FHIR Vs EDI In Healthcare: Which One Is Right For You?

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FHIR VS EDI IN HEALTHCARE WHICH ONE IS RIGHT FOR
YOU?

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INTRODUCTION

• 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.

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What is EDI?

• 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

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What is FHIR?

• 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.

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What Makes FHIR Different from EDI?

• 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)

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EDI Vs FHIR The Key Differences

• 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. 

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EDI Vs FHIR The Key Differences

• 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.

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Why Should You Use FHIR?

• 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

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Why Should You Use FHIR?

• 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.

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Getting Started With CapMinds FHIR Services

• 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 organizations full
  healthcare integration.

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