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Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR) defines a set of 'resources' to represent health and healthcare administration-related information. These resources express granular clinical and administrative concepts that can be electronically exchanged in order to quickly and effectively solve system interoperability problems in healthcare and related processes. The resources cover the basic elements of healthcare - patients, admissions, diagnostic reports, medications and problem lists - with their typical data elements and also support a range of richer and more complex clinical models. The simple direct definitions of the resources are based on thorough requirements gathering, formal analysis and extensive cross-mapping to other relevant standards. |
At present, the FHIR specification is undergoing HL7 ballot (Draft for comment round 2).
FHIR is a very implementation focused specification. Ballot comments representing real world experience will attract a greater weight; reference the implementation context in your comments where possible
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Note: Why not use a standard open source license? We'd like to use Creative Commons or a license listed here, but none of them actually deliver on the plain English intent above in important ways. We aspire to meet these requirements from the Open Source Initiative, though patents are a problem.
While we resolve the questions around the long term license, the following license, adapted from the OMG (thanks for allowing this), applies:
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CONFORMANCE 1.0.3.3
HL7 is and shall at all times be the sole entity that may authorize developers, suppliers and sellers of computer software or specifications to use certification marks, trademarks or other special designations to indicate compliance with FHIR. Software developed under the terms of this license may claim compliance or conformance with FHIR if and only if the software compliance is of a nature fully matching the applicable conformance points as stated in the FHIR specification. Software developed only partially matching the applicable compliance points may claim only that the software was based on FHIR, but may not claim compliance or conformance with this specification. In the event that testing suites or processes are implemented or approved by HL7, Inc., software developed using this specification may claim compliance or conformance with the FHIR specification only if the software satisfactorily completes the testing suites.
These are recognized outstanding tasks that are yet to be completed. There are many tasks still to be done that are not listed here.
Additional open issues can be found throughout the text of the specification and on the FHIR active discussions wiki page.
This is an old version of FHIR retained for archive purposes. Do not use for anything else
Implementers are welcome to experiment with the content defined here, but should note that the contents are subject to change without prior notice.
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