FHIR offers many improvements over existing health care standards, including “support for RESTful architectures”. REST is an architectural style, driven by a need to interoperate…
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The US and the UK have alternative, national FHIR implementation guides. I’ve written up this post to show some initial results of a comparison I’m…
In order to provide a patient with secure access to their medical records, it’s important to establish who they are (their identity) and what they…
The short answer is no! To find out why, please read on… Data Controller is a legal term, used in the Data Protection Act and…
If it could, would we want it to? Suppose humanity managed to automate everything. Would this lead to a fairer, more equal society – not…
Intelligence is central to what it means to be human, our distinguishing feature. Our ability to extend our own capability, with the fusion of technology,…
The case for moving IT systems to the cloud is compelling. The is due to the ability to cut the capital costs associated with purchasing…
I want to start this post by stating that I like FHIR – I like it a lot. It’s widely used and accepted as a…