0 Welcome to FHIR®

FHIR is a standard for health care data exchange, published by HL7®.

This publication is to support ballot review for a limited-scope update on FHIR R4.
Details on the scope of the ballot and how to participate in voting can be found here.

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, 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, CareTeam, Device, Organization, Location, Healthcare Service

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

Clinical

Allergy, Problem, Procedure, CarePlan/Goal, ServiceRequest, Family History, RiskAssessment, etc.

Diagnostics

Observation, Report, Specimen, ImagingStudy, Genomics, Specimen, ImagingStudy, etc.

Medications

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

Workflow

Introduction + Task, Appointment, Schedule, Referral, PlanDefinition, etc

Financial

Claim, Account,
Invoice, ChargeItem,
Coverage + Eligibility
Request & Response, ExplanationOfBenefit, etc.

Level 5 Providing the ability to reason about the healthcare process

Clinical Reasoning

Library, PlanDefinition & GuidanceResponse, Measure/MeasureReport, etc.

Medication Definition

Medicinal, Packaged & Administrable product definitions, Regulated Authorization, 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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