Context

FHIR® – Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (hl7.org/fhir) – is the next generation standards framework created by HL7 International. FHIR combines the best features of HL7's v2 HL7 v3  and CDA  product lines while leveraging the latest web standards and applying a tight focus on implementability.

 While the standards is still in its infancy, not having reached Normative status yet, there is an increasing number of early adopters that are rushing in to capitalize on its promise - easier and faster integration. There is ample written material on the web that both praises FHIR and warns against reckless adoption practices. This site will attempt to collect the most relevant factual arguments in an effort to bring some clarity and alignment for Canadian implementers.

Brief overview of FHIR

Stakeholder perspective

List the various stakeholders categories and how FHIR supports their problem space:

 

Strengths

What is it that makes FHIR great? Listing it's core strengths will help define best practices to capitalize on these and highlight adverse affects of not following them.

Challenges

Known and predicted obstacles preventing successful adoption. These considerations should inform the audience on immediate challenges faced when developing or implementing with FHIR.

Best practices

This is the place to draw on collective wisdom and list what it is that the recommended best approach is for FHIR development to lead to predictable and scalable adoption. We may even be able to break this down per stakeholder category:

Project Sponsors

Modellers

System implementers

Integrators

PoS applications

Government

Supporting networks and resources

A place to collect useful information for stakeholders.