R4 Draft for Comment

This page is part of the FHIR Specification (v3.2.0: R4 Ballot 1). The current version which supercedes this version is 5.0.0. For a full list of available versions, see the Directory of published versions . Page versions: R5 R4B R4 R3 R2

0 Welcome to FHIR®

FHIR is a standard for health care data exchange, published by HL7®. Note: The continuous build is getting ready for the first normative ballot. See the ballot introduction for details.

First time here?
See the executive summary, the developer's introduction, clinical introduction, or architect's introduction, and then the FHIR overview / roadmap & Timelines. See also the open license (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

Foundation

Base Documentation, XML, JSON, REST API + Search, Data Types, Extensions

Level 2 Supporting Implementation, and binding to external specifications

Level 3 Linking to real world concepts in the healthcare system

Administration

Patient, Practitioner, Device, Organization, Location, Healthcare Service

Level 4 Record-keeping and Data Exchange for the healthcare process

Clinical

Allergy, Problem, CarePlan, DetectedIssue, RiskAssessment, etc.

Diagnostics

Observation, Report, Specimen, ImagingStudy, Genomics, etc

Medications

Medication,
Request,
Dispense,
Administration,
Statement,
Immunization, etc.

Workflow

Task, Appointment, Schedule, Referral, PlanDefinition, etc.

Financial

Claim, Account, Coverage, Claim, EligibilityRequest, ExplanationOfBenefit, etc.

Level 5 Providing the ability to reason about the healthcare process

Clinical Reasoning

Library, ServiceDefinition & GuidanceResponse, Measure/MeasureReport, etc

External Links:

Implementation Guides

Specifications based on the FHIR standard

FHIR Foundation

Enabling health interoperability through FHIR

Translations

Note that translations are not always up to date

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