The HL7 Hellas FHIR Workgroup was formally established during the Athens Digital Health Week (ADHW) 2025. This group focuses on FHIR Core standards, ensuring alignment with international interoperability requirements.
A new specification detailing the mapping between FHIR and openEHR has been released. This development supports interoperability between the two major healthcare data standards.
The topic covered the deployment options for SMART on FHIR applications. Specifically, it addressed the decision point of whether the application should run as a standalone interface or be integrated directly into an Electronic Health Record (EHR).
FHIR (Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources) is highlighted as a key standard for health data management. This standard is expected to bring significant value to health plans in the coming years.
The ATC/DDD classification system is being made available as a FHIR Package. This development aims to facilitate its integration into the electronic patient record (ePA).
A ValueSet identified by '2.16.840.1.113883.3.464.1003.118.11.1097' was published in the context of FHIR R4. This resource is available via Ontoserver, suggesting an international standard update.
A GitHub issue was raised concerning the mechanism for including entries with different partitions within a FHIR transaction bundle. This mechanism aims to improve the specification of data partitions within the transaction bundle.
IHE published specifications detailing the required structure for FHIR elements related to Practitioner Role. These specifications mandate that all relevant FHIR elements must contain either a @value or child elements, along with specific boolean constraints.
HL7 has released a global blueprint for digital drug labeling and e-labeling using FHIR standards. This initiative aims to establish a standardized digital framework for pharmaceutical information across different regions.
A new feature related to the National Directory of Health Offerings and Resources (ROR-SP) has been identified. This initiative aims to standardize and manage health resources and offerings within the country.
HL7 International published a notice thanking its sponsors. This relates to the ongoing development and adoption of global health IT standards like FHIR and HL7.
The FDA announced it is soliciting feedback from industry and other stakeholders. This input relates to utilizing the HL7 FHIR standard for the collection of Real-World Data (RWD).
The FDA is soliciting feedback on leveraging various data standards, such as FHIR, for the purpose of incorporating Real-World Data (RWD) into clinical studies. This effort aims to standardize data sources and improve the quality and usability of RWD in research.
The Hapi-fhir project raised an issue regarding the inclusion of narrative generation libraries. This suggests an ongoing effort to enhance FHIR's capability for generating structured clinical narratives.
HL7 International is holding an event focused on mapping HL7 V2 standards to FHIR. The event offers deep dives, hands-on practice, and open-source tools for developers.
The content demonstrated the process of building and deploying a React user interface for an InterSystems FHIR server. This tutorial provides practical steps for developing the frontend application.
A guide was published detailing how FHIR resources can be used for patient data exchange. FHIR provides modular and reusable resources for this purpose.