Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources 定义了一个医疗卫生资源的集合。这些资源所表达的是一个个模块化的医学概念，在医疗保健及相关流程中通过交换实现快速高效地解决问题。这些资源涵盖了医疗卫生的基本元素-病人、入院、诊断报告、药物和问题列表以及其中的一些参与者，同时也支持更加丰富和复杂的临床模型。资源的简单的直接的定义是基于充分的需求收集、正规分析以及与其他标准的交叉对应而来。

Useful Links有用的链接

• FHIR规范The FHIR specification
• chm格式的规范The specification as a Windows Help File (.chm)
• 单个html格式的规范The specification in a single book
• zip格式的完整规范A Zip of the whole specification for offline use
• FHIR的schemaFHIR Schemas
• 参考实现Reference Implementations
• FHIR的维基FHIR wiki - home for FHIR development team
• Version 0.02, Last Version, May 28, 2012. (Diff with current)
• Version 0.01, First Archived Version (During Vancouver WGM), May 14, 2012. (Diff with current)
• 公开的测试服务器Publicly Available Test ServersFHIR License
  FHIR属于HL7所有，维护也归HL7。
  你可以重新发布FHIR
  你可以构建衍生规范或者是产品以及服务的实现
  你不能因你的规范中使用了FHIR的内容从而声称HL7或其中任一成员认可你的衍生规范
  任意HL7或者此规范的参与人员对你对FHIR的使用不负任何责任
  注意：为什么不使用开源的标准许可证？我们想使用 Creative Commons或者 a license listed here其中之一，但都不是用最朴实的英语来描述的。尽管专利是个问题，我们仍渴望能够满足开源项目的这些需求these requirements from the Open Source Initiative。
  
  
  然而我们解决了长期许可证的问题，我们应用如下许可证，它是根据OMG的改编而成：

  Subject to all of the terms and conditions below, HL7 hereby grants you a fully-paid up, non-exclusive, nontransferable, perpetual, worldwide license (without the right to sublicense), to use this specification to create and distribute software and special purpose specifications that are based upon this specification, and to use, copy, and distribute this specification as provided under the United States Copyright Act; provided that: both the copyright notice identified above and this permission notice appear on any copies of this specification; the use of the specifications is for informational purposes and will not be resold or transferred for commercial purposes; no modifications are made to this specification. This limited permission automatically terminates without notice if you breach any of these terms or conditions. Upon termination, you will destroy immediately any copies of the specifications in your possession or control. GENERAL USE RESTRICTIONS Any unauthorized use of this specification may violate copyright laws, trademark laws, and communications regulations and statutes. This document contains information which is protected by copyright. All Rights Reserved. No part of this work covered by copyright herein may be reproduced or used in any form or by any means--graphic, electronic, or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, taping, or information storage and retrieval systems--without permission of the copyright owner. DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY WHILE THIS PUBLICATION IS BELIEVED TO BE ACCURATE, IT IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND MAY CONTAIN ERRORS OR MISPRINTS. HL7 MAKES NO WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, WITH REGARD TO THIS PUBLICATION, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY WARRANTY OF TITLE OR OWNERSHIP, IMPLIED WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY OR WARRANTY OF FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR USE. IN NO EVENT SHALL HL7 BE LIABLE FOR ERRORS CONTAINED HEREIN OR FOR DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, RELIANCE OR COVER DAMAGES, INCLUDING LOSS OF PROFITS, REVENUE, DATA OR USE, INCURRED BY ANY USER OR ANY THIRD PARTY IN CONNECTION WITH THE FURNISHING, PERFORMANCE, OR USE OF THIS MATERIAL, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. The entire risk as to the quality and performance of software developed using this specification is borne by you. This disclaimer of warranty constitutes an essential part of the license granted to you to use this specification. CONFORMANCEHL7 is and shall at all times be the sole entity that may authorize developers, suppliers and sellers of computer software or specifications to use certification marks, trademarks or other special designations to indicate compliance with with FHIR. Software developed under the terms of this license may claim compliance or conformance with FHIR if and only if the software compliance is of a nature fully matching the applicable conformance points as stated in the FHIR specification. Software developed only partially matching the applicable compliance points may claim only that the software was based on FHIR, but may not claim compliance or conformance with this specification. In the event that testing suites or processes are implemented or approved by HL7, Inc., software developed using this specification may claim compliance or conformance with the FHIR specification only if the software satisfactorily completes the testing suites.

  FHIR的存档版本Archived Versions of FHIR
  这里的存档只保存了重要的历史版本，也只有单个html的格式，仅用在html diff工具中。
  • Version 0.04, 投票前的最终版 / Connectathon stable source (compare with this to see what has changed during the freeze). (Diff with current)
  • Version 0.03, June 6, 2012. (Diff with current)
  • Version 0.02, Last Version, May 28, 2012. (Diff with current)
  • Version 0.01, First Archived Version (During Vancouver WGM), May 14, 2012. (Diff with current)