The NIH provides a browsing function for code systems, offering comprehensive standardized terminology and classifications for medical information. Users can search by specific codes or terms and confirm their relevance to modern standards like FHIR.
This page introduces the search and management view for 'Code Systems' provided by UMLS (Unified Medical Language System). Users can handle diverse medical code systems, such as CDT and HCPCS, and access detailed information supporting major interoperability standards including FHIR and HL7v2/v3.
This article describes end-to-end data migration services for healthcare IT vendors and providers. The service helps upgrade data environments by mapping and converting data using standards like SNOMED CT and LOINC, facilitating migration to FHIR-native platforms.
As public health data infrastructure modernization progresses at the state and territory level, it has become difficult to fit highly specialized informatics roles into traditional job classifications. Establishing proper job classification is essential for attracting talent, improving retention rates, and strengthening future crisis response capabilities.
This page, provided by NIH, serves as a reference for multiple code systems like UMLS, supporting the standardization and interoperability of medical data. It details how major standards such as FHIR and HL7v2/v3 are linked, along with usage notes for various code systems.
C-CDA, the backbone of electronic health information exchange, faces limitations in meeting modern real-time data needs. Consequently, industry efforts are advancing data conversion from C-CDA to HL7 FHIR, a format that is more flexible and cloud-ready, significantly improving analytics and patient access.
Sparkco AI provides detailed guides on integrating with EHR systems, enabling Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNFs) to access data via PointClickCare and process referrals from hospital partners using FHIR API.
Global Tech Teams (DBA Mindbowser) offers an AI-powered patient symptom analyzer running on AWS. It generates structured clinical inputs in FHIR format from unstructured data, supporting real-time triage and decision-making for care teams.
AWS HealthLake now supports the $document operation for Composition resources. This enables users to bundle all referenced resources into a single, standardized clinical document, facilitating comprehensive record creation and exchange.
TermHub, a cloud-based FHIR terminology server and platform, has released an updated version featuring comprehensive Value Set capabilities to improve healthcare data interoperability. This enhancement allows healthcare organizations greater freedom in defining, managing, and utilizing subsets of clinical terminologies.
A webinar hosted by NCQA explained the fundamentals of FHIR (Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources) and its crucial role in supporting HEDIS digital quality measures (dQMs). By providing standardized data structures, FHIR streamlines healthcare data exchange, enabling efficient and automated high-quality reporting.
While hospitals benefit from the data exchange capabilities of FHIR, they face numerous technical and organizational hurdles, such as legacy systems and standardization inconsistencies. The article outlines top 10 challenges and provides actionable strategies for overcoming them.
The CodeX HL7 FHIR Accelerator Community has outlined design principles aimed at collecting and sharing high-quality, longitudinal patient data. These principles emphasize starting with single, narrowly focused use cases, utilizing FHIR and global code systems like LOINC/SNOMED CT to build standardized health records.
Health IT professionals must align their FHIR APIs with USCDI data standards and the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA). This ensures secure and interoperable sharing of national health information.
As health data sharing increases, standardizing data is essential for improving interoperability. This article explains the roles and importance of key data exchange and coding standards (such as FHIR, HL7, and ICD-10) used in EHRs and billing processes.
The article argues that the true limitation of clinical AI is not the algorithm itself, but access to real-time clinical context. It introduces the Model Context Protocol (MCP), a new infrastructure designed to enable secure and transparent data exchange.
The US government introduced the HTI-1 ruling to enhance transparency in healthcare data exchange. This mandates changes for FHIR-related systems and EHRs, requiring developers and providers to adopt multiple technical updates and comply with strict deadlines.