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
FHIR R4 Profiling and Forge
In an earlier blog post FHIR R4 at Firely, my colleague Ardon outlined our product roadmap for 2019. In this post, we will explore the changes that FHIR R4 introduces in the profiling and conformance layer and how this affects Forge, the… Continue reading
Forging a road ahead
In the first week of May, Prior to the HL7 working group meeting in the beautiful city of Cologne, we published a new Forge release for FHIR STU3 (version 18.6). In this article, we will take a closer look at… Continue reading
Element Identifiers in FHIR
About the history of element identifiers in FHIR and relevant changes in the STU3 specification.
Introducing Forge for STU3
About the new Forge release for FHIR STU3
Forge 14.4 technical overview
About new features in Forge release 14.4, especially profiles on profiles.
Forging Profiles on Profiles
Introduction Recently (Friday November 25th) we published a new Forge release, Forge 14.4 for DSTU2 – FHIR DevDays 2016 edition. You can download the new Forge release for free from Simplifier.net. The previous Forge release (13.2) dates from June 10th, so clearly it’s… Continue reading
Forge for DSTU-2
In preparation for the upcoming HL7 International Working Group Meeting in Paris, we have been working on upgrading Forge, the FHIR profile editor, to conform to the current FHIR DSTU 2 specifications. In this post I’d like to provide an overview… Continue reading
FHIR profiles and implementation guides (2)
In a previous article we introduced the concept of FHIR implementation guides. Recently our FHIR team at Firely had another in-depth discussion about this topic. In this follow up I’d like to share some more details concerning the concept architecture of implementation guides. An… Continue reading
FHIR profiles and implementation guides
Firely has recently been exploring the topic of authoring implementation guides for FHIR profiles. In this blog posting, I’d like to share some of our preliminary ideas with you. First let’s introduce a couple of key concepts. So what is a… Continue reading