Release 4 R6 Ballot (1st Full Ballot)

This page is part of the FHIR Specification (v4.0.1: R4 - Mixed Normative and STU v6.0.0-ballot4: Release 6 Ballot (1st Full Ballot) (see Ballot Notes ) in it's permanent home (it will always be available at this URL). ). The current version which supercedes this version is 5.0.0 . For a full list of available versions, see the Directory of published versions for published versions icon . Page versions: R5 R4B R4 R3 R2

0 Welcome to FHIR®

FHIR is a standard for health care data exchange, published by HL7®.

Note to Balloters: This publication is the first full ballot of R6 (Release 6). Details on the scope of the ballot and how to participate in voting can be found here .

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See Then see the executive summary , the developer's introduction , clinical introduction , patient introduction , or architect's introduction , and then the FHIR overview / roadmap & Timelines how FHIR versions work . See also the open license (CC0) (and don't miss the full Table of Contents and the Community Credits or you can search this specification ).

Technical Corrections : 4.0.1 , Oct-30 2019 : Corrections to invariants & generated conformance resources, and add ANSI Normative Status Notes

Level 1 Basic framework on which the specification is built

Level 2 Supporting implementation and binding to external specifications

Level 3 Linking to real world real-world concepts in the healthcare system

Level 4 Record-keeping and Data Exchange for the healthcare process

Level 5 Providing the ability to reason about the healthcare process

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Implementation Guides

Specifications based on the FHIR standard

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Enabling health interoperability through FHIR

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Note that translations are not always up to date Useful support for FHIR Implementers

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