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• Building Basic FHIR Integrations with InterSystems IRIS for Health

  Building Basic FHIR Integrations with InterSystems IRIS for Health

  Learn the basics of building HL7® FHIR® applications using InterSystems IRIS for Health™. In this path, you will see how to:

  • Set up FHIR endpoints.
  • Consume and transform FHIR data.
  • Manage your APIs with InterSystems API Manager.
  • Query your FHIR resources from a client application.

  This path contains 7 sections. One, Get oriented, 35 minutes. Two, Create a FHIR Server, 25 minutes. Three, Transform data to the FHIR format, 1 hour 30 minutes. Four, Use FHIR Interactions, 9 minutes. Five, Secure your endpoints, 10 minutes. Six, Manage Your APIs, 1 hour. Seven, Get Hands-on Practice, 1 hour.
  
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  (Optional) Before you begin...

  (Optional) Before you begin...

  Optional resources to explore before beginning this learning path.

  • Get an introduction

    Try the following resources to prepare for this path:

    • Watch an overview of InterSystems IRIS for Health (video, 4m).
    • See the basic architecture of InterSystems® products (video, 4m).
    • Learn the architecture of integration components in InterSystems IRIS for Health (online course, 30m).
• 1. Get oriented

  1. Get oriented

  Learn about the HL7® FHIR® standard and why it is important for healthcare interoperability, then see how InterSystems IRIS for Health supports HL7 FHIR integration and application development.

  • URLVideo: What is FHIR? (7m)
  • URLVideo: A Healthcare Data Standard Designed for the Future (20m)
  • URLDocumentation: FHIR Architecture in InterSystems IRIS for Health (6m)
• 2. Create an HL7 FHIR server

  2. Create an HL7 FHIR server

  Create the HL7 FHIR endpoints that consume HL7 FHIR data and can be configured to support other HL7 FHIR profiles—a set of defined constraints on resources. See how InterSystems IRIS for Health can convert incoming HL7® CDA®, CSV, HL7® V2, and XML data into the HL7 FHIR format.

  • URLDocumentation: Installing a FHIR Server (5m)

    (introduction only)

  • URLExercise: Importing FHIR Packages into the InterSystems IRIS for Health Server (20m)
• 3. Transform data to the HL7 FHIR format

  3. Transform data to the HL7 FHIR format

  Transform incoming data to the HL7 FHIR format with InterSystems IRIS for Health, using Summary Document Architecture (SDA) and built-in transformations.

  • URLVideo: Converting Legacy Data to FHIR R4 (15m)
  • URLVideo: What is SDA? (3m)
  • URLCourse: Transforming Data to the HL7 FHIR Format (30m)
• 4. Use HL7 FHIR interactions

  4. Use HL7 FHIR interactions

  Perform CRUD interactions—including searching for HL7 FHIR resources from client applications, or testing operations from a REST client.

  • URLVideo: Searching for FHIR Resources in InterSystems IRIS for Health (4m)
  • URLDocumentation: Supported FHIR Interactions (5m)
• 5. Secure your endpoints

  5. Secure your endpoints

  See how to secure your endpoints with OAuth2.0 and use a production-grade web server when setting up a new HL7 FHIR server.

  • URLVideo: Configuring the InterSystems Web Gateway (7m)
  • URLDocumentation: OAuth 2.0 Authentication (5m)
• 6. Manage APIs

  6. Manage APIs

  See how to use InterSystems API Manager to control traffic to your HL7 FHIR endpoints, then learn troubleshooting techniques.

  • URLVideo: What is InterSystems API Manager? (3m)
  • URLExercise: Building FHIR Applications with InterSystems API Manager (45m)
  • URLDocumentation: FHIR Server Debugging (5m)
• 7. Get hands-on practice

  7. Get hands-on practice

  In this final exercise, practice building a full HL7 FHIR application with a sample front end.

  • URLExercise: Working with the FHIR Resource Repository (1h)
• What's next?

  What's next?

  Continue learning with the following resources:

  • See how to install API Manager (video, 9m)
  • Learn how to extend SDA to handle custom data (online course, 1h 20m)
  • See how to use code to transform data to the FHIR standard using dynamic objects (documentation).

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