On January 2, Health Level Seven debuted the new version of its interoperability specification. Many CIOs and technologists in healthcare have been awaiting the fourth iteration of the Fast Healthcare ...

What is an application programming interface? One of the more evocative definitions in recent memory comes, of all places, from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs: "Think of an API as a server in ...

In the ever-evolving landscape of healthcare, one persistent hurdle remains: data fragmentation. Despite the widespread adoption of electronic health records (EHR) over the last couple of decades, ...

Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR) is blazing a path to interoperability. In our opinion, RESTful interfaces based on FHIR will be an mHealth game-changer by commoditizing EHR data and ...

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The healthcare industry is moving toward greater adoption of the Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR) standard. The CMS interoperability rule mandating FHIR as a technical standard by ...