Bulk Data Access IG
2.0.0 - Standard for Trial Use
Bulk Data Access IG
2.0.0 - Standard for Trial Use
This page is part of the FHIR Bulk Data Access (Flat FHIR) (v2.0.0: STU 2) based on FHIR R4. This is the current published version. For a full list of available versions, see the Directory of published versions 
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