(a) an acronym (Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources) for a wire protocol
to exchange health information, pronounced fire
.
(b) a healthcare technology standard from HL7
(c) a global community of patients, developers, clinical informaticists, medical subject matter experts, device manufactures, software vendors, governments, private companies, public companies, and tons of people without titles or labels ... all working together to make healthcare interoperability a reality.
(d) all of the above!
Apologies for the trope, and yes the answer is (d). The FHIR community is changing the way the world of healthcare connects. The way health information is connected, the way health knowledge engineering is shared, and the way people work together to solve big problems.
Here is a short video with an introduction to FHIR, and below you will find some links to get started. We are happy you stopped by!