Despite possessing transformative technologies like AI and telehealth, the healthcare industry is hampered by siloed systems that struggle with data sharing. Achieving interoperability requires leveraging open standards like HL7 FHIR and robust APIs.
According to a report from KLAS Healthcare IT Insights, while Electronic Health Record (EHR) interoperability has advanced, significant challenges remain for true data sharing. The report specifically points out a disconnect between increased data availability and actual usability in clinical settings.
The HAPI FHIR server provides data containing resource change history in XML format. This response includes operational records and metadata for specific basic resources.
Indonesia faces challenges with fragmented medical data and system silos. In response, the government introduced the national platform 'SatuSehat,' aiming to integrate data from all healthcare facilities using the HL7-FHIR standard.
In Indonesia, the national platform 'SATUSEHAT' is leading the replacement of old hospital information systems (SIMRS) with a new data exchange system based on the FHIR standard. This aims to improve patient safety and streamline insurance claims.
Sprkz Collect converts static PDF enrollment forms into structured, actionable data. This accelerates patient access programs by eliminating manual entry errors and enabling efficient data management and workflow automation.
The electronic health record platform 'Rinova' is now available in Bangladesh for healthcare organizations. This platform is HIPAA compliant and features FHIR compatibility, ensuring secure patient data protection and seamless integration with existing systems.
AirGate Technologies offers an integrated data analytics solution combining Azure Health Data Services and Azure Synapse. This enables healthcare providers and payers to analyze data from multiple, disparate systems, aiming for personalized care delivery and cost reduction.
As Artificial Intelligence (AI) expands into healthcare, challenges related to data acquisition, interoperability, and privacy are emerging. Solving these issues requires building a standardized 'single data platform' that integrates data from multiple sources.
A new fog-computing medical data gateway, the B-Health IoT Box, successfully demonstrated its ability to harmonize large volumes of health and well-being data from diverse devices. This marks a significant step toward building interoperable digital health ecosystems by addressing fragmented data streams and incompatible protocols.
Talend Data Mapper supports the import of FHIR specifications. For performance reasons, certain elements may be ignored during this process, but they can easily be recreated afterward.
Te Aho o Te Kahu has published a FHIR ValueSet defining the clinical N stage for female genital corpus uteri sarcoma, based on the AJCC cancer staging manual (8th edition). This resource standardizes the regional lymph node status (cN) before treatment initiation, aiding medical information exchange.
Equideum Health has introduced FHIRBlocks, a solution that enables fine-grained consent management for health data. This allows developers to rapidly build new applications while reducing compliance risks for organizations like providers and payers.
This article emphasizes that digital health companies must build scalable FHIR integration infrastructure capable of supporting multiple EHR vendors and emerging AI use cases. Early adoption is crucial, transforming the capability from a one-off IT project into a long-term competitive advantage.
The regular issuance of e-prescriptions for the Federal Police (BPol) is expected to begin in January 2026, delayed from its original October 2025 start date. This delay is attributed to incomplete technical prerequisites and workflow implementation, making paper prescriptions currently recommended.
Firely released .NET SDK 6 to address challenges in handling FHIR data. This version unifies two previously separate data models, POCO and ITypedElement, creating a more flexible and future-proof structure.
Google has accelerated its development cycle, releasing an early preview of Android 16. This update includes features such as the ability for medical apps to read and write health data using the FHIR standard, which is relevant to building electronic patient record systems in Japan.
An event organized by BCS discussed the challenges of digitalizing social care. It highlighted how utilizing FHIR, a standard for healthcare information exchange, can provide solutions for improvement in this complex domain.
The communication service 'KV-Connect,' provided by kv.digital GmbH, has been discontinued. Consequently, data transmission for medical institutions must now primarily use KIM (Kommunikation im Medizinwesen).