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HemaFAIR Lecture 6 - Introduction to HL7 FHIR Standard

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This lecture, delivered by Dr Ronald Corner, introduces the HL7 FHIR (Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources) standard, a modern, web-based framework for the interoperable exchange of electronic health data. The session explains how FHIR uses modular “resources” and RESTful APIs to enable flexible, scalable and real-time data sharing across heterogeneous healthcare information systems, overcoming limitations of earlier HL7 standards.

Within the HemaFAIR context, the lecture highlights the role of FHIR in supporting FAIR data principles by providing a standardised, machine-readable and implementation-friendly approach for representing and exchanging clinical and research data. It also demonstrates how FHIR can be used alongside common data models and semantic standards to enable interoperability, cross-institutional collaboration and federated analysis in rare disease and haemoglobinopathy research.

DOI: https://hemafairproject.eu/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/20250311-HL7-FHIR.pdf

Licence: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International

Contact: Dr Sotiroula Chatzimatthaiou at sotiroula@cing.ac.cy

Keywords: FAIR principles, Research Data Management, Open Science, Data sharing, Data reuse, Metadata, European research projects, HemaFAIR, ERDRI, Registry, Rare Diseases

Target audience: Researchers, Data Scientist, Data stewards, Data managers, Students

Resource type: Lecture, Presentation, Training materials

Version: 1

Status: Active

Prerequisites:

No prerequisites. This material is intended as a first introduction to the Biomedical Ontologies

Learning objectives:

-Describe the purpose and key features of the HL7 FHIR standard
-Explain how FHIR enables interoperable and real-time exchange of health data
-Recognise the concept of FHIR resources and their role in data representation
-Understand how FHIR uses modern web technologies (e.g. REST APIs, JSON/XML) for implementation
-Identify how FHIR supports FAIR data and cross-system integration
-Appreciate the relevance of FHIR for rare disease research and the HemaFAIR ecosystem

Date published: 2025-03-12

Authors: Ronald Cornet

Contributors: Martijn Kersloot, Petros Kountouris

Scientific topics: FAIR data, Data management, Open science

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