Abstract: Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR) is a major new standard for making health data more easily accessible. The SMART specification provides mechanisms within an EHR for 3rd party app launching, authentication, and scoping of information available to the app. By combining FHIR with the SMART specification and standard web tools (such as HTML, CSS, JavaScript), developers can create medical apps that are able to run against diverse EHR implementations. This 2-hour workshop will provide an introduction to the basic steps for developing a clinician-facing SMART on FHIR app. After participating in this session, attendees will be able to create a basic functioning SMART on FHIR app and run it against a public FHIR server. Attendees will also be able to identify challenges and potential pitfalls when working with the FHIR standard, SMART, and vendor APIs.

This workshop consists of four sections. During the first two sections, we will briefly overview SMART on FHIR, how EHR vendors are implementing the FHIR standard, and cover basic application design principles and resources for development. The third section encompasses the hands-on portion of the workshop where we will guide participants as they build a functioning SMART on FHIR application tested against a publicly available FHIR server. Participants may build one of our step-by-step guided applications or may build one on their own using a provided FHIR resource ‘cheat sheet’. Lastly, we will conclude with an overview of the practicalities of implementing a SMART on FHIR application within the production environment, with experiences from past implementations across different EHR settings.

Describe the new knowledge and additional skills the participant will gain after attending your presentation.: This 2-hour workshop will provide an introduction to the basic steps for developing a clinician-facing SMART on FHIR app. Attendees of all skill levels are invited to attend and participate, though this session will primarily focus on the basics of SMART on FHIR app development. After participating in this session, attendees will be able to create a basic functioning SMART on FHIR app and run it against a public FHIR server. Attendees will also be able to identify common pitfalls when working with the FHIR standard and vendor APIs.

Authors:

Joshua Herigon (Presenter)
Boston Children's Hospital

Colby Uptegraft (Presenter)
Boston Children's Hospital