HIT Consultant February 9, 2023
The Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR) standard was introduced by HL7 in 2014 as a significant replacement for the HL7 V2 and V3 standards. An open standard called FHIR, which was initially drafted in 2011, makes it easier than ever for legacy systems and new apps to exchange data. FHIR was created to not only increase communication efficiency and interoperability compared to earlier standards, but also to facilitate implementation by giving clear specifications and allowing developers to take advantage of popular Web tools.
FHIR vs HL7
The fundamental distinction between HL7 and FHIR is that HL7 only supports XML, whereas FHIR makes use of RESTful web services and open web technologies like XML, JSON, and RDF. Building on...
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