Many FHIR decisions are not technical. They need to be made by the wider business and they need to be made as early as possible. If you’re overseeing a new project that uses FHIR, here are 14 questions you should be asking right now.
- Which regulations in which countries affect our use of FHIR?
- Which version of FHIR should we use?
- Do we need to implement Smart-on-FHIR?
- Which FHIR server provider should we use?
- Should we use a managed cloud-based FHIR server?
- Are there GDPR ramifications for the way we’re using FHIR servers?
- How are we auditing read and write calls to FHIR?
- Is our multi-tenant and data segregation approach compliant?
- Are there country specific problems with where the FHIR server data is located?
- How are we preventing incorrect or unwanted data from entering the server?
- Do we need to capture patient consent in the FHIR server?
- How are we identifying AI generated data in FHIR?
- Does the business understand the data analytics limitations of FHIR?
- Do we know which questions to ask our compliance and legal people about FHIR?
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