Ivan Shukshin

Tech Lead at MDMbox team – Health Samurai

Ivan builds MDMbox at Health Samurai — probabilistic matching, record linkage, and master data management for FHIR. His work sits at the intersection of statistics, healthcare interoperability, and data quality.

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Beyond Patient/$merge: A Resource-Agnostic, Client-Driven Merge for FHIR

Apr 9, 2026

8 min read

Beyond Patient/$merge: A Resource-Agnostic, Client-Driven Merge for FHIR

FHIR R5's Patient/$merge is a start, but production MDM needs more. We built a resource-agnostic $merge with client-driven plans, atomic audit trails, and a generic $referencing operation.