More Argonaut stuff
March 7, 2015 8 Comments
Interesting article on how FHIR and Argonaut continue to gain momentum in the US.
FHIR does seem on track to become the Lingua Franca of healthcare information exchange…
SMART writing
March 6, 2015 2 Comments
And hot on the heels of the last post that referenced a ‘FAQ’ from the SMART on FHIR Support group is this question about using the SMART interface for writing as well as reading data.
The question:
looking at the docs they all show how to get data and launch apps but nothing about sending data. Is the import also fhir or do I have to hack the database instead?
SMART, CIMI, FHIR & Argonaut
March 4, 2015 1 Comment
Saw an interesting question and answer on the SMART support forum about the relationship between SMART and FHIR which Josh has allowed be to copy here (as it’s so topical might now). The question was:
Anyone who happens to know … I’d appreciate it if you could clue me in…
Other than the kick ass implementations done on the SMART-on-FHIR side of world, is there something that SMART adds definitionally to the pile of stuff at documented in a very scattered fashion (not a criticism – it’s the nature of what these things) over at HL7 FHIR? Or is it Boston Children’s/Harvard’s project working to implement the HL7 FHIR standards in a coherent way? Or … what?
Also, via CIMI (which I get the purpose of, I think), I came across Health Services Platform Consortium (HSPC). What are they doing that SMART-on-FHIR isn’t doing? Even all of the posted “apps” that “they” have developed that are running come from you. Do they (above and beyond what the mission is here) have a technical purpose? Or is it politics or marketing or something of the like that I don’t understand.
FHIR DSTU-2 Profiles
March 3, 2015 2 Comments
A couple of posts on Profiles in the DSTU-2 candidate from the guys at Furore:
- http://thefhirplace.com/2015/02/12/the-evolution-of-profile-to-conformance-package/
- http://thefhirplace.com/2015/02/13/fhir-profiles-and-implementation-guides/
These guys have been involved with – and supported – FHIR from the very beginning, are the maintainers of one of the FHIR test servers (Spark) and are also the authors of the reference profile editor (forge) so they know their stuff!
FHIR Searching using POST
March 2, 2015 Leave a comment
Another little thing that has some up as we implement our FHIR services is what HTTP verbs you can use when submitting a query. The ‘usual’ way to do this is with the GET verb, but the spec states that it is also legitimate to use a POST to the _search endpoint, with the parameters as an x-multi-part-form submission in the POST body.
Search receipts in FHIR
March 2, 2015 2 Comments
When writing a server that can respond to FHIR queries, it may not be clear what to do when you get a search parameter that you don’t understand. Or, for that matter, which of the defined search parameters against each resource you do need to support.
Project Argonaut and FHIR
March 1, 2015 6 Comments
Most readers of this blog will be familiar with Project Argonaut – a project announced last year under the aegis of HL7 but funded by a number of US Vendors & Healthcare Providers to help accelerate the development of FHIR, and also the ‘SMART on FHIR‘ project.
Last week there was an on-line kick-off meeting attended by almost 100 people to describe the scope and purpose of the project, and to invite participation in the next phase. The project team were at pains to emphasise that the purpose of Argonaut is to accelerate the current work – it is not a ‘fork’ of the specification, or in competition with it in any way. All of the outputs remain fully open source – in fact they define it as a ‘code and documentation sprint’ – one that is time based and will finish once the objectives have been achieved (though, to my mind, follow-on projects are likely).
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