Health Informatics on FHIR: How HL7's New API is Transforming Healthcare

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This talk explores the massive transformation taking place in US and

global healthcare now that EMRs are widely adopted and a practical

API-based interoperability framework is being broadly utilized by

companies from Google to Apple to Blue Cross and is being mandated by

the federal government. The ramifications are far reaching and offer

promise of a safer, more efficient and more effective care delivery system

in part through the achievement of the long held goal of patient

engagement in maintaining health and managing disease once it has

developed. The FHIR standard is explained and its applications are

illustrated through examples of cutting edge products and research being

done here at Georgia Tech, Emory and elsewhere.