This review will discuss the benefits of the current proposed solution Fast Health Interoperability Resources (FHIR) focusing on health services, including health providers, patient and operational aspects involving information technology and financial benefits. …show more content…
The FHIR system offers interoperability however lacks security functionality both at the point of information exchange and the patient’s identity and privacy (Mousa, 2016) once the information has been received. A possible solution could argue that users require permissions to be granted before accessing patient details however, this poses an additional limitation on who or which organisations monitors permissions across multiple health services. Similarly, legal concerns will implicate the procurement of FHIR as clinicians and other health care providers will be have access to multidisciplinary records which permits clinical decisions to be overridden causing liability and patient safety concerns (Sittig & Singh, …show more content…
Furthermore, adolescents patients or patients with disorders, mental health, or deemed incapacity, are they able to access of their data and or consent to the exchange of information (Sittig & Singh, 2011). Regulations around ethical concerns would need to be addressed and appropriate measures put in place to ensure patients who request to opt out of the information exchange are adhered