Insurance company Humana and healthcare system Providence announced a scalable data exchange initiative to advance value-based care. The collaboration leverages HL7 FHIR standards to enable secure, standardized data sharing between payers and providers.
This article provides developers with a detailed guide on how to import FHIR format healthcare data using AWS HealthLake. It explains the process by utilizing the StartFHIRImportJob function, detailing implementation examples using AWS CLI and Python SDK (Boto3).
AWS provides guidance on creating data archives compliant with the FHIR R4 standard using HealthLake. This allows developers to manage, search, and export electronic health records.
Flexpa has developed a server that integrates FHIR (the common language for EHR data) and MCP (a standard for connecting AI models), creating a technical bridge. This allows AI agents to safely and at scale utilize complex, previously siloed medical data.
Developers can export FHIR data using AWS HealthLake. Data extraction is possible through both native operations and the FHIR R $export operation within HealthLake.
Castor launched Catalyst, an AI-powered platform designed to automate burdensome tasks in clinical studies. The system aims to dramatically reduce time, cost, and errors by automating processes like data entry and verification.
Interoperability company Redox and Kno2, which holds a federal designation as a Qualified Health Information Network (QHIN), announced a strategic alliance. This partnership aims to solve the dual challenge of moving large-scale clinical data and making it instantly usable across the healthcare sector.
As of 2025, standardized data access is mandatory in healthcare, making FHIR integration increasingly critical. Major vendors (Epic, Cerner, etc.) are adopting FHIR R4 APIs to ensure seamless interoperability across EHR/EMR platforms, responding to regulations like TEFCA.
AWS HealthLake adopts OAuth 2.0 as its authorization protocol, utilizing the SMART on FHIR framework to enforce granular access control. This allows client applications to access only the specific data scopes (patient, user, or system) required for their function.
This guide details the procedure for reading the current state of specific FHIR resources using AWS HealthLake. It is a technical guide on how to retrieve information from a data store using GET requests and various authentication methods (SigV4 or SMART on FHIR).
This article details the technical procedure for creating new healthcare resources (e.g., Patient) using the FHIR R4 API within AWS HealthLake. It serves as a comprehensive guide for adding data to a HealthLake datastore.
Health Samurai provides a free Inferno (g)(10) Test Kit for developers, addressing the difficulty of accessing official testing infrastructure due to U.S. government shutdowns. This tool is designed for validating compliance with the ONC Certification Program and US Core standards.
HLN participated in the HL7 event held in September 2025, focusing particularly on the application of decision support (CDS) and AI in public health. It was shown that existing FHIR APIs can be leveraged to enhance data access for public health, providing actionable information to care providers.
AdvancedMD, a provider of cloud-based healthcare software, announced its fall 2025 product updates aimed at simplifying clinic operations and improving billing accuracy. Key features focus on reducing administrative burdens, such as AI-assisted pre-visit summary creation and automatic insurance detail population.
The CARIN Alliance announced the publication of the nation's first unified digital identity credential trust framework policy, developed with DirectTrust and Kantara Initiative. This policy integrates multiple existing standards to establish interoperability for digital identities across healthcare systems.
An Enterprise Master Patient Index (EMPI) provides a foundational architecture for healthcare interoperability by centralizing and linking patient records across multiple systems. This ensures accurate patient identification, enabling safer and higher quality care from diverse data sources like EHRs and imaging platforms.
Sonata Software Ltd. offers a Proof of Concept (PoC) service focused on healthcare data interoperability using FHIR. This service aims to solve challenges in medical data exchange by integrating tools like Power BI and Power Apps.