FHIR: meet #CDA
CDA (Clinical Document Architecture) is undeniably the most successful HL7 version 3 standard. It’s being used very widely around the world for representing clinical data, and is one of the core...
View ArticleCreating a FHIR document for the January Connectathon
I had intended to talk in some detail about the Composition resource next, as this is one of the key resources for a FHIR document, but because the January connectathon is getting close I’m going to do...
View ArticleServer processing of FHIR documents: Connectathon
In this post we’re going to think a bit about how the server might process a document that it receives. This is a massive topic, and certainly not one that can be covered in a single post – or by any...
View ArticleDecomposing a FHIR document
Scenario 2.3 of Connectathon talks about a server ‘decomposing’ a FHIR document. This is another of those huge topics, as it is all about using the document as a ‘carrier’ for information that is used...
View ArticleMore comments on FHIR documents
With the emphasis on Documents in the coming connectathon, there have been a few questions on the skype chat about that. I suspect that most people who plan to attend connectathon will be monitoring...
View ArticleModelling Encounters in FHIR: Part 2
I was having a chat with some colleagues in New Zealand (who shall remain nameless, but you know who you are PJ & KA) about Encounters – specifically how to model an encounter (using openEHR...
View ArticleReferrals, Orders and FHIR
One of the resources that didn’t make the DSTU was a resource to represent Referrals – and this is something that the Working Group is starting to address. However, the concept of referrals is...
View ArticleReferral requests in FHIR
In conjunction with the Patient Care workgroup, we’re currently working on the ReferralRequest Resource. You can see a draft here, and the here is the resource request (but do be aware that it is very...
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