HL7 provides 'Foundry,' an open ecosystem enabling healthcare organizations and developers to test and implement interoperability using FHIR APIs. This accelerates the standardization of health data, driven by federal efforts to improve electronic health information exchange.
ViVE 2025 reaffirmed the critical importance of interoperability in healthcare. Key challenges highlighted include the inefficiency of prior authorization processes and the complexity of managing quality measures due to CMS compliance. It was shown that data exchange via FHIR-powered APIs is key to solving these issues.
InterSystems issued an advisory warning that FHIR server search chaining may return incomplete or incorrect results when using certain parameters. This is a critical point for developers involved in data exchange and system integration.
Eugene Vestel provides expertise on leveraging FHIR and AI technologies to help healthcare organizations utilize their data. Through open-source tools, the goal is solving interoperability challenges and generating outcomes.
This service provides an integrated solution addressing the need for two-way structured clinical data exchange in healthcare. It enables secure read and write operations across multiple systems, ensuring compliance with regulatory standards like US Core and TEFCA.
MediQuant announced that its cloud-based data archiving and interoperability solution, DataArk, now fully supports U.S. Core Data for Interoperability (USCDI) Version 5. This milestone helps healthcare organizations meet the latest federal standards and advance data sharing.
This service offers an integration solution for securely ingesting FHIR data from a single system, specifically designed for mobile and web applications. It ensures interoperability compliant with US Core standards in scenarios where bidirectional write-back is not required.
The Fraunhofer-Institut iESE is developing a system that uses LLMs and NLP to automatically extract data from unstructured medical documents (like PDFs) and convert it into standardized formats such as FHIR, LOINC, and SNOMED-CT. This is expected to significantly improve the efficiency of electronic health record data processing.
A data expert highlights the importance of a 'FHIR Strategy Day' for developers and decision-makers starting large-scale FHIR projects. The day aims to provide knowledge from business and leadership perspectives, not just technical ones, helping participants avoid common pitfalls encountered early in a project.
Electronic Prior Authorization (ePA) is a transformative technology beyond mere regulatory compliance. By leveraging it, all stakeholders—including providers and payers—can significantly improve operational efficiency, enhancing patient care quality and achieving cost reduction.
Etiometry, a leader in clinical decision support software, announced it has received its 10th FDA clearance. This milestone underscores the company's commitment to driving innovation while meeting stringent cybersecurity and regulatory standards for high-acuity units.
Non-profit DirectTrust has appointed Lisa Nelson, a medical informatics expert, as Chief Technical Officer (CTO). She will leverage her extensive experience in interoperability and patient-centered data exchange to advance the standardization of trusted healthcare information exchange.
Interoperability provider Onyx has expanded its 'Patient Access API' capabilities to support the latest FHIR guidelines. This enhances compliance for healthcare organizations and payers with CMS regulations, improving patient data access and transparency.
3Cloud provides a 'FHIR Jumpstart' program to help healthcare organizations meet interoperability requirements set by the 21st Century Cures Act, utilizing the Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR) standard. This program supports MVP deployment on Azure, aiming for improved data integration and advanced analytics capabilities.
eHealth Exchange will showcase its advancements in nationwide data exchange at the HIMSS25 Global Health Conference. The organization plans to demonstrate advanced interoperability, particularly focusing on payer-provider collaboration and public health reporting using standards like HL7 FHIR.
The Fraunhofer Institute (Fraunhofer IESE) launched the 'FHIR-Starter' project, collaborating with a Berlin hospital and an AI company. The goal is to automatically structure electronic patient record data, which is currently predominantly unstructured.
Epic FHIR integration enables the EHR platform to communicate with external systems and applications using standardized protocols. This allows for real-time, secure data sharing of patient records, improving operational efficiency and care quality in healthcare institutions.
Oracle announced the deprecation of support for the FHIR DSTU2 version. Developers utilizing this standard are strongly urged to migrate to FHIR R4 by December 1, 2025.
While interoperability is progressing in Latin American healthcare systems based on standards like HL7 FHIR, scaling up requires the support of regional communities and global collaborations. These networks are crucial for achieving full integration.