FHIR Architecture

The Problem with FHIR Facades

If you’re implementing FHIR to meet a regulatory requirement, facades can look attractive. The regulation specifies the data...

I work with a lot of organizations using FHIR for the first time. It always starts with me...

You didn’t build RBAC, because you thought SMART on FHIR had you covered. “Read” scopes made you think...

One of the first FHIR projects I worked on used an open-source library from a big-name FHIR server...

Data is building up in your FHIR server. What’s next? The business weighs in: “We have all this...

“FHIR Compliant” does not mean what you think it means. Let’s say you want to integrate with a...

The online FHIR community and events like DevDays lean heavily toward the US and Europe. But that’s a...

Every FHIR project has deal breakers. Requirements that rule out entire classes of servers. Problem is, early decisions...

In large FHIR projects, the problems rarely show up at the start. In the early months everything looks...

My book “FHIR Architecture Decisions” is now freely available. No sign-up or email address required. You can download...

I worked on a FHIR project a few years ago where all the wrong decisions were made. This...

My “FHIR Architecture Decisions” book ships on Wednesday, April 8th. The book covers the early decisions that need...