FHIR

Introduction

Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR, pronounced "Fire" defines a set of "Resources" that represent granular clinical concepts. The resources can be managed in isolation, or aggregated into complex documents. This flexibility offers coherent solutions for a range of interoperability problems.

The simple direct definitions of the resources are based on thorough requirements gathering, formal analysis and extensive cross-mapping to other relevant standards. A workflow management layer provides support for designing, procuring, and integrating solutions.

Technically, FHIR is designed for the web; the resources are based on simple XML, with an http-based RESTful protocol where each resource has predictable URL. Where possible, open internet standards are used for data representation.

FHIR Development Links

• The current specification: http://www.HL7.org/fhir/
• gForge home: http://gforge.hl7.org/gf/project/fhir/
• Official Guide to Authoring FHIR Resources
• List of Discussion pages:
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Hot Topics

The following discussions are likely to be of interest to most FHIR participants

• FHIR Project planning
• FHIR Resource Types
• FHIR Governance
• FHIR Design Requirements Sources
• FHIR license

Implementation Resources

• Publicly Available FHIR Servers for testing
• Open Source FHIR implementations
• FHIR Connectathon (Sept.8, 2012)

Workgroup pages

• Patient Administration Resource development