FHIR In India - FHIR DevDays
Transcript of FHIR In India - FHIR DevDays
HL7 FHIR DevDays 2020, Virtual Edition, November 17–20, 2020 | @FirelyTeam | #fhirdevdays | www.devdays.com/november-2020
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FHIR In India
Kumar Satyam – HL7 India
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Who am I?
• Kumar Satyam• Sr. Architect - Interoperability at Philips
• Chair – Technical committee at HL7 India
• Interoperability committee member – Himss India
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Digitization of Indian Healthcare
• EHR Standards 2016
• National Health policy - 2017
• National digital health Blueprint – 2019
• Personal data protection Bill - 2019
• National digital health mission –2020
Journey has just begun.
FHIR R4
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NDHM - 2020
NDHM FHIR profiles : https://nrces.in/ndhm/fhir/r4/index.html
https://ndhm.gov.in/
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HL7 India - Initiatives
Focus• Evangelize use of HL7 standards• Develop Human Capital through
trainings & certifications• Build vibrant Community of FHIR
Implementers & influencers• Garner Govt. & Industry Support • FHIR profiles for India usecases
Activities• FHIR Open Houses –In-person• Monthly FHIR Meetups - Virtual• Technical Committee – Projects• FHIR India Connectathon • FHIR trainings
2020 – highlights
300+ participants trained on FHIR1000+ strong community8 community events in 2020~100 FHIR certifications1st FHIR India Connectathon
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FHIR India Connectathon – July 2020
Key Highlights
• A Teleconsultation platform on FHIR exchange. Read the whitepaper & Grahame’s blog
• Brought together Indian Industry, academia, govt. institutions and global FHIR community.
• Provided FHIR Immersion to 100+ Healthcare veterans.
• Draft Profiles based in NDHM – published for review and adoption
• Blockchain based Connectathon participation certificates.
Connectathon Documentation
https://confluence.hl7.org/display/HIN/2020-07+Connectathon+001
• Pre-Connectathon – Started from 30 May, 2020 -2nd July 2020
• Connectathon – 3rd to 5th July 2020
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FHIR based Teleconsultation Platform
Provides a market place like eco-system that allows both patients and clinicians to connect by applications, and facilitates remote interaction / examination by doctors. On-demand.
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FHIR in India – Challenges & Opportunities
Challenges
• Stakeholders not aware & skeptical.
• For V2.x folks working with FHIR is challenging.
• Implementers not sure how/where to start.
Opportunities
• NDHM & NDHB implement FHIR R4.
• Emerging need in Insurance sector for data exchange.
• Telemedicine
• Secondary use of Data
• Growing FHIR India Community
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What’s next
10K strong FHIR community in India – 2021?
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Contact
• During DevDays, you can find / reach me here:• Via Whova App – Speaker’s Gallery
• Email: [email protected]
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/kr_satyam
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kumarsatyam/
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• 1.3 Billion Population.
• 72%+ care in private sector.
• ~70% of Indian population pays out of pocket.
• No dominant HIT vendor.
• Multiple streams of medicine. • Ayurveda, Yoga, Unani, Siddha, Homeopathy along with Allopathy.
• 22 Languages. English 23rd.
• Aadhaar , Mobile & UPI
• Large talent pool working on global Healthcare projects.
Context
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FHIR Community in India
• Large pool working on offshore projects
• Knowledge locked.
• Not inter-connected.