XDS Explained: Build a Working Document Exchange on Your Laptop
A simple XDS tutorial: understand Registry vs Repository and run the core XDS flow end-to-end with the NIST XDS Toolkit, Docker, and Postman.
Guide Articles
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Catalonia's openEHR CDR for 8 Million People
Catalonia wanted to build an openEHR-based Clinical Data Repository for 8 million people. Medblocks worked with IBM and vitagroup to design the sync layer that keeps hundreds of hospital CDRs aligned with one central source of truth.
Couchbase x Medblocks - Building a NoSQL FHIR Server
In this article, we walk you through how we built a FHIR server on top of Couchbase's NoSQL database. We'll cover the challenges, technical decisions, system architecture, and provide a step-by-step local setup guide.
Three Ways to Build Your FHIR Server
Here we assess three main approaches to implementing RESTful FHIR servers - Facade, Synchronization and Hybrid. Additionally, we look at FHIR Documents and Messaging information exchange paradigms.
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.
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.
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.
FHIR Questionnaire Essentials: How to Get Started
Is it even possible to have healthcare forms that comply with a unified standard? In this tutorial, we explore FHIR's Questionnaire resource, which is a step in the right direction.
How to Enable FHIR Profile Validation with HAPI FHIR JPA Server
Walkthrough on how to configure HAPI FHIR to do profile validation for you, and few fundamental concepts of FHIR Profiles.
What is FHIR? A Beginner's Guide
Learn 5 Key HL7 FHIR Concepts - Resources, Data Elements, Profiles, Exchange Paradigms, and Implementation Guides.
How to Create an EHRbase Plugin
Extend your openEHR Server! Learn how to create an EHRbase plugin that can make additional calls to the database and create a transactional outbox.
HL7 FHIR CDS Hooks - A Practical Guide
HL7 CDS Hooks is a specification by HL7 that enables EHRs to integrate Clinical Decision Support using RESTful HTTP APIs.
Which Health IT Standard to Pick: FHIR, openEHR, or OMOP?
Each domain has its own best-suited standard: FHIR, openEHR, and OMOP respectively. There's an art to picking the standard for the data use case.
How To Create Your First FHIR Resource Like A Pro
Learn to create FHIR patient resources: Navigate HL7, use JSON schemas and code with VS Code for seamless development. Learn healthcare interoperability step-by-step.
Migrating Legacy Data to FHIR at scale using ETL's
ETL (Extract, Transform, Load) moves data from legacy systems to FHIR, using Apache Debezium and Nifi for syncing databases in FHIR format.