Quick and dirty decisions are the bane of software development.
FHIR is no exception.
These decisions often come with a “we’ll fix it later” mentality. As most of us know “later” never comes. The quick decision becomes the permanent decision.
Do any of these sound familiar?
- We’ll use a managed FHIR server on the cloud to get us started.
- We’ll create an “AI” extension. That should be enough.
- We’ll hire a terminology person when the budget improves.
- We’ll use a custom extension for now and do it properly later.
- We’ll consider a “hybrid” approach next year.
- We’ll switch on profile validation in the next release.
These are from conversations I had last month. These and more. So many more.
Short term or quick decisions can do real harm to your project.
“We’ll fix it later” is not a FHIR strategy.
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