FHIR allows resources to introduce polymorphic or choice type elements. A choice type element supports multiple data types. The name of a choice type element always ends with [x]. A profile can constrain the list of allowed data types of… Continue reading
R4 Support in Vonk
TL;DR; Vonk 3.0 provides support for both FHIR STU3 and R4 in one server. One endpoint, two FHIR versions FHIR grew from DSTU1 to R4, with DSTU2 and STU3 as intermediate releases. R5 is already on the horizon and it… Continue reading
The Patient Innovator Track at DevDays
In his closing keynote at DevDays US 2019 Redmond, Grahame Grieve, founder of FHIR, emphasized the importance of the patient perspective in FHIR. We were all inspired by Dana Lewis’s earlier talk. She is the creator of the “Do-It-Yourself Pancreas… Continue reading
Focusing on health outcomes: the patient perspective
During the recent FHIR DevDays in Redmond WA (US), there were a couple of speakers representing the patient perspective. We recorded some video interviews in Redmond to discuss the increasing role of patients within the FHIR community and at FHIR… Continue reading
Firely to set up shop in the US
Here at DevDays US 2019, where I am writing this blog, we just announced a huge milestone for our company: the launch of our US office in Boston. In the city that lives and breaths medical informatics, we set up… Continue reading
The Point Of No Return
FHIR R4, as you all know, is the first release with normative content. R4 will make it easier for CIOs to make investments, and to justify investments to their internal and external stakeholders. With R4, we have reached a point… Continue reading
Custom Resources in Vonk
TL;DR; Vonk FHIR Server supports Custom Resources. Define your own resourcetypes, store and validate them in Vonk just like any other resource. But don’t try to exchange them with others. What are Custom Resources? Custom Resources in this blog and… Continue reading
My Vonk Plug-in learning experience
They say you learn by trial and error. Or as Dutch people like to say: “by falling and rising”. We are famous for biking. We ride our bikes everywhere. Even when it’s windy, rainy or when the roads are covered… Continue reading
FHIR, the coolest of the uncool
FHIR is the open API for healthcare. Open APIs have brought innovation to numerous industries and they will bring innovation to healthcare. FHIR will inspire entrepreneurs and developers with great ideas to actually build apps that until now never got… Continue reading
DevDays US 2019 – snapshot of the current FHIR scene
More than ever, DevDays US 2019 will be a tech event focusing on education in FHIR. Come on Monday, leave on Wednesday, apply what you have learned on Thursday in your day job. That’s our goal for DevDays. Of the… Continue reading