External FHIR Resources¶
This page offers curated external resources designed to support learning and development with the FHIR standard. These links are especially relevant to Well Health teams using the Nexus EMR project, which is built upon the Medplum platform.
🔗 Primary Documentation¶
🧭 Medplum Documentation Portal¶
- Link: Medplum Docs Home
- Why It’s Important: Medplum is the FHIR repository powering the Nexus EMR project. This is the canonical documentation source for working with Medplum's platform, FHIR APIs, resource models, and SDKs.
- Recommended Use: Begin here for structured access to tutorials, APIs, authentication, deployment practices, resource definitions, and examples.
🧠 Getting Started with FHIR¶
1. Intersystems Video Introduction to FHIR¶
- Link: YouTube Playlist (\~30 mins)
- Purpose: Offers historical context on why FHIR was created, with high-level overviews of its architecture.
- Tip: Use as a primer, but move on quickly to hands-on learning via Medplum.
📘 Practical FHIR Onboarding¶
2. Medplum: FHIR Basics¶
- Link: FHIR Basics on Medplum
- Why It’s Useful: Provides guided explanations of core FHIR resource types and usage within Medplum.
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What To Do:
- Create a Medplum Project to explore FHIR resources in action.
- Import sample data and view real JSON payloads.
- Verify you're referencing the correct spec: Medplum uses FHIR version 4.0.1.
🔍 Official HL7 Specifications¶
3. Core HL7 FHIR Specification¶
- Link: FHIR R4 Standard (v4.0.1)
- Best Use: Reference for deep details on any FHIR resource, datatype, extension, or search parameter.
- Note: Navigation can be challenging from the root—consider using links embedded in Medplum's resource JSON for quicker access.
🔁 FHIR Workflow Concepts¶
4. FHIR Workflows via Medplum¶
- Link: FHIR Workflow Patterns Blog
- Length: \~5 minutes
- Why It’s Helpful: Explains how FHIR models real-world healthcare processes using examples such as insurance rejection handling.
- Tip: Review this after grasping core resource definitions and JSON structure.
🧾 Coding Systems & Terminologies¶
5. Terminology Tools & Services¶
- UMLS Login: Unified Medical Language System (UMLS)
- SNOMED Browser: SNOMED CT Browser
- Medplum on Terminology: Codes and Terminology
- Purpose: Reference these for exploring clinical vocabularies and terminologies used in FHIR, such as SNOMED CT, LOINC, and RxNorm.
- Caution: These are not ideal entry points. Use after gaining comfort with resource-level modeling.
✅ Summary¶
| Resource | Purpose |
|---|---|
| Medplum Docs | Primary Nexus EMR documentation source |
| FHIR Basics | Foundational onboarding to Medplum + FHIR |
| FHIR R4 | HL7 canonical reference |
| FHIR Workflows | Conceptual bridge to real-world processes |
| Terminology Tools | Deep dive into vocabularies |