A shed in your backyard, a closet in your spare room, the balcony on the north that you never use anyway. Everyone has it. That place where ‘stuff’ is stored. And exactly how valuable is that stuff if you can’t… Continue reading
DevDays Virtual and the Emotional Cycle of Change
The background story to bringing DevDays US 2020 Online For seven years, DevDays has been our baby. It’s always something to look forward to, to meet old friends and new people, and to be part of a global community with… Continue reading
The most exciting updates to Simplifier, Forge, and Torinox in 2020
The FHIR train never stops and neither do we. That’s why we’ve significantly improved your FHIR editing and publishing flow. Here is an overview of everything that’s new in our Simplifier FHIR tool suite: Updated to the latest FHIR version… Continue reading
Fighting COVID-19 with FHIR (Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources)
How rapid and efficient exchange of health information can help healthcare workers address the global pandemic Written by Ward Weistra and Ysabel Camus Since its introduction in 2014, many health institutions have taken their time to adopt Fast Healthcare Interoperability… Continue reading
Doing business the FHIR way
It all started with a cup of coffee in a Starbucks ten months ago. Here we are now launching the FHIR Business Alliance. FHIRBall: Doing business the FHIR way. After the FHIR Connectathon in May 2019, I met with Duncan… Continue reading
The future of Forge – Part II
On October 3rd, we announced that we will change the Forge license. As of January 1st, 2020, the free version of Forge will be licensed for non-commercial use only. We want to secure the future of Forge. Long-term investments in… Continue reading
Securing the future of Forge
On January 1st, 2020, we will issue a new license for Forge, replacing the current license. Forge will remain free for non-commercial use. Commercial use of Forge will be linked to the Simplifier pricing plans, which also give access to… Continue reading
Type Slicing in FHIR R4
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