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Connected healthcare · SMART on FHIR

Health records that can move with you.

A patient’s history often lives in more than one health system. Common standards help bring that information together with permission.

How Akashic uses it

A shared language, with permission

What does SMART on FHIR mean?

FHIR

A common way to exchange records

FHIR gives healthcare systems a shared structure for information such as medications, allergies and observations, along with a standard way for software to request it.

SMART

A standard way to authorize an app

SMART adds an authorization framework so a health system can grant an app specific access. It helps define who is connecting and which information the app may request.

How Akashic uses it

Connect. Review. Then choose.

Our Epic and athenahealth integration work uses SMART on FHIR to retrieve outside records for the Records workspace.

  1. 01

    Authorize at the source

    Sign in with the health system and approve the access it offers. Your health-system password stays with that system.

  2. 02

    Confirm the patient

    Use the authorized patient context or confirm the patient match before retrieving records.

  3. 03

    Review the original

    Review the retrieved information and its source in Akashic. Retrieving a record does not automatically file every item in the chart.

  4. 04

    Import supported items

    Choose supported information to add to the patient’s Akashic record, retaining its source. These connections read from the source system; they do not write changes back.

Why it matters

More context. Less re-entry.

A fuller picture

Information from different organizations can support a more informed review of a patient’s history.

Fewer manual steps

Structured information can reduce copying and retyping when supported records are imported.

Specific access

Access depends on authorization and the permissions granted by the source health system. Not every system exposes the same records.

For app developers

Want to connect your app to Akashic?

Our own outward-facing SMART on FHIR API is planned. App registration and external access are not available yet.

Developer information

Learn about the standards

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