Changing a ValueSet in a profile
June 21, 2017 Leave a comment
I learned something today.
Actually, most days I do learn something (and occasionally remember it later on) but this one is worth recording here.
Viewing resource instances in clinFHIR
June 15, 2017 Leave a comment
One thing you need to do quite frequently in the FHIR world is to look at resource instances (whether in XML or JSON), and this can be quite complex.
A little trick I use quite frequently is to use the clinFHIR scenario builder to create a hierarchical “tree view” of the resource, which I find easier to review than the raw format.
To do this, follow these steps.
Connectathon report
May 26, 2017 Leave a comment
A report on the recent FHIR connectathon hosted at the HL7 Site...
Creating an Extension Definition – part 3: Coded items
April 29, 2017 2 Comments
A common data type that is likely to be added in an extension are coded types – those where the value in an instance comes from a pre-defined set of possible values. There are a couple of extra things that you need to do for these.
First, a quick review of the basics.
Using Scenario Builder for developing Resources
April 22, 2017 Leave a comment
I had an email this morning from the organizers of the ‘Clinicians On FHIR’ event at the upcoming Working Group Meeting asking if it was possible to use the Scenario Builder to examine a resource type that had been altered after publication (i.e. one that was being worked on for the next release of FHIR – R4). As it turns out, this is quite straightforward to do – albeit with some limitations.
A sense of history with clinFHIR
April 16, 2017 2 Comments
I’m definitely going to finish off the series on building extensions (we have to cover coded extensions) but I must admit I’ve been a bit sidetracked in the last couple of days. You see we had a call with the ‘Clinicians on FHIR’ team talking about plans for the upcoming event at the WGM in Spain, and during the course of the discussion, Emma asked if clinFHIR could show versions of resources as she wanted to describe medication reconciliation.
At the time I said we could certainly do something like that (though I’ve not yet got that working in the Scenario Builder) but after the call I was thinking about it, and it occurred to me that what we really need is to be able to version scenarios – so we can show how they are built up, and potentially to model a workflow like fulfillment of an order or reconciliation.
So, may I present…
Creating an Extension Definition – part 2: The URL.
April 12, 2017 Leave a comment
In the previous post, we talked about the steps you might follow when creating an Extension Definition as part of profiling a resource. There were 2 steps that we glossed over because of space – the url, and extra work required for coded datatypes and identifiers. Let’s take a look at the url.
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