Medical Device Integration for Clinical Decision Support System using SMART on FHIR

With the advancement in healthcare technology, sharing of the healthcare data has become a primary need for the hospitals and the diagnostic centers. Exchange of healthcare data usually follows HL7 (Health Level 7) standard. Latest among HL7 is FHIR (Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources). In this paper, we look into an idea to connect the diagnostic devices such as hematology analyzers with the Electronic Medical Records (EMR), to transfer the analysis to the care givers as soon it is done. We also provide an example of how this can be used in early detection of some of the medical conditions such as sepsis, chronic conditions, and other clinical decision support systems, where it needs immediate treatment from the care givers and how the SMART on FHIR helps to achieve the same