SME Session 6: Methodology for Supporting Multiple Production Versions of FHIR 

This SME Panel Session will focus on the proposed solution to address barriers related to Versioning, developed by the FAST Directory, Versions and Scale Tiger Team. The group of SMEs invited to participate in this session will be asked to evaluate the team's proposed solution, "Methodology for Supporting Multiple Production Versions of FHIR",  and provide expert insight, feedback, and guidance.

The proposed solution aims to address issues related to the existence of multiple versions of FHIR in production (e.g., DSTU2, STU3, R4) with breaking changes between them. Until FHIR becomes “normative” (i.e., content is stable between versions), the industry will need a way to manage different representations of the same information in different FHIR versions.  The FAST team has proposed a solution for how to handle version control more effectively in various scenarios, potential tooling to reconcile different versions, and recommendations for what organizations can do to mitigate these issues. 

Participants 

*All SME participants with an asterisk by their name are invited, pending confirmation. 

Relevant Pre-meeting Reading Material 

• The FAST Technical Barriers to the Scalability of FHIR Based Solutions document
• The FAST Versioning Solution Document V2
• The FAST Action Plan, Versioning Excerpt

SME Session Details

SMEs Panel Session - An industry discussion around the FAST proposed Methodology for Supporting Multiple Production Versions of FHIR  (2 hours) (closed session, by invite only)

• Date/time:  15 Nov 2021 3-5PM ET
• Scope and goals: The goal of this session is to elicit SMEs expert insight into proposed solution(s), specifically:
  • Feasibility and effectiveness
  • Potential gaps
  • Unintended consequences
  • Alternate approaches to consider
  • Industry path forward (standard, regulation or policy)
• Agenda
  • Welcome
  • Session Goals
  • Solution Review and Discussion
  • Industry Path Forward
  • Action Items
• Meeting Materials: FAST_SME Session_Versioning_FINAL_111521.pdf

Learn More About FAST

FAST’s goal is to analyze and identify HL7® Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR®) scalability gaps and offer possible solutions that will address current barriers and will accelerate FHIR adoption at scale. 

To learn more, you can review the FAST Action Plan for a snapshot of the progress made by FAST so far.

Next Steps following SME Sessions

• FAST Report-Out to summarize session discussion, decisions, and next steps
• FAST Action Plan updates to define proposed solution path (standard, regulation and/or process)

Contact Us

If you have any further questions, comments or would like more information please contact ONC FAST Lead: Alex.Kontur@hhs.gov