Free · Online · Recorded
FHIR in German Healthcare:
Hands-on Workshop Series
Seven workshops covering the German FHIR landscape, hospital data architecture, profiling, mapping, analytics, and clinical applications.
Health Samurai × Gefyra
At a glance
Online workshops
Per session
To attend
Available after each session
Who should attend
People building and operating FHIR pipelines in the data integration centres (DIZ) of German university hospitals, with hands-on experience in HL7v2, FHIR profiles, terminology, validation, and clinical data platforms.
People responsible for reference architecture, platform and vendor decisions, and the future direction of hospital data and analytics infrastructure.
Meet the experts
Senior FHIR Consultant at Gefyra GmbH
CTO at Health Samurai
Workshop programme
Participants will work with HL7v2-to-FHIR mappings, German profiles, structured data capture, SQL on FHIR, SMART on FHIR, and CDS Hooks.
An overview of the standards, regulations, and national initiatives shaping health-data exchange in Germany. The session explains the roles of HL7v2 and FHIR, where German specifications fit, and how EHDS and the European Electronic Health Record Exchange Format affect future requirements.
Draw an end-to-end reference architecture for hospital data integration. The session connects HL7v2 ingestion, the clinical data repository, structured data capture, analytics, OMOP, and European data exchange. This architecture provides the foundation for the implementation work in the following sessions.
Work with the German profiles and terminology systems used across different healthcare contexts. Participants will examine Basisprofile, ISiK, KBV/MIO, and ePA specifications, including layered validation, package dependencies, and version pinning. The session also covers their relationship with European exchange requirements. Terminology covered: ICD-10-GM, OPS, SNOMED CT, LOINC, ATC/PZN, and the Zentraler Terminologieserver.
Transform a hospital HL7v2 message into FHIR resources. Participants will examine an open mapping line by line, discuss the implementation decisions behind it, and load the resulting resources into the clinical data repository.
Turn a paper form into a working FHIR Questionnaire flow. Participants will define the form, collect a QuestionnaireResponse, and extract the resulting structured clinical data.
Query FHIR data using the patterns applied in German university hospital data integration centres. The session covers the MII Kerndatensatz, SQL on FHIR, CQL, the boundary between aggregate counts and record-level access, and the role of OMOP in downstream analytics.
Build and launch a SMART on FHIR application, then connect it to a clinical workflow using CDS Hooks. Participants will return findings through the existing EHR and examine how national conformance requirements interact with EEHRxF and IPS.
In-person finale
The series concludes with an in-person session focused on implementation review, open questions, and exchange between participating teams. The date and venue will be announced separately.
Behind the series
Health Samurai develops Aidbox and the FHIR tooling used in the exercises. The team provides the workshop platform and implementation environment.
Gefyra brings experience from German hospital integration projects, including FHIR mapping, profiling, terminology, and national specifications.
