Healthcare organizations are modernizing their data processes with the adoption of FHIR, an advanced data standard developed by HL7 International, which offers advantages over traditional EDI standards like HL7 and ANSI X12. FHIR is API-driven, allowing for more flexible data consumption, enhanced interoperability, and simpler data transfer compared to the document-driven EDI approach. CapMinds provides expert HL7 FHIR integration services to support healthcare organizations in implementing this new standard.

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2.  Today, the healthcare organisations are
working harder towards modernizing their
data process.
 Before, the EDI standards like HL7, ANSI X12
have widely used for data modelling and
communication purposes within the
healthcare organisation.
 But now, the new advanced data standard
FHIR, developed by HL7 International has
gained a huge adoption rate among the tech
savvy healthcare professionals.

3.  Healthcare EDI is an electronic data interchange
used in healthcare systems.
 With the help of EDI standards, healthcare
organisations can transmit data back and forth
using standardised formats specially designed for
that specific industry.
 Healthcare EDI transmits messages in the
following ways:
Peer-to-peer messaging
Value-added networks (VANs)
Mobile EDI
Cloud EDI

4.  FHIR solves the same problem that EDI
solves: in order to effectively communicate
data, there must be a standard way of
modeling that data so that all parties can
understand what the data represents.
 At its core, FHIR is simply a description of
how healthcare data can be organized and
presented so that the meaning of the data is
clear.

5.  FHIR is an API-driven data standard, while
EDI is a document-driven data standard. This
difference has two major implications:
 FHIR data payloads can be more flexible,
since they are based on API resources rather
than full EDI documents
 FHIR data transfer is simpler than EDI (FHIR
uses the same transfer technology used by
ordinary web browsers)

6.  API Resources vs EDI Documents
 API-driven technologies like FHIR can support
a wide range of communications by
combining API resources in customized ways.
 In contrast, EDI document models are
designed from the top-down to capture a
rigid set of information.

7.  API Requests vs EDI Transfer
 APIs operate using a request-response model.
This means that communicating using the
FHIR standard functions similarly to asking a
question and immediately receiving an
answer.
 In contrast, EDI requires a separate protocol
to transfer documents to remote parties.

8.  Even outside of the healthcare industry, data
movement is consistently becoming more
API-driven.
 The benefits that FHIR provides compared to
EDI are an example of this more global trend,
and they include:
 Simplicity
 Flexibility
 Enhanced Interoperability

9.  FHIR allows for more flexible data
consumption by replacing rigid EDI
documents with flexible API resources.
 Interoperability is another benefit of moving
towards API-driven communication.
 FHIR simplifies healthcare data exchange by
reducing the layers of complexity required to
package data and send it to a remote party.

10. Our best healthcare integration experts
provide our clients with world-class HL7
FHIR integration service and support
ranging from implementing to hosting and
managing your organization’s full healthcare
integration.

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