FHIR

FHIR stands for Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources. It’s the unexpected consequence of an infamous blog post I made many years ago.

https://blog.interfaceware.com/the-rise-and-fall-of-hl7/

It caused a bit of a stir in the Health Level Seven community at the time. I thought that APIs would replace HL7 messaging - although I think I underestimated the impact of legacy status quo.

FHIR is well meaning but ultimately not that useful - it’s the problem of a committee trying to solve a problem they don’t really understand.

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