Release 5 Preview #3

This page is part of the FHIR Specification (v4.5.0: R5 Preview #3). 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®.

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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).

Portions of this specification have been approved as part of ANSI standards. Those sections are explicitly marked as normative. Details about ANSI approvals can be found here. All content not so marked has not undergone ANSI approval processes.

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Implementation Guides

Specifications based on the FHIR standard

FHIR Foundation

Enabling health interoperability through FHIR

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