R6 Ballot (1st Full Ballot)

This page is part of the FHIR Specification v6.0.0-ballot4: Release 6 Ballot (1st Full Ballot) (see Ballot Notes). The current version is 5.0.0. For a full list of available versions, see the Directory of published versions for published versions icon

0 Welcome to FHIR®

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

Note to Balloters: This publication is the first full ballot of R6 (Release 6). Details on the scope of the ballot and how to participate in voting can be found here.

First time here? READ THIS FIRST! icon
Then 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

Level 5 Providing the ability to reason about the healthcare process