In healthcare, data exchange and interoperability are critical to improving patient care and outcomes. The newly launched version of Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR) standard is poised to play a key role in advancing this by streamlining data exchange across disparate health systems.

FHIR R5 includes enhancements that will enable healthcare systems to share data more easily and support real-time data exchange. These improvements will allow healthcare organizations to exchange a wider range of data, including genomic and social determinants of health data, and ultimately improve patient outcomes.

Here are some of the key benefits of FHIR R5 from standards organization HL7’s press release:

• Improved interoperability: HL7 FHIR R5 provides a robust and standardized framework for exchanging healthcare information between different systems and applications, making it easier for clinicians to access the patient data they need to make informed decisions.

• Enhanced data management: With FHIR R5, clinicians can manage and access patient data more efficiently, reducing errors and improving the quality of care.

• Streamlined workflow: FHIR R5 enables faster and more efficient information exchange, allowing clinicians to spend less time on administrative tasks and more time focused on patient care.

• Support for innovative applications: FHIR R5 provides a flexible and extensible data model, enabling the development of innovative healthcare applications that can improve patient care and outcomes.

A couple of years ago, we published a blog post about how the RosettaHealth HealthBus platform enables one connection to connect with everyone.

The solution opens up a world of possibilities to hospitals, urgent and post-acute care systems, and ambulatory practices for use with any health information tools, not just EHRs approved components.

Along the lines of FHIR, HealthBus can also easily integrate and be operational in days with a wide array of options including HL7 V2, REST, FHIR, XDR, XDS, XCA, NwHIN, Direct Secure Messaging, SMTP/POP, or via a portal.

RosettaHealth’s HealthBus Essentials solution also allows users to quickly connect their systems and get data flowing. Customers receive common clinical HL7 V2 information in a standardized data structure via a REST API. There is no hosted software that requires internal staff and resources to manage, and is half the cost of competitive solutions.

   RosettaHealth can assist with any health information challenges you might have, book a free consultation with one of our interoperability experts.