Build 5 FHIR Applications in 10 Weeks

Get hands-on with FHIR in just 10 weeks. In this bootcamp, you will understand concepts by building apps that connect with real-world EHRs, deploy your own FHIR server and more.

5 modules
30 lessons
10 weeks
Build 5 FHIR Applications in 10 Weeks
Part 1

SMART Practitioner Application on Cerner

In this module, we'll build a Javascript-based app to display a Cerner patient's banner, view their vital signs, and create new vitals sign entries.

  1. What You're Going to Build

    Requirements for the third app

    2:00
  2. EHR Launch Explained

    Explanation of the EHR launch flow

    7:00
  3. Setup and Simulating EHR Launch from Cerner

    Practical understanding of how an EHR launch will look like

    6:30
  4. OAuth2 with Launch Token and Offline Access

    Steps after generating the FHIR server base URL

    13:30
  5. Access the Patient Resource with the Right Scopes

    Learn how to access the patient resource with the right scopes

    10:00
  6. Listing the Patients Vitals

    Learn how to get the vitals of a patient

    6:00
  7. Writing Vitals Back to the EHR

    Learn how to create vitals for the patient

    15:00
  8. Coding Tutorials Introduction

    Introducing the coding tutorial for the second app (this and following videos are optional)

    1:00
  9. Coding Tutorial - Decoding Search Parameters and Fetching Well Known Endpoint

    13:00
  10. Coding Tutorial - Completing the OAuth2 Flow with Launch Token

    26:00
  11. Coding Tutorial - Building the Patient Banner

    23:00
  12. Coding Tutorial - Listing Patient Vital Signs

    25:00
  13. Coding Tutorial - Creating New Temperature Entries

    18:00
  14. Coding Tutorial - Reloading Vitals on Creation of New Temperature

    8:00
Part 2

SMART Backend Application on Epic

In this module, we'll build a nodejs app that obtains all lab reports for patients in the Epic sandbox and sends email notifications for patients with abnormal results.

  1. What You're Going to Build

    Requirements for the fourth app

    2:00
  2. Client Credential Grant and JWTs

    Understanding client credential grant and JWTs

    3:00
  3. Cryptography Basics and Setting up the Backend Application

    9:00
  4. Constructing the JWT

    12:00
  5. Accessing FHIR Data with the JWT

    6:00
  6. FHIR Bulk API Explained

    14:00
  7. Scripts to Make Your Life Easier

  8. Ethreal as a Dummy Email Server

  9. Coding Tutorials Checkpoint

    1:00
  10. Coding Tutorial - Setup and Pseudocode

    6:00
  11. Coding Tutorial - Using the JWT to Obtain an Access Token

    18:00
  12. Coding Tutorial - Bulk API Kick Off and Polling the Response

    28:00
  13. Coding Tutorial - Streaming the Bulk API Response

    29:00
  14. Coding Tutorial - Processing the Data Stream

    26:00
  15. Coding Tutorial - Checking for Abnormal Observations and Sending an Email

    23:00
  16. Coding Tutorial - Scheduling the Activity with a Cron Expression

    10:00
Part 3

FHIR Facade on Postgres

In this module, we'll build a Java app that acts as FHIR facade on the SQL DB that lists all patients, patient details, and observations in the DB via FHIR APIs and supports JSON and XML response formats.

  1. What You're Going to Build

    Requirements for the fifth app

    2:00
  2. FHIR Facade Explained

    3:00
  3. Setup Postgres and Seed Data

    4:00
  4. SQL Exercises

    8:00
  5. Alternatives to FHIR Facade

    3:00
  6. Authorization and Search Redaction

    3:00
  7. Feedback and Coding Tutorial Checkpoint

    3:00
  8. Coding Tutorial - Introduction to HAPI FHIR

    4:00
  9. Coding Tutorial - Setting Up A Simple Java Project

    5:00
  10. Coding Tutorial - Setting Up HAPI FHIR Server With Jetty

    21:00
  11. Coding Tutorial - Creating Your First FHIR Facade

    12:00
  12. Coding Tutorial - List Patients

    16:00
  13. Coding Tutorial - Read Patient

    6:00
  14. Coding Tutorial - Listing Observations

    31:00
  15. Coding Tutorial - Read On Observations

    17:00
Part 4

Patient Management Application

In this module, we will build a simple patient management app to list all patients on a FHIR server, create new patients, edit patients, and search patients by name or phone number

  1. Welcome to the Bootcamp!

    Introducing trainers, pre-requisites and setting expectations

    4:00
  2. What You're Going to Build

    Requirements for the first app

    2:00
  3. How does FHIR REST Work?

    Let's take a look at the FHIR REST API

    4:00
  4. Interacting with a FHIR Server using Postman

    How to perform a simple GET operation on a FHIR server using Postman

    5:00
  5. Reading the FHIR Resource Structure Definition

    Learn how to read the FHIR specification, specifically Resource structure definitions

    20:00
  6. FHIR REST API Operations with Postman

    How to execute Create, Read, Update, Delete operations with FHIR REST API using Postman

    10:00
  7. FHIR Search Parameters

    Explore FHIR Search Parameters

    18:00
  8. Creating Custom FHIR Search Parameters

    How to create a custom FHIR search parameter

    9:00
  9. Coding Tutorials Introduction

    Introducing the coding tutorials

    2:00
  10. Coding Tutorial - Setup and Listing Patients

    Coding tutorial on setting up a project and listing patients on a FHIR server

    17:00
  11. Coding Tutorial - Pagination of Resources

    Coding tutorial on handling pagination of resources fetched from a FHIR server

    9:00
  12. Coding Tutorial - Page Routing Setup

    Coding tutorial on page routing set up for patient management app

    12:00
  13. Coding Tutorial - Building the Patient Form

    Coding tutorial on building the patient creation form

    20:00
  14. Coding Tutorial - Create and Update on Patient Form

    Coding tutorial on implementing create and update on patient form

    30:00
  15. Coding Tutorial - Implementing Search

    Coding tutorial on searching for a FHIR resource

    22:00
  16. Coding Tutorials - Debouncing Search

    Coding tutorial on debouncing search

    7:00
  17. Bonus! - Running Your FHIR Server Locally using Docker

    Bonus video on setting up a your own local FHIR server using docker

    7:00
Part 5

SMART Patient Application on Epic

In this module, we will build a SMART Patient Application that connects to Epic

  1. Coding Tutorial - Vital Signs Listing and Sorting

    Coding tutorial on listing and sorting vital signs

    20:00
  2. What You're Going to Build

    Requirements for the second app

    1:30
  3. What is SMART?

    Introducing SMART on FHIR

    4:00
  4. What is OAuth2?

    Introducing OAuth2 and how does SMART use it?

    9:00
  5. OpenID Connect

    What is OpenID Connect and how does it work?

    5:30
  6. SMART Discovery Endpoint

    What does SMART add to OAuth2?

    3:00
  7. SMART on FHIR Scopes

    What are SMART on FHIR scopes?

    13:00
  8. Configuring Postman for EPIC OAuth2

    How to configure Postman for Epic OAuth2?

    3:00
  9. Retrieving Access Token from EPIC

    How to retrieve access token from Epic?

    5:00
  10. Context in Token Response

    How to understand the SMART token response context?

    6:00
  11. US Core FHIR Profiles

    US Core FHIR Profiles

    14:00
  12. Interacting with Epic FHIR APIs

    How to use Epic FHIR APIs

    18:00
  13. Coding Tutorials Introduction

    Introducing the coding tutorial for the second app (this and following videos are optional)

    2:00
  14. Coding Tutorial - Patient App Development Setup

    Coding tutorial on setting up the patient app development environment

    10:00
  15. Coding Tutorial - Getting Authorization Code from Epic

    Coding tutorial on getting an authorization code from Epic

    20:00
  16. Coding Tutorial - Exchanging the Code for the Token

    Coding tutorial on exchanging the code for a token

    18:00
  17. Coding Tutorial - Patient Details Component

    Coding tutorial on building the patient details component

    17:00
  18. Coding Tutorial - Expiring the Token on localstorage

    Coding tutorial on expring the token on localstorage

    11:00
  19. Coding Tutorial - Token Refresh Verification

    Coding tutorial on token refresh verification

    1:00
  20. Coding Tutorial - Medication Listing

    Coding tutorial on listing medication details

    12:00
  21. Coding Tutorial - Lab Results Listing

    Coding tutorial on listing lab results

    13:00