#InterSystems IRIS for Health

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InterSystems IRIS for Health™ is the world’s first and only data platform engineered specifically for the rapid development of healthcare applications to manage the world’s most critical data. It includes powerful out-of-the-box features: transaction processing and analytics, an extensible healthcare data model, FHIR-based solution development, support for healthcare interoperability standards, and more. All enabling developers to realize value and build breakthrough applications, fast. Learn more.

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Discussion Juan Mota Sanchez · 20 hr ago

My team is trying to decide on the best Git strategy for a group of related but separate projects/environments.

One side prefers one repo per project/environment/namespace for cleaner separation. The other side prefers one repo with multiple project folders so shared code and releases are easier to manage in one place.

The challenge is that these projects are separate enough that boundaries matter but related enough that some utilities and common logic may need to be reused. We also want the setup to be easy for developers to understand and not become a deployment nightmare later.

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Article Tani Frankel · Mar 26 1m read

v2026.1 was just released as GA, and one of the features I'm looking forward to using is the DTL Explainer feature.

This allows you to take a Data Transformation, and with a click of a button get a human-readable description of the transformation (which you can also use as the basis for the DTL Description).

For complex DTLs, especially ones you didn't write yourself, or you did but a long time ago, this will allow you to get a clear quick understanding of what it's doing.

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Article Fan Ji · Mar 26 1m read

Introduction

FHIR (Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources) is the modern standard for storing and exchanging clinical data. But once your data is in a FHIR server, how do you actually explore it? FHIR data is stored as JSON — powerful, but not practical to read directly. I wanted a tool where you could click on a patient, see their conditions, medications, lab results, and more — in a clean, readable format. So I built the FHIR Patient Viewer.

How It Works

The app runs entirely in Docker and connects directly to an InterSystems IRIS for Health FHIR server.

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Article Vachan C Rannore · Mar 26 2m read

Working with files often starts off simple. open the file, read, and process. That approach works perfectly well, until the file happens to be an Excel file.

A Common Assumption

At first, an Excel file (.xlsx) looks like just another data file, rows, columns and values. nothing unusual. So it's natural to assume it can be read the same way as a .txt ot .csv file. But that's where things start to break.

Why Excel files behave differently

The key difference is how the data is stored:

-> .txt / .csv - plain text, line-by-line.

-> .

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Question Nezla · Mar 26

Hi Guys,

I've connected VS Code to my IRIS server and can see projects & web application option but not Classes tab, how can I add it, and with the old Studio we do have the Inspector tab where we can check properties, Storage, methods, are these available in VS code?

also does any changes or new classes created via VS code automatically reflected in my IRIS namespace ? 

Thanks

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Announcement KC Lu · Mar 16

Since our previous announcement, we have introduced several incremental improvements to the client‑side editing experience in VS Code. These updates focus on preserving developer‑authored formatting when synchronizing with the server.

What Changed

Client‑side *.cls files previously lost certain formatting details during compilation, including keyword casing (e.g., classmethod → ClassMethod), normalization of blank lines between class members, and removal of line breaks within parameter lists.

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InterSystems Official Daniel Palevski · Mar 25

The 2023.1.7 maintenance releases of InterSystems IRIS® data platform,InterSystems IRIS® for HealthTM, and HealthShare® Health Connect are now Generally Available (GA). 

Please share your feedback through the Ideas Portal using the category Post-Release Feedback so we can build a better product together.

Documentation

You can find the detailed change lists & upgrade checklists on these pages:

Early Access Programs (EAPs)

There are many EAPs available now. Check out this page and register to those you are interested.

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Announcement Anastasia Dyubaylo · Mar 20

Hi Community,

Preparing for InterSystems Certification examsrequires more than reading documentation. It calls for focused practice aligned with real exam objectives.If you are planning to validate your expertise in HL7, SQL, System Administration, or Development, structured preparation can make a significant difference.

🧑‍🏫 Exam preparation platform

The platform offers a large pool of practice questions mapped to certification domains, along with detailed answer explanations that point back to relevant documentation.

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InterSystems Official Daniel Palevski · Mar 25

The 2026.1 release of InterSystems IRIS® data platform, InterSystems IRIS® for HealthTM, and HealthShare® Health Connect is now Generally Available (GA). This is an Extended Maintenance (EM) release.

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InterSystems Official Aya Heshmat · Mar 25

The Interoperability user interface project has continued from 2025.1 and has incorporated many of the items that you – our customers and partners – have suggested and observed.  We are continuing to invest in feedback and updating this important user experience.  In the latest release, 2026.1 for IRIS, IRIS for Health, Health Connect and Health Connect Cloud, the BPL Editor and Message Viewer/Visual Trace applications are now available for opt-in!
NOTE:

  • Existing users can switch between the modernized and standard experiences.
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Question Scott Roth · Mar 23

I have created the following Task to kick off a Ens.BusinessService to execute a SQL query and process the results

Class OSU.Workday.TerminationsTask Extends %SYS.Task.Definition
{

Parameter TaskName As STRING = "OSU - Workday Termination Update";

Method OnTask() As %Status
{
    #Dim sc as %Status
    #Dim ex as %Exception.AbstractException
    
    set sc = $$$OK

    try{
        // create the service
        #Dim tService As OSU.DataSource.Workday.TermService
        Set tServiceConfigName = "OSU.DataSource.Workday.
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Question Oliver Wilms · Mar 23

Hello, I am working with @Alberto Fuentes https://openexchange.intersystems.com/package/workshop-iris-oauth2.

I wonder how do I get a token to send to the resserver?

I tried calling "token_endpoint" : "https://webserver/authserver/oauth2/token"

The response was "error":"invalid_request","error_description":"Unknown grant_type"

I wonder what needs to be in the request body? Is it a GET or POST?

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Article Luis Angel Pérez Ramos · Mar 21 2m read

As you all probably know, Health Connect / IRIS for Health natively supports DICOM messaging, and many of you will have used it daily. Well, I recently discovered a rather insidious little issue that our beloved @Alberto Fuentes gave me the solution.

We (I) will call this phenomenon the Creosote effect (those of you who know Monty Python will understand the reference, for the rest you can see the sketch here )

Why Monty Python's Mr Creosote is the ultimate gross-out icon - Yahoo  Movies UK

Mr.

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Article Bruno Santos · Mar 19 8m read

The problem

How many times have we migrated an IRIS Instance to another machine, maybe even another version, and after a few days realized we forgot that one SSL Configuration critical for a Business Operations to work? Or maybe a credential, or a lonely class in a package by itself?

The solution

The simple solution is to make a checklist¹. A checklist of the entities we have to move. But simple checklists on Word documents are often forgotten, or just ignored.

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InterSystems Official Daniel Palevski · Mar 18

Summary

Alert Id Product & Versions Affected Risk Category & Score Explicit Requirements
DP-449126 InterSystems IRIS® data platform 
InterSystems IRIS® for Health 
InterSystems Health Connect™ 
versions 2024.1.0 – 2024.1.5, 2024.2.0, 2024.3.0, 2025.1.0 – 2025.1.3, 2025.2.0, 2025.3.0
Data Integrity: Low Risk  Database updates executed as part of custom logic for CSP session events may not be journaled.
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Question Oliver Wilms · Mar 15

I created a new repo called ipm-module-budget from https://github.com/intersystems-community/intersystems-iris-dev-template template.

I cloned the repo to an EC2 instance in AWS. When I try to build image, I see this error:

#8 22.09 [IRISAPP|ipm-module-budget] Reload START (/home/irisowner/dev/)Segmentation fault (core dumped) #8 ERROR: process "/bin/sh -c pip3 install -r requirements.txt && iris start IRIS && \tiris session IRIS < iris.scri pt && iris stop IRIS quietly" did not complete successfully: exit code: 139

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InterSystems Official Daniel Palevski · Mar 17

Summary

Alert Id Product & Versions Affected Risk Category & Score Explicit Requirements
DP-448888

Products:
· InterSystems IRIS® data platform
· InterSystems IRIS® for Health
· InterSystems Health Connect™

Versions:
· 2024.3.0
· 2025.1.0 – 2025.1.3
· 2025.2.0
· 2025.3.0

Operational: High Risk ≥ 2 TB of database cache is used

Issue

In the versions specified above, an instance may fail to start or may hang during operation if the database cache is greater than or equal to 2,097,152 MB (2 TB).

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Announcement Anastasia Dyubaylo · Mar 5

Hi Community,

We're super excited to share that we’ve just launched a new free, interactive tutorial designed especially for those who are new to InterSystems IRIS and looking for a clear, practical introduction to its core concepts.

🧑‍🏫 Data Models of InterSystems IRIS 🧑‍💻

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Article Robert Barbiaux · Mar 16 12m read

There are lessons we learned from developing and maintaining code for interoperability components within a healthcare institutional environment.

The plane is already flying

Be prepared to rebuild, improve, extend, and fix the plane mid-flight.
 

Maintenance windows for hospital systems are often very limited, with some required to be operational 24/7. While the critical health systems such as imaging modalities or registration kiosks — or at least their critical functions — must operate autonomously, efficiency and usability may be compromised when interoperability components malfunction.

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Discussion Raef Youssef · Mar 14

Hi community,

I've been working on a side project that I'd love to get some eyes on: a ground-up rebuild of the classic IRIS Production Monitor using a modern web stack. The existing ZEN/CSP-based portal does the job, but I wanted to explore what a contemporary, real-time version of it could look like.


What it is

A standalone Angular web application that connects to any Interoperability-enabled IRIS namespace and gives you a live view of your production — services, processes, operations, queues, event log, and message traffic — all in one screen.


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Article Tani Frankel · Mar 15 1m read

As part of the new Interoperability UI wave (see what was new in 2025.1, and 2025.3 by @Aya Heshmat), v2026.1 which is available already as a Developer Preview, and this could be a reason for you to give it a ride - will be shipping the new UI for the Message viewing and searching, including Visual Trace (and other UI goodies).

He's a quick teaser:

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Article Tani Frankel · Mar 15 1m read

As part of the new Interoperability UI wave (see what was new in 2025.1, and 2025.3 by @Aya Heshmat), v2026.1 which is available already as a Developer Preview, and this could be a reason for you to give it a ride - will be shipping the new UI for the BPL editor (and other UI goodies).

He's a quick teaser:

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Article Andrew Sklyarov · Mar 14 6m read

I may have mentioned this before: I believe the Visual Traces, these sequence diagrams with full content of each step, are a fantastic feature of the IRIS Data platform! Detailed information about how the API works internally, as a visual trace, can be very useful for projects on the IRIS platform. Of course, this applies when we are not developing a high-load solution, in which case we simply don't have time for saving/reading messages. For all other cases, welcome to this tutorial!

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