The Ministry of Health and Welfare's Information Department is hosting the 'Taiwan 50 Excellent SMART on FHIR Application Contest.' The event aims to promote the structuring of Taiwanese medical data and foster international interoperability by educating participants on SMART on FHIR principles and building a smart healthcare app ecosystem.
This article introduces an open-source FHIR MCP Server built on the Model Context Protocol (MCP). This tool allows users to access healthcare data using natural language, reducing the need for deep FHIR expertise and mitigating risks like AI-generated code errors.
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.
This page defines the data structure for resources related to specific permanent social help places and organizations. The format details how data must be structured using FHIR-based extensions.
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A national initiative led by Monash University researchers has launched Connect-TBI, bringing together over 60 experts across Australia. The project aims to fundamentally transform care for patients with moderate to severe traumatic brain injury (msTBI) and establish a nationally representative data asset.
Several critical security vulnerabilities, including ReDoS, authentication leaks, and XXE, have been discovered in HAPI FHIR, an open-source implementation of FHIR. These issues stem from the use of FHIRPath and processing within HTTP endpoints, affecting a wide range of versions.
Dan Galavan, an HL7 FHIR certified expert, has provided extensive FHIR-related consultancy services to the Irish National Health Service Executive (HSE) over the past five years. His expertise covers technical aspects of data integration, quality, and interoperability, with a focus on compliance with regulations like EHDS.
Multiple healthcare IT experts emphasize that achieving seamless medical data sharing requires 'true interoperability.' They stress the importance of FHIR-based architectures and semantic understanding, noting that overcoming barriers like legacy systems and information blocking is crucial.
The Taiwanese healthcare system released the 'TWPAS IG v1.0.8,' a guide based on FHIR standards. This guide defines the structure of DiagnosticReport, demonstrating how to standardize pathology reports and patient information using LOINC codes.
The National Health Insurance Administration (NHIA) released a guide detailing the TTL representation of patient status assessment items, based on FHIR R4.
HL7 Spain has announced a technical workshop focused on the FHIR and HL7 standards. This event is scheduled for November 2025, offering an opportunity to learn about the latest trends in healthcare information exchange.
La Fundación Cardioinfantil (LaCardio) has formed a strategic alliance with global leader InterSystems to drive digital health transformation across Colombia and Latin America. The partnership involves implementing an interoperable electronic medical record system based on international standards.
The Belgian healthcare system published an OperationDefinition defining 'Meta-delete' based on the FHIR standard. This provides a standardized method for deleting metadata across multiple key resources, including Bundle and ValueSet.