Couchbase x Medblocks - Building a NoSQL FHIR Server
We walk you through building a FHIR server on top of Couchbase's NoSQL database, covering challenges, technical decisions, architecture, and local setup.
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Could FHIR Work as an Alternative to XDS?
Explore how FHIR compares to XDS in healthcare data sharing and what it means for interoperability between hospitals and clinics.
What Does FHIR Versioning Mean for Your Systems
Learn how FHIR uses semantic versioning to manage updates, ensure compatibility and support smooth transitions between healthcare data standards like R4 and R5.
How Is FHIR Being Used Around the World
Curious how FHIR is used and who’s adopting it? Here are real-world examples of how FHIR is reshaping healthcare across the globe.
A History of HL7: From Terminals to APIs
A journey through 30 years of healthcare interoperability from costly 1980s interfaces to modern FHIR APIs following HL7's evolution to web-friendly resources.
The Creation of FHIR and Why it Matters for Healthcare
Learn when FHIR was created, why HL7 developed it, and how it transformed healthcare data interoperability across the industry.
FHIR Resources: How Healthcare Data Is Organized
Understand how FHIR resources like Patient, Observation, and Medication enable smooth, standardized healthcare data exchange.
GE HealthCare x Medblocks - Simplifying Cancer Care Decisions
Here we explore a real-world project we did with GE HealthCare, where we tackled the challenges of data normalization in oncology care.
EHR Sidecars and their History
EHR sidecars have a long history of filling gaps that core EHRs couldn't. Learn how sidecars started, evolved, and why they're still relevant today.
Interoperability Runs on Open Source, Not Standards
While open standards set the rules, open source gets the work done. Discuss choosing tools, handling semantics and making health systems interoperable.
10 Tools Every FHIR Developer Must Know
Breaking down the Top 10 FHIR tools every developer should know in 2025, from building and hosting servers to validating, profiling, and testing data.
12 FHIR Resources Everyone Should Know
In this article we’re breaking down the 12 most essential FHIR resources you need to know when starting out.
Three Ways to Build Your FHIR Server
Assess three approaches to implementing RESTful FHIR servers - Facade, Synchronization and Hybrid. Also explore FHIR Documents and Messaging paradigms.
Get Your Patient App Live on Epic in 48 Hours
Deploy your patient-facing FHIR app across Epic hospitals in just 48 hours. We demystify Epic's Automatic Client Record Distribution process easily.
What Does It Take to Build a FHIR-First EHR? | Aidbox
What does it take to build a truly modern EHR? Conversation with Health Samurai CTO Nikolai Ryzhikov exploring the path to modular, FHIR-first platforms.
Learn to Build a Python Facade and Make Your EHR FHIR-Compliant
A 'facade' could solve your legacy data's FHIR-compatibility woes. This tutorial shows how to create a FHIR Facade on a Postgres database using Python.
Build FHIR Applications in Java with HAPI FHIR
This hands-on guide shows how to code using the HAPI FHIR library in Java, create real FHIR apps, work with Resources and interact with REST APIs.
How to Work with FHIR REST APIs using Python
This guide explores performing real-world operations like creating, reading, updating, and deleting patient data on a FHIR Server using Python.
Announcing Medblocks openFHIR: An open-source engine that bridges openEHR and FHIR
Introducing openFHIR, an open-source bidirectional mapping engine converting between openEHR and FHIR standards. Built on FHIRConnect, Apache 2.0.
A Beginner's Guide to FHIR Questionnaire Question Types
FHIR's Questionnaire resource is a great way to build scalable and interoperable forms. Using the right question types can make or break your form data quality.
openEHR vs FHIR and other health IT standards
Health IT has various standards, and choosing the right one is often confusing. Understand the differences clearly to select the right standard.
Building the SMART on Epic Application: Coding Tutorial
Apply fundamentals from 'Patient App Integration with SMART on Epic' and code a fully functional application to build more SMART apps of your own.
Patient App Integration with SMART on Epic - How To Guide - The Fundamentals
Healthcare apps rely on SMART on FHIR, a framework transforming healthcare. Learn how it works and build your SMART-powered health app from scratch.
How to build your first FHIR application using AI in 30 minutes
With LLMs and AI coding tools, building healthcare apps is no longer just for seasoned programmers. An introduction to building FHIR web apps for beginners.
FHIR Questionnaire vs Composition: Which Do You Need?
One organizes existing health data and the other gathers new inputs. Which is which? Do you need both? Read on to find out.
Designing for Doctors: A FHIR-Driven Approach to Patient Management That Clinicians Actually Use
Explore Medblocks' patient management solution powered by FHIR APIs, optimizing hospital workflows with user-centered design and vendor-neutral approach.
FHIR Questionnaire Essentials: How to Get Started
Is it possible to have healthcare forms that comply with a unified standard? Explore FHIR's Questionnaire resource, a step in the right direction.
Why FHIR Matters: Grahame Grieve’s Mission to End Data Fragmentation
Grahame Grieve, "father of FHIR," joins the Digital Health Hackers podcast with updates on global adoption and ongoing stumbling blocks to data sharing.
Why We're Reinventing the EHR
Traditional healthcare software development has significant drawbacks. A platform with standardized features and extensible features might be the right answer.
How to Enable FHIR Profile Validation with HAPI FHIR JPA Server
Walkthrough on how to configure HAPI FHIR to do profile validation for you, and few fundamental concepts of FHIR Profiles.
FHIR vs. Traditional HL7: What Makes This Standard So Different?
Discover why FHIR is changing healthcare IT. Learn its advantages over HL7 v2, C-CDA and v3, its rapid adoption, and simplified data exchange.
What is FHIR? A Beginner's Guide
Learn 5 Key HL7 FHIR Concepts - Resources, Data Elements, Profiles, Exchange Paradigms, and Implementation Guides.
FHIR CDS Hook Service: How to Create One in 10 mins!
Follow along and create your first HL7 FHIR CDS Hooks Service using NodeJS and the CDS Hooks Sandbox in less than 10 minutes.
HL7 FHIR CDS Hooks - A Practical Guide
HL7 CDS Hooks is a specification by HL7 that enables EHRs to integrate Clinical Decision Support using RESTful HTTP APIs.
Which Health IT Standard to Pick: FHIR, openEHR, or OMOP?
Each domain has its own best-suited standard: FHIR, openEHR, and OMOP respectively. There's an art to picking the standard for the data use case.
What is a FHIR Terminology Service?
The FHIR terminology service offers functions derived from a collection of CodeSystem, ValueSet, and ConceptMap resources.
How To Create Your First FHIR Resource Like A Pro
Learn to create FHIR patient resources: Navigate HL7, use JSON schemas and code with VS Code for seamless development and healthcare interoperability.
Exploring FHIR Paradigms: Case Studies Across the Globe
FHIR boosts healthcare data exchange, linking clinical, admin, and research via EHR, REST, Documents, Messages, and Services.
Migrating Legacy Data to FHIR at scale using ETL's
ETL (Extract, Transform, Load) moves data from legacy systems to FHIR, using Apache Debezium and Nifi for syncing databases in FHIR format.
SMART on FHIR-Frontend Flows
SMART on FHIR enables health apps to connect with EHRs securely, including OAuth2 and OpenID for authorization. It supports standalone and EHR app launches.
CMS Interoperability and Patient Access Final Rule
CMS's Patient Access Rule mandates HL7 FHIR API for data access, provider directory, payer-to-payer exchange, and daily federal-state data exchanges.
SMART on FHIR Authentication for Backend Services
SMART on FHIR defines two ways in which clients can authenticate - symmetric (shared secret) and asymmetric (public key) client authentication.
FHIR poised to gain center stage in the US
FHIR leads healthcare interoperability, enabling secure data exchange. CMS/ONC initiatives like Blue Button 2.0 and BCDA utilize FHIR for Medicare data.