Most FHIR benchmark write-ups land as a marketing PDF with a few bar charts and no path to verify. The newest one is different. On June 29, Health Samurai published a public test harness that runs HAPI FHIR, Medplum, the Microsoft FHIR…
Author: Melina Delacroix
Health-tech product lead in Boulder. Tracks EMR development trends and modern EHR modernization stacks.
5 LOINC-Native Terminology Tools That Hold Up Under Clinical Load
LOINC is the code system that most US lab workflows quietly depend on, and the one most terminology servers handle adequately rather than well. The release cycle is fast, the hierarchy is real but flat, and the answer lists that ride alongs
Top 6 EMPI Platforms for Cross-State Patient Reconciliation
Cross-state patient reconciliation is one of those EMPI challenges that exposes which platforms were built for federation and which ones bolted federation on later. Patient records arrive from multiple state systems, different EHR vendors,
FHIR Form Builders for US Hospitals: What You Need to Know in 2026
A FHIR form builder in a US hospital is one of those decisions that looks straightforward in procurement and gets complicated three weeks into integration. Vendors all show the same demo: a QuestionnaireResponse rendering into a clean dropd
FHIR ServiceRequest for Order Entry: 4 Patterns EHR Vendors Ship
Order entry in FHIR uses the ServiceRequest resource, not MedicationRequest (that's for meds). Four patterns cover how EHR vendors implement clinical order workflows in 2026. Pattern 1: Single ServiceRequest per order. Simple lab orders and imaging orders map one-to-one with a single ServiceRequest. code identifies the test, subject is the Patient, requester is the Practitioner, […]
Which FHIR Resources Actually Matter for EHR Integration
FHIR defines 140+ resources but production EHR integrations touch a smaller set. Understanding which resources are the workhorse and which are edge-case avoids overinvesting in exotic resource support. Tier 1: Core clinical (must-have for any US integration) - Patient — identity, demographics - Encounter — visits and admissions - Observation — labs, vitals, notes - […]