FHIR Fundamentals Course

Beginner-friendly course to master FHIR essentials and practice them through hands-on exercises. Includes real-world examples and interviews with industry leaders.

4 modules
41 lessons
2 Hours
Fhir Fundamentals
Part 1

Introduction to FHIR

Begin here with an introduction to FHIR and FHIR resources. You will create your first Patient resource in this module, and understand the healthcare information interoperability space.

  1. Introduction

    Let's get started!

    2:00
  2. What is FHIR?

    Diving into the world of FHIR

    5:00
  3. What are FHIR Resources?

    Introducing FHIR Resources

    11:00
  4. Exercise: First FHIR Resource

    Learn how to create a FHIR Patient Resource

    1:00
  5. Solution: A Patient Resource

    Solution walkthrough for the previous exercise to create your first FHIR Patient Resource. Try it yourself first!

    3:00
  6. Understand Health Interoperability

    Understand the landscape of healthcare information interoperability

  7. [Extra] Interview: Grahame Grieve

    Hear what the founder of FHIR, Grahame Grieve, has to say about FHIR

    43:00
Part 2

FHIR Resources and Data Types

Resources are the building blocks of FHIR. In this module, you will learn about FHIR Resources, some important resources, and the Data Types they contain.

  1. Introduction

    What we will cover in this module.

    3:00
  2. FHIR Data Types

    Explore FHIR Data Types in detail, from primitive to complex types.

    15:00
  3. FHIR Resource Quick Guide

    Practical guide to FHIR resource, through key modules like administrative, clinical, and financial workflows.

    3:00
  4. Patient, Practitioner, Encounter, Organization

    Understand the Patient, Practitioner, Encounter and Organization resources and how they fit into the clinical workflow.

    7:00
  5. Observation

    Explore how the Observation resource can capture a wide range of data and how it fits into the clinical workflow.

    6:00
  6. Allergies and Family History

    Explore how the AllergyIntolerence and FamilyMemberHistory resources fit into the clinical workflow.

    4:00
  7. Observation vs Condition

    Differentiating FHIR Observation and Condition resources is often confusing, let's understand the differences.

    5:00
  8. Service Request, Lab Reports, Diagnosis

    The ServiceRequest resource can be used for ordering clinical tests, procedures, and capturing diagnostic results.

    6:00
  9. Medications

    The MedicationRequest resource is used for prescription, and MedicationAdministration tracks actual administration.

    2:00
  10. Financials

    Resources like CoverageEligibilityRequest, Claim, Preauthorization and PaymentNotice are used to cover the financial workflow and process patient coverage, insurance claims and payments.

    7:00
  11. Conclusion

    Wrap up of clinical case walkthrough.

    1:00
Part 3

RESTful FHIR

In this module we explore the basics of interacting with a FHIR server using HTTP methods like GET, POST, PUT, and DELETE.

  1. Introduction to FHIR REST

    In this module we will explore FHIR REST APIs, and using HTTP methods to interact with FHIR servers.

    5:00
  2. Create, Read, Update, Delete

    Interact with a real FHIR server using Postman

    6:00
  3. Exercise: POST Patient Resource

    Learn how to Create a Patient Resource on a FHIR server

    1:00
  4. Solution: POST Patient to Server

    Solution for the previous exercise to POST a FHIR Patient resource to a FHIR server. Try it yourself first!

  5. Referencing Other Resources

    Understand how references between resources works in FHIR.

    3:00
  6. Searching FHIR Resources

    How to perform search operations on a FHIR server, and the use of search parameters and modifiers.

    5:00
  7. Exercise: Search for a Resource

    Learn how to search for a resource

    1:00
  8. Solution: Search for Resource

    Solution to the previous exercise to search for a FHIR Patient resource. Try it yourself first!

Part 4

Advanced REST

Learn advanced REST concepts in FHIR including Bundles, temporary identifiers, conditional create, versioning and more.

  1. Bulk Operations using Bundles

    Explore how to use the Bundle resource to perform bulk operations.

    5:00
  2. Placeholder IDs in Transactions

    Learn how to POST referenced resources using a temporary ID.

    5:00
  3. Conditional Create

    Explore the conditional PUT operation to either create a resource or updating an existing resource and linked resources based on their identifier.

    4:00
  4. Exercise: Create a transaction

    In this exercise, we learn to create a transaction with patient and observation.

    00:30
  5. Solution: Create a Transaction

    Solution for the previous exercise to create a FHIR Bundle of type transaction. Try it yourself first!

  6. Search: AND, OR, modifiers, prefixes

    Understand advanced search on FHIR including using search modifiers, combining multiple search values etc.

    7:00
  7. Search by System and Value

    Learn to search for FHIR resources by fields that contain both system and value.

    3:00
  8. History and Versions

    FHIR servers track changes to resources, learn to view full version histories for resources or across the server.

    3:00
  9. Set up a Local FHIR Server

    Learn to run a local FHIR server using Docker with HAPI FHIR, letting you test and interact with patient data without relying on hosted servers.

    5:00
  10. Google Cloud FHIR Server

    Set up a fully managed FHIR server on Google Cloud Platform in just a few minutes.

    5:00
  11. AWS HealthLake FHIR Server

    Set up a fully managed FHIR server on AWS HealthLake in just a few minutes.

    3:00
  12. Azure FHIR API

    Learn to configure Azure Health Data and AI Services to host a FHIR R4 API.

    6:00
  13. Comparing Cloud FHIR Servers

    Comparing major cloud FHIR server providers (Azure, Google, AWS) on capbilities and cost. Also discussing Smile CDR, Aidbox, Medplum.

    4:00
  14. Exercise: Synthetic Data

    In this exercise, we learn to generate Synthetic patient data and use it in our FHIR server.

    00:30
  15. Solution: Synthetic Data

    Solution to the previous exercise. Try it yourself first!