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The scoping review reported by this article aimed to analyse the state of the art of the use of Fast Health Interoperability Resources (FHIR) in the development of integrated care applications. An electronic search was conducted, and 17 studies were included after the selection process. The results show a current interest in using FHIR to implement applications to support integrated care with different purposes: (i) oncological conditions, (ii) chronic conditions, (iii) complex paediatric conditions, and (iv) healthcare organization. From the results a set of potential facilitators and barriers were identified. Specifically, the identified barriers may condition the adequacy of using FHIR with certain purposes and, therefore, demand the attention of the FHIR research community as well as the FHIR promotors.
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This work was supported by Programa Operacional Competitividade e Internacionalização (COMPETE 2020), Portugal 2020 and Lisboa 2020 of the Fundo Europeu de Desenvolvimento Regional (FEDER)/European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), under project ACTIVAS—Ambientes Construídos para uma Vida Ativa, Segura e Saudável, POCI-01-0247-FEDER-046101.
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Pavão, J., Bastardo, R., Rocha, N.P. (2023). The Fast Health Interoperability Resources (FHIR) and Integrated Care, a Scoping Review. In: Anwar, S., Ullah, A., Rocha, Á., Sousa, M.J. (eds) Proceedings of International Conference on Information Technology and Applications. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol 614. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-9331-2_45
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