Making a Transaction bundle using the Mapping Language

In the previous post we created a bundle of Patient resources for sending to a FHIR server. However, if you take a look at the Bundle generated by executing the transform, you’ll see that it has a type of ‘transaction’ but the entry elements only contain a ‘resource’ element (that contains the actual resource) – it’s missing the ‘request’ element that tells the server what to do with that resource, and so is not a valid transaction.

Let’s fix that.

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A simple map

In the previous post, we described a simple application to help develop transformation maps conformant with the FHIR mapping language. Let’s now take a look at using that app to actually develop a simple map.

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A simple app to help using the Mapping Language

So I’ve just been at the FHIR devdays in Amsterdam which was really interesting (of course – attending a devdays is a ‘must do if possible’ for FHIR implementers). One of the presentations I attended was on the FHIR mapping language – more specifically an implementation of the FHIR mapping language by Firely and Healex   (currently in a ‘technical preview’ state).

I’ve always been interested in the mapping language, and its ability to create portable mapping files – allowing specialists to create the mapping instructions, which can then be used by any compliant engine, as the following image illustrates:

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