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FHIR API: Guidance for developers
A collection of FHIR API resources for developers.
Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources
Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR) is a global standard for passing healthcare data, and is the industry standard for passing this data between systems.
Guidance for developers: Structured Headings HL7v3 Clinical Document Architecture
The generic Structured Headings Clinical Document Architecture (CDA) model is a large “CDA Refined Message Information Model (RMIM)” that can be used as the basis to create specific profiles.
Guidance for developers: FHIR SC (ADW) profiles
Access the FHIR guidance for assessment, discharge and withdrawal dataset.
Guidance for developers: FHIR documents header
Find the initial draft version of the FHIR document profile here.
FHIR vital signs profiles
View a table mapping "magic values" (LOINC codes) to SNOMED CT values used in the UK.
FHIR profiles and FHIR APIs
As well as defining a set of resources, and a mechanism for creating profiles. The HL& FHIR provides a set of rules for how resources can be used in both traditional messaging and also in ReST APIs.
BETA – Use of FHIR-based APIs
All NHS digital, data and technology services should support FHIR-based APIs to enable the delivery of seamless care across organisational boundaries.
Digital Medicine - FHIR API
The digital medicines specification supports FHIR messages to support pharmacy information flows.