlab provides comprehensive analytics consulting services for the healthcare industry, acting as a true technology partner beyond simple dashboards. They cover the entire data lifecycle, from raw data ingestion to AI-powered insights, with a focus on achieving interoperability based on FHIR standards.
This system helps healthcare professionals efficiently access and interpret patient data scattered across multiple clinical systems, such as Snowflake databases and Epic FHIR. Using natural language queries, the AI retrieves, analyzes, and compiles the results into a comprehensive report.
This article provides a guide on how to ingest and analyze HL7 FHIR messages (in JSON format) using Snowflake's capabilities. Users can learn the procedures for staging and building data warehouses for FHIR data through this lab.
For analyzing QuestionnaireResponse resources, utilizing the FHIR Bulk Data Access IG $export is recommended for large-scale data analysis and quality reporting. This method bypasses pagination overhead from individual GET requests, enabling efficient extraction of structured data.