Safa
6 March 2025
Designing openEHR templates using the Archetype Designer
openEHR standardizes health data with archetypes and templates for interoperability. Templates are built from Archetypes using the Archetype Designer Tool.
Medblocks Blog
Everything about health information standards like openEHR, FHIR, SNOMED CT, LOINC and more.
Safa
27 March 2025
How to Use the openEHR Clinical Knowledge Manager
A beginner friendly guide to to navigating the openEHR CKM or Clinical Knowledge Manager, including searching, viewing and downloading clinical artefacts like archetypes and templates.
S. B. Bhattacharyya
16 June 2024
Extensions to SNOMED CT
SNOMED allows creating extensions for terms not in its release, adhering to specific rules for standards. Extensions can map to pre-coordinated concepts or require post-coordination, published with a namespace for semantic interoperability.
Safa
20 March 2025
Understanding the openEHR Clinical Knowledge Manager
The openEHR Clinical Knowledge Manager(CKM) is an important part of the openEHR tool ecosystem, as a global repository where healthcare professionals collaborate to develop and refine archetypes and templates.
Kritika Goyal
16 June 2024
SMART on FHIR-Frontend Flows
SMART on FHIR enables health apps to connect with EHRs securely, including OAuth2 and OpenID for authorization and authentication. It supports standalone and EHR app launches, emphasizing security, PKCE support, and specifying access through scopes.
S. B. Bhattacharyya
23 May 2024
What is a Simple Refset in SNOMED CT?
Refsets in SNOMED CT allow subsets for specific use cases, enabling standard compliance and external sharing. They cater to language, mappings, and situational needs with a mandatory regeneration post-SNOMED release.
Shaonli Dasgupta
16 June 2024
CMS Interoperability and Patient Access Final Rule
CMS's Patient Access Rule mandates HL7 FHIR API for data access, provider directory via API, payer-to-payer data exchange, and daily federal-state data exchanges, enhancing interoperability and patient data access.
Kritika Goyal
16 June 2024
SMART on FHIR Authentication for Backend Services
SMART on FHIR defines two ways in which clients can authenticate - symmetric (shared secret) and asymmetric (public key) client authentication.
Shaonli Dasgupta
16 June 2024
FHIR poised to gain center stage in the US
FHIR leads healthcare interoperability, enabling secure data exchange across systems. CMS/ONC's initiatives like Blue Button 2.0, BCDA, and DPC pilot utilize FHIR for Medicare data sharing, enhancing patient access and care coordination.
Sidharth Ramesh
7 August 2024
The Story of Medblocks
Medblocks, initially focused on blockchain for medical record interoperability, evolved to address healthcare data challenges utilizing openEHR, FHIR, SNOMED, and LOINC for standardized data format and terminology, and using OAuth2 for secure data access
Shaonli Dasgupta
16 June 2024
Case study - Global Portable Health Clinic
PHC system by Kyushu University & Grameen Communications uses eHealth and telemedicine, integrates openEHR and FHIR, serving 45,000+ since 2010, now includes Tele-Pathology and Tele-Eye Care.
Kritika Goyal
16 June 2024
The SNOMED CT Browser Explained
Use SNOMED CT Browser for exploring clinical concepts, synonyms, relationships, and semantic tags. Supports ECL for advanced search and MRCM for rules validation.
