📌 What I Learned After Just 2 Days with FHIR and HL7

I sat down to understand how healthcare data exchange actually works.
Thought it’d be just another API — turns out, it’s an entire philosophy.

Here’s what stood out right away:

1️⃣ HL7 isn’t a standard — it’s a truce between chaos and logic
There’s a structure, but every system seems to “interpret” it their own way.
You don’t just need to analyze — you need to decode.

2️⃣ FHIR sounds simple (“REST API for healthcare”), but…
In practice: complex resources, dependencies, coding systems, profiles.
But once it clicks, the possibilities are huge for real interoperability.

3️⃣ The value isn’t in the docs — it’s in the potential
Documentation can be rough. But when you see how FHIR can pass live clinical data from an EHR into a BI tool — it all starts to make sense.

💬 FHIR isn’t about elegance — it’s about compatibility and real-world impact.
Even after 2 days, I can see how it could reshape patient care.

🚧 Still learning — and translating technical stuff into “human speak” as I go.

If you’re working with FHIR, HL7, or EMRs — would love to connect and trade insights.