The Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR) is a data exchange draft standard that is published and maintained by Health Level Seven (HL7). It is less complex and more user-friendly than earlier data exchange standards. It facilitates real time data exchange through web-based technology.
https://www.hl7.org/fhir/overview.html
Technology Driven Changes
The federal government, regulatory bodies and major health care organizations have been advocating for the adoption of electronic health record systems for some time now. Today, the focus has largely shifted to organizational interoperability, which refers to the ability to easily share and collect data among systems and devices like apps and sensors. Advancements in technology have also created new tools for communication and collaboration between health care providers and health care consumers. All of these changes in technology have led to the rapid development and adoption of FHIR, which is a better solution for accessing, storing and sharing health data based on technology standards.
How is FHIR Different? …show more content…
This offers a fast, flexible and cost-effective solution for the sharing of health care data. The FHIR standard supports four types of interoperability: web services, documents, messages and services. It is dissimilar to previous standards that separately support these four areas, which contributes to misinformation and miscommunication. The FHIR offers the four content paradigms in a centralized area. For example, health care providers can use FHIR to access electronic health records and export specific data, such as historical vital signs, into email messages, provider documentation and other electronic