HL7 FHIR API
HL7 FHIR (Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources) is the global standard REST API for electronic health records. Defines how clinical data (patients, medications, observations, conditions) is structured and exchanged across healthcare systems.
Best When
An agent needs to access or exchange structured clinical health data across EHR systems in a standardized way, especially in the US under ONC 21st Century Cures Act mandates.
Avoid When
You need claims/billing data, medical imaging, or are not working in the healthcare domain.
Use Cases
- • Reading patient health records from EHR systems (Epic, Cerner, Allscripts) for clinical AI
- • Querying medication lists, allergies, and diagnoses for care coordination agents
- • Integrating health data from multiple providers into unified patient views
- • Clinical decision support by accessing structured patient history
- • Building patient-facing health apps that access their own records (SMART on FHIR)
Not For
- • Billing and revenue cycle management (use X12 EDI for claims)
- • Imaging storage (DICOM for medical imaging, not FHIR)
- • Lab result ordering (may require HL7 v2 LIS integration)
- • Non-clinical administrative data outside the FHIR resource model
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