Clinical, technical, and implementation characteristics of real-world health applications using FHIR.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Understanding the current state of real-world Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR) applications (apps) will benefit biomedical research and clinical care and facilitate advancement of the standard. This study aimed to provide a preliminary assessment of these apps' clinical, technical, and implementation characteristics.

Materials and methods

We searched public repositories for potentially eligible FHIR apps and surveyed app implementers and other stakeholders.

Results

Of the 112 apps surveyed, most focused on clinical care (74) or research (45); were implemented across multiple sites (56); and used SMART-on-FHIR (55) and FHIR version R4 (69). Apps were primarily stand-alone web-based (67) or electronic health record (EHR)-embedded (51), althoug

SUBMITTER: Griffin AC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9555876 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature