As digital transformation accelerates in healthcare, cybersecurity certification has shifted from a bonus to an essential requirement for ensuring operational resilience. The shift toward cloud and IoMT architectures exposes critical equipment like vital sign monitors to network threats, making certifications like ISO 27001 key to maintaining service continuity.
The DGBMT (German Society for Biomedical Engineering) recommends that hospitals leverage their purchasing power to establish 'interoperability' as a mandatory criterion when procuring medical technology and IT systems. This change can be achieved by integrating it into the procurement process itself, rather than solely relying on new legislation.
This article summarizes a systematic review published in JMIR Medical Informatics, detailing the concept of 'Dynamic and Revocable Consent' using blockchain technology. This system aims to enhance patient control over their health data by allowing them to manage consent for secondary data use, balancing privacy protection with research utility.
The German Association for Biomedical Engineering (VDE DGBMT) has called for the mandatory inclusion of 'interoperability' as a core procurement criterion when purchasing medical technology. The paper suggests that hospitals can leverage their market power and existing international standards to enforce compliance without needing new legislation.
While excellent for transactional exchange, FHIR is inherently ill-suited for large-scale analytical processing. Organizations must adopt a 'boundary thesis,' using FHIR as an interface while employing optimized formats within the domains.
The introduction of a digital health exchange system is expected to free patients from the complex procedures associated with receiving care at multiple medical institutions. This will enable smoother and more efficient healthcare provision.
A specialist from the Center for Digital Health announced that a medical digital twin system will make patient care faster and smoother in Azerbaijan. The system aims to integrate scattered medical records and test results into a single platform, facilitating data exchange based on FHIR standards to support better clinical decisions by doctors.
InterSystems announced a partnership with Medistim, a pioneer in TTFM technology, to develop an end-to-end data management solution for cardiac surgery. Utilizing FHIR (Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources), the solution standardizes and structures medical device data, enabling integrated use within electronic health records.
Morgan Dowell, co-founder of Saga IT, has been recognized for his achievements based on over two decades in software engineering and deep specialization in healthcare integration. He provides solutions utilizing standards like HL7 and FHIR for medical data exchange.
A research paper reports the successful implementation of automated video-based AVPU (consciousness level) assessment within a FHIR-enabled clinical decision support framework. This aims to improve and standardize the traditionally manual process of assessing consciousness levels, enabling more objective data collection.
The Sparked Podcast has launched its third season, focusing on Australia’s national Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR) accelerator. The series highlights the collaborative effort among diverse stakeholders—including clinicians, consumers, and researchers—aiming to ensure safe and seamless health information flow.
This documentation explains the behavior of logical operators, 'AND' and 'OR', based on legacy documentation for a FHIR converter called FUME. These operators determine if both operands are true (AND), or if at least one operand is true (OR), after casting the data to Boolean type.
This study proposes a method to integrate diverse data from wearable devices, such as those from Garmin, into Electronic Health Record Systems (EHDS) using FHIR. The case study focuses on the technical feasibility and scalability of data linkage for applications like chronic disease management and clinical decision support.
The US government is accelerating innovation in health IT through large-scale funding and certification programs (AI+ Healthcare Administrator™). This initiative aims to modernize infrastructure using open standards and develop next-generation care models, providing participating companies with clinical validation access and expanded market opportunities.