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Everything about health information standards like openEHR, FHIR, SNOMED CT, LOINC and more.


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Safa
30 May 2025

What Does It Take to Build a FHIR-First EHR? | Aidbox

What does it take to build a truly modern EHR? In this in-depth conversation with Health Samurai CTO Nikolai Ryzhikov, we explore the path from monolithic systems to modular, FHIR-first platforms.

Podcast With Health Samurai

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Safa
23 May 2025

Learn to Build a Python Facade and Make Your EHR FHIR-Compliant

A 'facade' could be the answer you're looking for to solve your legacy data's FHIR-compatibility woes. In this simple tutorial, we take you through how to create a FHIR Facade on a Postgres database using Python.

2.ifhir Server Using Python

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Safa
16 May 2025

Build FHIR Applications in Java with HAPI FHIR

This hands-on guide shows you how to code using the HAPI FHIR library in Java. and create real FHIR apps. Learn to work with FHIR Resources and interact with FHIR REST APIs.

Fhir Java

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2 May 2025

How to Work with FHIR REST APIs using Python

This guide explores how to perform real-world operations like creating, reading, updating and deleting patient data on a FHIR Server using FHIR REST APIs and Python.

Python Fhir Rest API

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6 May 2025

Create Your Very First FHIR Resource With Python!

In this beginner-friendly tutorial, learn how to create a FHIR Resource using Python. We will use the fhir.resources package to create and validate a Patient resource.

Fhir Python

Sidharth Ramesh
Sidharth Ramesh
22 April 2025

Announcing Medblocks openFHIR: An open-source engine that bridges openEHR and FHIR

Introducing openFHIR, an open-source bidirectional mapping engine that converts between openEHR and FHIR health data standards. Built on the FHIRConnect specification and Apache 2.0 licensed.

Medblocks Open Fhir@2x

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11 April 2025

A Beginner's Guide to FHIR Questionnaire Question Types

FHIR's Questionnaire resource is a great way to build scalable and interoperable forms. Using the right question types can make or break your form data quality.

Questionnaire Question Types

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9 April 2025

The openEHR Vision with Professor David Ingram

In episode 15 of the Digital Health Hackers Podcast, Sidharth speaks to Prof. David Ingram, one of the creators of openEHR. In this article we explore his story, from physicist to engineer to healthcare information technology innovator.

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Ashwin Swaminathan
6 March 2025

openEHR vs FHIR and other health IT standards

Health IT has various standards, and choosing the right one is often confusing. Let's understand the differences clearly so you can select the standard for the required task.

Open Ehr Vs Other Standards@2x

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Vipin Santhosh
9 April 2025

An Intuitive Guide to AQL (Archetype Query Language)

This article simplifies AQL (Archetype Query Language) by breaking it down into its basic concepts and providing examples that are suitable for readers at even beginner levels of openEHR proficiency.

A Beginner's  Guide to Aql@2x

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Vipin Santhosh
9 April 2025

Host An Authenticated EHRbase Server In The Cloud In Under 15 Mins

This article provides a step-by-step guide to hosting an authenticated EHRbase server in the cloud and exposing its REST APIs over HTTPS using Traefik.

Deploy a Secure Ehr Base Server to the Cloud in 15 Mins@2x (1)

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9 April 2025

What are openEHR Archetypes and Templates? A Beginner’s Guide

Have you been confused by all the openEHR terminology? What even are archetypes and templates? Read on to find out.

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