FHIR: The important bits

The FHIR standard describes how health related information can be moved around a healthcare ecosystem, describing both information structure and exchange mechanisms. It’s straightforward to learn and use, but can be a bit overwhelming to the newcomer as it’s grown quite large since we first started it over 10 years ago.

This post is intended for people unfamiliar with FHIR, and we’ll take a quick look at the most important things to be familiar with as you start your FHIR journey.

It’s very much a ‘whistle stop’ tour – think of it as a list of things to explore further yourself.