Adaptive Forms make data capture smarter and more personalized by revealing only the questions that matter—whether powered by simple enableWhen rules or more complex, dynamic logic behind the scenes.
With FHIR Adaptive Forms, questionnaires are assembled on the fly and become context-aware, reacting to each response as it is provided.
How It Works**:**
Based on the FHIR SDC IG, Adaptive Forms rely on two actors:
- Clinical App: Embeds the adaptive form and presents questions to the user
- External Service: Administers the questionnaire using algorithms, decision rules, or AI models.
In Aidbox Forms, we support the Clinical app side, and this is powered by the $next-question operation:
- Enable the Questionnaire as adaptive and set your External Service URL
- Launch the form and initiate the flow by calling the next question
- The form continues requesting the next question and generating on the fly until the workflow is complete
We also provide a sample project on GitHub demonstrating how to implement the External Service.
Real-World Use Cases:
- PROMs: Only show relevant questions to patients
- Prior Authorization: Dynamically request necessary documentation based on procedure or diagnosis
- Clinical Decision Support: Trigger follow-up questions based on risk thresholds or abnormal findings
- Research & Clinical Trials: Skip irrelevant branches, reducing participant burden
- Remote Monitoring: Ask follow-up questions based on abnormal vitals or reported symptoms
Adaptive Forms are the foundation of intelligent, dynamic, and efficient data collection across healthcare.
Adaptive Forms in Aidbox Forms are part of a broader platform for building clinical forms – from simple questionnaires to complex SDC forms with dynamic logic and FHIR backend integration. Learn more about the capabilities and real-world scenarios on our medical forms page: Aidbox Medical Forms.
If you want to build and test an adaptive form yourself, try our visual Form Builder: form-builder.aidbox.app.
Watch the demo:
See the PHQ-9 adaptive form in action - a simple scenario illustrating adaptive form implementation.
Ready to make your clinical forms adaptive? See how Aidbox Medical Forms help turn paper forms, PROMs, and prior authorization workflows into FHIR-compliant digital experiences: Medical Forms.
Want to experiment directly with $next-question logic and SDC? Open the Aidbox Form Builder.
