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Apr 22, 2026
10 min read
HIPAA Safe Harbor De-Identification in Aidbox: From FHIR to Analytics Without Exposing Patient Data

Aidbox supports HIPAA Safe Harbor de-identification directly in ViewDefinitions. Transform FHIR data into compliant, analytics-ready tables with per-column control — and map results back when needed.

Apr 20, 2026
8 min read
MPI Vendors Couldn't Agree. We Solved Patient Merge

FHIR's Patient/$merge assumes the server knows how to merge. Two decades of MPI vendor configs, EHR vendor divergence, and national registry policy show why one algorithm cannot serve every organization.

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.

Apr 8, 2026
5 min read
Performance at Scale: Benchmarking FHIR Servers Under Real-World Load

We're benchmarking popular open-source FHIR servers and Aidbox across CRUD, batch processing, and search workloads. Here's what we're testing and why.

Apr 6, 2026
5 min read
Aidbox & Formbox: March 2603 Release

Aidbox 2603 brings BigQuery streaming, Databricks Lakebase support, FHIR package dependency overrides, and Formbox improvements.

Apr 3, 2026
10 min read
FHIR Package Management: Pinning, Tree-Shaking, and Why Runtime Resolution Had to Go

How Aidbox moved canonical resolution from runtime to configuration time — with pinning, tree-shaking, and a deterministic candidate selection algorithm.

Apr 3, 2026
6 min read
$purge: Permanently Erase Patient Data with a Single FHIR Call

Aidbox 2602 implements the FHIR R6 $purge operation — permanently delete a patient and their entire compartment, including all history, in one auditable call.

Mar 20, 2026
4 min read
Health Samurai Lab: Aidbox Horizontal & Vertical Scaling

Benchmarking Aidbox with 8 CPU cores: single instance vs multiple. 2×4 loses only 6% RPS but adds redundancy and better P99.

Mar 17, 2026
4 min read
How We Made Aidbox UI AI-Agent Friendly with WebMCP

Learn how we integrated WebMCP into Aidbox UI so AI agents can interact with the interface through declared tools instead of guessing from screenshots.

Mar 16, 2026
3 min read
Questionnaire Builder Inside an Agent

Formbox Builder is a low-code platform for questionnaires. With MCP, the same Builder session can now be driven from a broader agent environment while keeping the live visual feedback loop.

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