# FHIR * **Definition:** Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources, a standard for exchanging healthcare information electronically, designed to enable interoperability between different healthcare systems. * **Taxonomy:** Healthcare Topics / FHIR ## News * Selected news on the topic of **FHIR**, for healthcare technology leaders * 2.7K news items are in the system for this topic * Posts have been filtered for tech and healthcare-related keywords | Date | Title | Source | | --- | --- | --- | | 5/20/2025 | [**AI And FHIR: Developing Next-Gen Intelligent Healthcare Systems - Forbes**](https://www.forbes.com/councils/forbestechcouncil/2025/05/20/ai-and-fhir-developing-next-gen-intelligent-healthcare-systems/) | [[Forbes]] | | 5/14/2025 | [**E-Health Update: Trends, Tools & Tech in Modern Healthcare - LinkedIn**](https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/e-health-update-trends-tools-tech-modern-healthcare-dianapps-kiw8c) | [[Linkedin]] | | 5/14/2025 | [**Beyond FHIR: Why True Healthcare Interoperability Needs AI**](https://hitconsultant.net/2025/05/15/beyond-fhir-why-true-healthcare-interoperability-needs-ai/) | [[HIT Consultant]] | | 5/8/2025 | [**FHIR in Healthcare: Navigating the Challenges of Adoption**](https://www.healthtechmagazines.com/fhir-in-healthcare-navigating-the-challenges-of-adoption/) | [[Health Tech Magazines]] | | 4/29/2025 | [**Revolutionizing Healthcare with Next-Gen Custom HealthTech Solutions - LinkedIn**](https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/revolutionizing-healthcare-next-gen-custom-vhm7c) | [[Linkedin]] | | 4/28/2025 | [**The FHIR Business Alliance (FHIRBall) Is Focused on Business Use Cases**](https://www.healthcareittoday.com/2025/04/28/the-fhir-business-alliance-fhirball-is-focused-on-business-use-cases/) | [[Healthcare IT Today]] | | 4/23/2025 | [**Payer-to-Payer FHIR® API Compliance Readiness Checklist Published**](https://www.healthitanswers.net/payer-workgroup-publishes-payer-to-payer-fhir-api-compliance-readiness-checklist-ahead-of-cms-deadline/) | [[Health IT Answers]] | | 4/9/2025 | [**NCQA Urges Expedited Adoption of Digital Quality Measures**](https://www.hcinnovationgroup.com/policy-value-based-care/value-based-care-quality-measurement/news/55281068/ncqa-urges-expedited-adoption-of-digital-quality-measures) | [[Healthcare Innovation]] | | 4/4/2025 | [**With an Eye on Value-Based Care, N.C. HIE Presents Health Data Utility Roadmap**](https://www.hcinnovationgroup.com/interoperability-hie/health-information-exchange-hie/article/55279924/with-an-eye-on-value-based-care-nc-hie-presents-health-data-utility-roadmap) | [[Healthcare Innovation]] | | 3/26/2025 | [**InfoMC Introduces Next-Generation Technology Advancements with Microservices, FHIR Integration, and Blazor-Powered UI**](https://www.prweb.com/releases/infomc-introduces-next-generation-technology-advancements-with-microservices-fhir-integration-and-blazor-powered-ui-302411560.html) | [[PRWeb]] | | 3/25/2025 | [**Black Book Research Releases 2025 Comprehensive Guide to Patient Engagement and ...**](https://www.newswire.com/news/black-book-research-releases-2025-comprehensive-guide-to-patient-22539402) | [[Newswire]] | | 3/25/2025 | [**Black Book Research Releases 2025 Comprehensive Guide to Patient Engagement and ...**](https://finance.yahoo.com/news/black-book-research-releases-2025-114500538.html) | [[Yahoo Finance]] | | 11/29/2024 | [**How To Achieve Success in Healthcare Technology Development - by Ajay Singh - Medium**](https://medium.com/@ajay.singh_91430/how-to-achieve-success-in-healthcare-technology-development-59c69f108771) | [[Medium]] | | 11/5/2024 | [**Solidifying HL7 FHIR's Critical Role in Achieving Nationwide Interoperability**](https://www.healthitanswers.net/solidifying-hl7-fhirs-critical-role-in-achieving-nationwide-interoperability/) | [[Health IT Answers]] | | 10/17/2024 | [**NCQA Establishes Bulk FHIR Quality Coalition**](https://www.hcinnovationgroup.com/interoperability-hie/fast-healthcare-interoperability-resources-fhir/article/55236409/ncqa-establishes-bulk-fhir-quality-coalition) | [[Healthcare Innovation]] | | 10/13/2024 | [**4 Reasons Why the Adoption of FHIR Brings Immense Value to Medical Record Requesters**](https://www.healthitanswers.net/4-reasons-why-the-adoption-of-fhir-brings-immense-value-to-medical-record-requesters/) | [[Health IT Answers]] | | 9/30/2024 | [**Introducing the 2024 Draft Federal FHIR® Action Plan**](https://www.healthitanswers.net/introducing-the-2024-draft-federal-fhir-action-plan/) | [[Health IT Answers]] | | 9/24/2024 | [**ASTP Seeks Feedback on Draft Federal FHIR Action Plan**](https://www.hcinnovationgroup.com/interoperability-hie/fast-healthcare-interoperability-resources-fhir/news/55142328/astp-seeks-feedback-on-draft-federal-fhir-action-plan) | [[Healthcare Innovation]] | | 8/8/2024 | [**Novel AI model may enhance health data interoperability - Medical Xpress**](https://medicalxpress.com/news/2024-08-ai-health-interoperability.html) | [[MedicalXpress]] | | 8/7/2024 | [**Novel AI Model May Enhance Health Data Interoperability - Feinberg News Center**](https://news.feinberg.northwestern.edu/2024/08/07/novel-ai-model-may-enhance-health-data-interoperability/) | news.feinberg.northwestern.edu | | 7/11/2024 | [**Why FHIR offers a gateway to healthcare transformation - Health Data Management**](https://www.healthdatamanagement.com/articles/why-fhir-offers-a-gateway-to-healthcare-transformation?id=135001) | healthdatamanagement.com | | 7/10/2024 | [**FHIR API & Interoperability - Oystehr**](https://oystehr.com/fhir-api) | oystehr.com | | 6/10/2024 | [**2024 CMS HL7 FHIR Connectathon**](https://www.healthitanswers.net/2024-cms-hl7-fhir-connectathon/) | [[Health IT Answers]] | | 10/12/2022 | [**Regence, MultiCare team on FHIR-enabled prior authorization**](https://www.fiercehealthcare.com/payers/regence-multicare-team-fhir-enabled-prior-authorization) | [[FierceHealthcare]] | | 1/28/2022 | [**From HITECH to SMART-on-FHIR: Where does the healthcare app ecosystem stand?**](https://medcitynews.com/2022/01/from-hitech-to-smart-on-fhir-where-does-the-healthcare-app-ecosystem-stand/) | [[MedCity News]] | ## Topic Overview (Some LLM-derived content — please confirm with above primary sources) ### Key Players - **HL7 International**: An organization that develops standards for the exchange of health information, including FHIR. - **Dr. Russell Leftwich**: Expert emphasizing FHIR as a universal language for healthcare data. - **Advocate Health**: Implemented FHIR-enabled integration with EHRs to improve patient engagement and streamline information flow. - **1upHealth**: A leader in FHIR-based interoperability, serving over 80 healthcare organizations and covering more than 270 million patient lives. - **Tufts Medicine**: Showcased a FHIR-based cancer data-sharing API to improve interoperability and support oncology care. - **eHealth Technologies**: Offers eHealth Connect on FHIR, facilitating real-time data exchange between health systems to improve patient care. - **Availity**: The largest real-time health information network in the U.S., utilizing FHIR and REST API for intelligent authorization solutions. - **Northwestern Medicine**: Developed FHIR-GPT, a model to enhance the conversion of EHR data into FHIR. - **Smile Digital Health**: A company focused on FHIR-based health data solutions, enhancing interoperability and compliance in healthcare. - **Huron Consulting Group**: A top-ranked firm in healthcare IT advisory, known for implementing FHIR standards to improve data interoperability. - **RTI International**: Engaged in collaborations to enhance patient outcomes through technology and data integration, leveraging FHIR and AI. - **AGFA HealthCare**: Partnered with Rad AI to improve radiology workflows through FHIR integration. - **Elait Health**: Provider of AI-powered healthcare technology, focusing on FHIR-based interoperability. - **InfoMC**: Provider of a cloud-based care management platform with full FHIR interoperability aimed at enhancing scalability and user experience. - **DirectTrust**: An organization focused on secure healthcare communications and interoperability, collaborating with The Sequoia Project to enhance FHIR implementation. - **Edifecs**: A leader in FHIR and EDI solutions, providing a Healthcare Interoperability Cloud to enhance data exchange and compliance for payers. - **Consensus**: Assists rural clinics in integrating fax data into non-FHIR-enabled systems to facilitate referrals. ### Partnerships and Collaborations - **ONC and HRSA**: Collaborated to implement FHIR Bulk Data Access standards in health centers. - **RTI International and b.well Connected Health**: Collaborating to enhance patient outcomes through technology and data integration using FHIR. - **Te Whatu Ora Health New Zealand and Middleware New Zealand**: Developing a Shared Digital Health Record system utilizing FHIR standards. - **ASTP and Federal Agencies**: Collaboration to develop next-generation FHIR capabilities and enhance healthcare interoperability. - **1upHealth and Enterprise Organizations**: Collaboration with over 80 organizations to enhance health data access and improve outcomes using FHIR. - **Meditech and HIMSS**: Showcasing the Traverse Exchange interoperability network and innovations with FHIR API standards. - **Arcadia and Tufts Medicine**: Collaboration to develop a FHIR-based cancer data-sharing API to improve interoperability. - **athenahealth and HRSA**: Collaboration to support FQHCs in electronically submitting de-identified patient data, streamlining data submission processes. - **Quantek Systems and Varian**: Collaboration to enhance clinical interoperability through the integration of FHIR with Varian's ARIA platform. - **Wellstack and Hartford HealthCare**: Partnership to improve data integration and patient-centered care through advanced analytics and FHIR. - **Smile Digital Health and FirePower Capital**: Partnership to enhance FHIR-based health data solutions through a $15 million financing agreement. - **AGFA HealthCare and Rad AI**: Collaboration to enhance radiology workflows using AI-driven reporting and FHIR standards. - **InfoMC**: Announced upgrades to its platform featuring full FHIR interoperability and a microservices-based architecture. - **DirectTrust and The Sequoia Project**: Strategic agreement to deploy Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) supporting TEFCA Facilitated FHIR. - **CommonWell Health Alliance**: Welcomed new members to advance health information interoperability. - **Arcadia and Amazon Web Services**: Collaborating to integrate Beneficiary Claims Data into Arcadia's platform using FHIR adapters. - **Smile Digital Health and West Coast Informatics**: Partnership to enhance interoperability and streamline data mapping processes. - **1upHealth and CDC**: Collaboration to enhance data interoperability and improve public health data exchange. - **Labcorp and CommonWell Health Alliance**: Labcorp's membership in CommonWell aims to drive FHIR data exchange and improve interoperability among healthcare providers. ### Innovations, Trends, and Initiatives - **FHIR**: Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR) is an open standard developed to enhance healthcare information exchange, serving as a universal language for interoperability among healthcare systems. - **FHIR Implementation**: The Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR) standard is being adopted to enhance data exchange, with ongoing efforts to address implementation challenges. - **FHIR API Standards**: Key to improving interoperability and data exchange in healthcare, as highlighted by various organizations. - **FHIR-based APIs**: Increasing adoption of FHIR APIs for data sharing and interoperability across various healthcare applications. - **Widespread Adoption of FHIR**: The adoption of FHIR and SMART on FHIR applications has significantly improved interoperability and data sharing in healthcare. - **Telehealth Integration**: The rise of telehealth platforms that incorporate FHIR standards for better data exchange and patient engagement. - **Federal FHIR Action Plan**: A draft plan guiding federal investment and adoption of FHIR standards to improve healthcare interoperability. - **Bulk FHIR Coalition**: Initiative to identify gaps in FHIR utilization and enhance digital quality measurement using regulated FHIR data. - **HL7 Device Interoperability FHIR Accelerator**: Aims to provide a vendor-neutral framework for plug-and-play interoperability in the medical device industry. - **TEFCA**: A federal initiative aimed at creating a standardized framework for health information exchange, utilizing FHIR to enhance interoperability. - **SATUSEHAT**: An initiative in Indonesia promoting the adoption of FHIR among healthcare providers. - **HL7 FHIR Connectathon**: An event focusing on healthcare interoperability, featuring policy updates and real-world implementation feedback. - **Cures Act Compliance**: Healthcare organizations are focusing on FHIR standards to comply with regulatory mandates like the ONC and CMS Cures Act. - **FHIR-GPT**: A new AI model developed to improve the efficiency of converting EHR data into FHIR. - **New Resource Types and Implementation Guides**: Ongoing development of FHIR to adapt to diverse regulatory and operational needs. - **eHealth Connect on FHIR**: A new offering by eHealth Technologies that integrates with EHR providers for secure data exchange. - **AI Integration**: Healthcare organizations are increasingly adopting AI-driven solutions alongside FHIR to enhance patient engagement and operational efficiency. - **USCDI+ Cancer Data Elements**: Six health IT vendors pledged support to enhance interoperability in oncology, utilizing FHIR API standards. - **Prior Authorization Solutions**: Emerging solutions utilizing FHIR to streamline prior authorization processes and improve transparency. ### Challenges and Concerns - **Interoperability Issues**: Despite FHIR's promise, the healthcare landscape remains fragmented, necessitating improved data format accommodations. - **Data Standardization**: Challenges in agreeing on standardized terminology and data collection methods for effective FHIR implementation. - **Cybersecurity Risks**: Healthcare organizations face increasing cybersecurity threats, necessitating robust security measures alongside FHIR adoption. - **Implementation Inconsistencies**: Despite momentum from initiatives like TEFCA, inconsistent implementation of FHIR standards remains a challenge. - **Privacy and Security Concerns**: Ensuring compliance with regulations like HIPAA while implementing FHIR-based solutions remains a significant concern. - **Data Fragmentation**: Despite advancements in interoperability standards like FHIR, the healthcare industry continues to struggle with fragmented systems. - **Legacy Systems**: The complexity of healthcare data and reliance on outdated systems hinder the adoption of FHIR standards. - **Security Concerns**: Challenges remain in FHIR implementation due to inconsistent adherence and security issues. - **Integration of AI and FHIR**: While AI integration into FHIR platforms is promising, ensuring data integrity and operational efficiency remains a concern. - **Regulatory Compliance**: Organizations must ensure compliance with regulations while implementing FHIR standards and enhancing data sharing. - **Integration Costs**: High costs associated with integrating FHIR standards into existing systems can hinder adoption. - **Interoperability Compliance**: Healthcare organizations face challenges in meeting evolving federal and state regulations regarding data exchange. - **Interoperability Barriers**: Fragmented healthcare systems hinder effective data sharing, leading to challenges in care coordination and patient outcomes. - **Interoperability Gaps**: Despite high EHR adoption, only a small percentage of hospitals achieve meaningful interoperability, leading to inefficiencies and clinician burnout. - **Fragmented Data Exchange**: Despite advancements, the medical device industry continues to struggle with data silos and proprietary integrations. - **Data Governance**: Ensuring the orchestration of activities that define and maintain the meaning of data across healthcare systems. ## Related Topics [[FHIR-GPT Model]]