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Brian Dolan
Brian Dolan

Reputation: 3136

Using FHIR for inventory

I am looking into applications around hospital inventory systems. Is it correct to use FHIR for things like surgical equipment? We have an encounter (that is a surgery) and we want to list all the devices, including

Upvotes: 0

Views: 341

Answers (1)

Lloyd McKenzie
Lloyd McKenzie

Reputation: 6803

Inventory isn't really in the scope of FHIR which is focused on healthcare-related interoperability. (Inventory, personnel management, purchasing, etc. aren't really any different in a hospital setting than they are in a bank or a factory.) That said, if you want to use extensions on resources like Device and/or make use of the Basic resource, it's generally possible to cobble together a conformant FHIR-based solution for pretty much anything if you don't mind the liberal use of extensions.

Upvotes: 1

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