Health Samurai, a provider of FHIR-native software solutions, has partnered with the Washington State Department of Health (WA DOH) to support statewide situational awareness and public health reporting using the Aidbox platform. The collaboration focuses on modernizing how WA DOH collects, manages, and analyzes healthcare data from 93 acute care hospitals across the state. The effort addresses growing demands for faster, more consistent public health reporting during periods of increased system pressure.
By adopting Aidbox as its core FHIR public health data repository, WA DOH is establishing a unified, standards-based platform to monitor hospital bed capacity and respiratory illness trends. The initiative strengthens the state’s ability to respond to public health events using timely, accurate, and interoperable data.
Aidbox enables WA DOH to move beyond fragmented reporting pipelines by combining FHIR-native APIs with high-performance SQL on FHIR capabilities. This approach supports modern FHIR workflows, while aligning with national implementation guides such as US Core and US SAFR. The result is a scalable foundation for real-time situational awareness and future public health integrations.
Pavel Smirnov, CEO of Health Samurai
“State-level public health reporting is one of the toughest interoperability problems in healthcare — you're pulling data from dozens of different systems and need it to be fast and reliable. Washington State Department of Health is pioneering the use of SQL on FHIR to turn that data into real-time insights. They're showing how FHIR can move beyond just exchanging data for compliance into something that actually helps you understand what's happening on the ground”.
The Washington State Department of Health works to protect and improve the health of all people in Washington. Through statewide data collection, disease surveillance, and healthcare system monitoring, WA DOH supports emergency preparedness, public health response, and long-term health policy development.
Health Samurai specializes in FHIR-native technologies and supports healthcare providers, public health agencies, insurers, IT vendors, and digital health startups worldwide in building interoperable systems. Since 2012, its platform Aidbox has powered over 100 health IT solutions globally, including EHRs, public health reporting systems, care coordination platforms, and healthcare analytics solutions.
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HospitalonFHIR - FHIR Camp 2024 – Cascais/Lisbon 🌟 It was a great attending the FHIR Camp 2024, surrounded by passionate professionals and inspiring leaders in the healthcare interoperability space. It was truly an honor to learn from references like Grahame Grieve (and many more), alongside dedicated enthusiasts, all committed to advancing HL7 FHIR standards and fostering better healthcare systems worldwide.
Membro do conselho na E-Mais - Movimento Associação dos Sistemas de Informação Em Saúde
Had an amazing experience at the FHIR Camp 2024 organized by Health Samurai | Aidbox FHIR® Platform. Inspired by its transformative potential, I look forward to working further in FHIR and hope to see its implementation in Nepal's healthcare system as well.
Though a bit delayed but still I don’t want to miss out on talking about the recently concluded #FHIRCamp2024 organized by Health Samurai | Aidbox FHIR® Platform in the beautiful city of Cascais, Portugal.
Healthcare & Life-Sciences Consulting | HL7 FHIR® Expert | Digital Transformation Leader
I skipped a lot of recent conferences to prioritize attending FHIR Camp 2024 in Portugal the week before last. It was well worth the trip! It was great to hear Grahame Grieve give the background story on how FHIR came to be an open source effort. The open source angle is really important and unique in that it will require a lot of meaningful collaboration and perhaps unprecedented transparency (things we're not great at in the US) to advance these standards in the coming years. There is and will be a lot of opportunity for people to develop and offer FHIR expertise.
It was a pleasure to come to the #FHIR #camp in Cascais as a Hospitals on FHIR ambassador It was a pleasure to exchange our outlook on FHIR #versionning and how to deal with the multiple versions with Grahame Grieve, Lloyd McKenzie, Gino Canessa, Ewout Kramer and Nikolai Ryzhikov I also had the occasion to present the state of FHIR in #France and the work our community is doing to increase adoption And of course, always a pleasure to exchange with friends of the HL7 community.
FHIR interoperability expert and architect. CEO of Fyrstain. Hospitals On FHIR ambassador.
FHIR CAMP 2024 in Cascais, Portugal, was filled with excitement and activity. Here are some highlights that I'd love to share. This experience reflected the event's opening message: to connect systems and technologies, we must first connect with each other. It was an incredible day, and I can't wait to see what's next!
I'm back from the fantastic experience that was #FHIR Camp 2024 in Cascais, Portugal! I was grateful to reconnect with many of my long-time collaborators and also many new people that bring interesting perspectives that enhance our collective work. I really liked the format - I think it was very conducive to free-flowing conversation about new ideas and approaches. Thank you very much to Nikolai Ryzhikov, Pavel Smirnov and all of Health Samurai | Aidbox FHIR® Platform for the opportunity and the amazing support. I think the event was a great success!
I had the privilege of attending the FHIR® Camp 2024 🔥 in the beautiful Cascais, Lisbon 🇵🇹 hosted by Health Samurai | Aidbox FHIR® Platform The event brought together some of the brightest minds in the #HL7 #FHIR space, including industry pioneers like Grahame Grieve, Gino Canessa, Lloyd McKenzie, and many others! The sessions were not only inspiring but also directly relevant to the work we do at IgniteData.
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