Amid an exponential increase in API usage, Oystehr announced 'Ottehr,' the first FHIR-native open-source EHR. This development significantly reduces the cost for healthcare organizations building custom systems while enabling deep customization tailored to specific workflows.
This article reviews the significant progress of FHIR (Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources), a standard for healthcare data exchange, during 2024. It highlights that the release of FHIR R5 and US regulatory trends have accelerated digital transformation and data sharing in the healthcare sector.
Dynamic Health IT (DHIT) announces participation in major industry events from 2025 to 2026, including HL7 FHIR Connectathons and HIMSS. Through these events, DHIT aims to advance the FHIR standard, connect with peers, and share the latest insights in healthcare IT.
MeldRx provides resources to support the development of predictive AI applications compliant with SMART on FHIR standards. The platform offers tools for implementing CDS Hooks, EHR integration, and managing/testing FHIR R4 bundles.
Apple provides a registration process for healthcare organizations to enable access to patient data via the Health Records Directory. This allows organizations to securely share Electronic Health Record (EHR) information through FHIR APIs, improving patient experience and ensuring data currency.
Client applications must obtain a 'Discovery Document' to learn the authorization endpoints and features supported by an AWS HealthLake data store. This knowledge is essential for making successful FHIR REST requests to HealthLake.
Developers can learn how to use SMART on FHIR authorization on AWS HealthLake, allowing client applications to securely access medical data. This process is based on a workflow involving OAuth scopes and Lambda functions.
myFHIR provides comprehensive IT services based on standards like HL7 and FHIR to support data exchange and system integration in the healthcare industry. These services focus specifically on ensuring data integrity, security, and operational stability within complex medical environments.
Rob Ferguson has published multiple articles regarding implementation guides for FHIR, utilizing HAPI FHIR. These articles cover specific technical elements such as AU Core and JPA Server Starter Project, explaining how to link these components with FHIR and discuss methods for integrating FHIR with HL7.
According to Janice Reese, Program Manager of FAST (FHIR at Scale Task Force), making it simple for patients to access information is one of the key benefitsβalongside identity consent and securityβand is a goal of the federal FHIR draft plan.
Google announced the beta version of its next OS, Android 16. Notably, the Health Connect platform significantly enhances data sharing capabilities in healthcare by supporting read/write functions for Electronic Health Records (EHR) using the FHIR format.
This article provides detailed technical guidance on common issues encountered when using various AWS HealthLake features (data store creation, FHIR import). Key points include insufficient IAM permissions for data store setup, the mandatory requirement of FHIR R4 format, and structured methods for analyzing failed import jobs.
AWS HealthLake provides an interaction to search for FHIR resources within a data store based on specific filter criteria. This search can be performed using either GET or POST requests, with the use of POST recommended when handling Personally Identifiable Information (PII) or Protected Health Information (PHI), as this ensures encryption in transit.
smilecdr provides a comprehensive medical data integration and exchange platform supporting standards like HL7 v2.x and FHIR. This enables healthcare institutions to achieve efficient data management and secure transmission, while developers can utilize it for building applications such as EHR systems.
Apple has detailed the process by which EHR vendors must register with Health Records and publish FHIR API endpoints to enable access to health records. This outlines a critical procedure for ensuring interoperability in patient data sharing.
This guide explains how to implement fine-grained authorization within an AWS HealthLake environment using SMART on FHIR. This capability allows for granular control over which specific patients or data a user is authorized to access, going beyond simple scope definitions.
AWS HealthLake provides FHIR search functionality using POST requests, enhancing security for handling sensitive medical data (PHI/PII). This allows developers to include search parameters in the JSON request body for secure access to data stores.