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Maturity Level : N/A | Standards Status : Informative | Security Category : Patient | Compartments : Device , Patient , Practitioner , RelatedPerson |
FHIR
is
designed
as
an
interface
specification
-
it
specifies
the
content
of
the
data
exchanged
between
healthcare
applications,
and
how
the
exchange
is
implemented
and
managed.
FHIR
defines
the
following
methods
for
exchanging
data
between
systems:
Mappings:
RESTful
API
FiveWs
Pattern
Mapping
Messaging
Documents
Workflow
Pattern
Each
of
these
approaches
can
be
used
to
exchange
information,
and
each
has
its
own
strengths
and
weaknesses
and
applicability.
Note
that
applications
are
allowed
to
use
any
other
method
to
exchange
resources;
the
methods
described
in
this
specification
are
the
common
methods
that
are
used
enough
to
justify
Mappings
for
the
effort
invoice
resource
(see
Mappings
to
describe
or
standardize
their
use.
Other
Standards
for
further
information
&
status).
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