What is a FHIR Profile?

A FHIR profile is a collection of rules and constraints used to customize and refine a base Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR) resource. Profiling is a vital process that adapts the base FHIR resource standard to satisfy the unique requirements of a specific use case, geographic region, medical institution, or clinical workflow.

While the base FHIR specification provides generic, flexible definitions for resources (such as Patient, Observation, or Medication), profiles transform these generic resources into more precise ones. This ensures consistent and interoperable data exchange tailored for a particular community or implementation.

FHIR is designed to cover various healthcare scenarios globally. Profiles allow implementers to adapt this general platform without losing the benefits of standardization.

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InterSystems Certification is still looking for InterSystems EHR (TrakCare/Intellicare) integration specialists to help us beta test our new InterSystems EHR Integration Specialist Certification exam. This is a great way to earn the certification for free! The deadline to participate in the beta test has been extended to March 15th.

SET assigns value to the variable at RUNTIME.

#DIM declare the variable and it's Data Type at COMPILE TIME.

New to using Analytics and using Dashboards. We have this Report, SQL Query that lists out the Activity per Data Source in Health Share Provider Directory. Instead of running it as a report, because it takes a while to run, was wondering if there is a way to do this as a Dashboard instead.

How can I take the SQL from this report and create a Dashboard instead?

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I’m working on XML Digital Signature in InterSystems IRIS using %XML.Security.Signature

I start with an XML document that is created by parsing an input XML string, and I want to digitally sign this document using an X509 certificate.

Iris Health dashboard images not loading after first install, getting 404 on /csp paths, is there any setup I am missing?, found this old community post: https://community.intersystems.com/post/debugging-why-management-portal-... but the links are outdated, can anyone please guide me to proper documentation. Thanks in advance.

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InterSystems IRIS is built on an architecture that separates the logical organization of data (namespaces) from its physical storage location (databases). Understanding this separation and the distinction between Namespaces and Databases is crucial for effective data management, security, and especially, high-performance data sharing.

In this article, I will discuss these foundational components and provide a practical guide on leveraging global mappings to share native data structures (globals) across different logical environments.

Databases: Physical Reality

A database represents the physical reality of where the data is stored on the disk. First and foremost, it’s a file in a file system called IRIS.dat (e.g., <Install folder>\mgr\user\IRIS.DAT). The maximum size of this file is 32TB. It is the container for all the actual data and the code. Databases are managed by the IRIS kernel, which handles caching, journaling, and transaction logging at the physical file level.

When you install InterSystems IRIS DBMS, the following databases are installed automatically:

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We are accessing an InterSystems Cacha database from Microsoft SQL Server using a linked server over ODBC (ODBC35). Queries are executed using OPENQUERY.

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It's time for the new batch of #KeyQuestions from the previous month.

I frequently use the #call (https://docs.intersystems.com/latest/csp/docbook/DocBook.UI.Page.cls?KEY...) feature to make asynchronous calls in the CSP. However, in some cases, I encounter a timeout issue with the CSP Gateway. Is there any way to change this call timeout? I don't want to change the default configuration in the CSP Gateway.

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The fourth quarter of the year was full of exciting activities in the InterSystems Developer Ecosystem. In case you missed something, we've prepared a selection of the hottest news and topics for you to catch up on!