1.Understanding HL7 FHIR
As a contributor the the eHealth ecosystem, you will need to familiarize yourself with the basics of the HL7 FHIR standard. Numorous introductions are available on the internet, but using the links below, you can find documentation that is relevant to the eHealth Infrastructure.
FHIR for Architects
Official FHIR introduction for Architects
FHIR for Developers
Official FHIR introduction for Developers
General introduction
- Datatypes
- Primitive data types, that add a primitive value property of the specified type
- Complex data types, that add their own children (all of which are also elements)
- BackboneElement, A specialization that adds modifierExtension, which is the super-type of all the element types defined in resource definitions (e.g. contact)
- The eHealth Infrastructure resources are modelled as FHIR Resources with Restful API. A general introduction to the services can be found here:
eHealth APIs
For the technical API documentation, go here: eHealth APIs - Supported search operations are dependent on the FHIR ressource and the security model implemented. A genera introduction on how to search for resources can be found here:
Search operations - Terminology
FHIR Terminology Strength - required vs cardinality: http://hl7.org/fhir/STU3/terminologies.html#strength
- Datatypes
Introduction Videos
The Australian Government have published an easy to follow video introducing FHIR from a consumer system point-of-view: | The video below explains the history of HL7 an FHIR up until now. This includes an introduction from an developers point of view:
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