FHIR In India - FHIR DevDays

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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.