HL7 FHIR Lacks Architectural N-Party Coordination Substrate
by Nick Clark | Published April 25, 2026
HL7 FHIR operates as the healthcare interoperability standard for cross-system data exchange. Architectural element above FHIR — credentialed multi-party coordination substrate — is what n-party-coordination provides.
FHIR Reality
HL7 FHIR operates as the dominant healthcare-interoperability standard across U.S. and emerging international deployments. ONC certification under 21st Century Cures Act mandates FHIR support.
Coordination Substrate Above FHIR
FHIR provides data-exchange substrate; architectural coordination provides handoff-and-coordination substrate; the layers compose.
HL7 Ecosystem Position
HL7 community gains architectural coordination direction; FHIR-based deployments gain coordination substrate.
