This page is part of the FHIR Specification (v5.0.0: R5 - STU). This is the current published version. For a full list of available versions, see the Directory of published versions . Page versions: R5 R4B R4 R3 R2
FHIR is a standard for health care data exchange, published by HL7®.
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See the executive summary, the developer's introduction,
clinical introduction, patient introduction, or
architect's introduction, and then the FHIR overview & how FHIR versions work.
See also the open license (CC0) (and don't miss the full Table of Contents and the Community Credits
or you can search this specification).
Level 1 Basic framework on which the specification is built
Level 2 Supporting implementation and binding to external specifications
Level 3 Linking to real-world concepts in the healthcare system
Level 4 Record-keeping and Data Exchange for the healthcare process
Allergy, Problem, Procedure, CarePlan/Goal, Family History, RiskAssessment, etc.
Observation, Report, Specimen, ImagingStudy, Genomics, etc.
Introduction + Task, Appointment, Schedule, Referral, PlanDefinition, etc.
Claim, Account,
Invoice, ChargeItem,
Coverage + Eligibility
Request &
Response, ExplanationOfBenefit, etc.
Level 5 Providing the ability to reason about the healthcare process
Medicinal, Packaged & Administrable product definitions, Regulated Authorization, etc.
External Links:
Implementation Guides Specifications based on the FHIR standard |
Enabling health interoperability through FHIR |
Translations Note that translations are not always up to date |
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