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What is FHIR?

FHIR (Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources) is a standard for exchanging healthcare information electronically. It aims to provide a consistent, RESTful way to access and share data between different healthcare systems and applications, improving interoperability. It is commonly used for integrating electronic health records (EHRs), mobile health apps, and other healthcare IT solutions.

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What other technologies are related to FHIR?

FHIR Competitor Technologies

HL7v2

HL7v2 is an older HL7 messaging standard, providing similar but less modern functionality for data exchange as FHIR. Many organizations are migrating from v2 to FHIR.

mentioned alongside FHIR in 79% (487) of relevant job posts

CDA

CDA is a document-centric standard for representing clinical documents. FHIR can also represent clinical documents and offers more flexibility and granular access to data.

mentioned alongside FHIR in 45% (671) of relevant job posts

HL7 v2

HL7 v2 is an older HL7 messaging standard, providing similar but less modern functionality for data exchange as FHIR.

mentioned alongside FHIR in 58% (463) of relevant job posts

openEHR

openEHR is an open-source standard and methodology for EHRs based on archetypes. It provides an alternative approach to data modeling and persistence than FHIR.

mentioned alongside FHIR in 67% (389) of relevant job posts

CCDA

CCDA is a specific implementation of CDA for US Meaningful Use. Similar to CDA, FHIR can also be used to represent clinical documents.

mentioned alongside FHIR in 46% (512) of relevant job posts

C-CDA

C-CDA is a specific implementation of CDA, and FHIR can be used to represent clinical documents in a more flexible manner.

mentioned alongside FHIR in 57% (242) of relevant job posts

HL7 v2.x

HL7 v2.x is an older HL7 messaging standard. FHIR provides more modern functionality.

mentioned alongside FHIR in 63% (136) of relevant job posts

HL7v3

HL7v3 is another older HL7 standard. FHIR provides more modern functionality.

mentioned alongside FHIR in 85% (81) of relevant job posts

FHIR Complementary Technologies

IHE

IHE defines integration profiles using standards like FHIR, HL7v2, and DICOM to solve specific clinical interoperability challenges. It is complementary as it provides implementation guidance using FHIR.

mentioned alongside FHIR in 42% (890) of relevant job posts

LOINC

LOINC is a coding system for lab results and other clinical observations, often used within FHIR resources to standardize the representation of data.

mentioned alongside FHIR in 40% (841) of relevant job posts

SNOMED

SNOMED CT is a comprehensive clinical terminology. It is often used as a coding system within FHIR resources to standardize the representation of clinical concepts.

mentioned alongside FHIR in 39% (696) of relevant job posts