Healthcare data standards

Learn how key healthcare data standards enable interoperable digital health systems, explore the differences between openEHR and FHIR, and understand how they can work together in practice.
  • Level: Beginner
    Duration: 2 h
    Educator: Katarina Simanić
    Language: English

What will you learn?

  • The main categories of healthcare data standards and the problems they solve.
  • Terminology and classification standards, including LOINC, SNOMED CT, and ICD-11.
  • How data exchange standards like HL7 v2, CDA, FHIR, IHE, and DICOM enable interoperability.
  • The role of data modelling and persistence standards like openEHR and OMOP.
  • How openEHR and FHIR differ, and how they work together in modern digital health architectures.
  • How healthcare data standards complement each other to support interoperable, sustainable systems.

Course details

About the educator

Katarina Simanić

Katarina is a Healthcare IT Specialist at Better, combining a Master's in Nursing with a Bachelor's in Computer Science. Having made the transition from clinical practice to health technology herself, she helps others understand complex concepts in a structured way, focusing on how systems work and why they matter for clinicians and patients. She now works on international digital health projects, supporting stakeholders in understanding interoperability and the practical application of openEHR and FHIR-based solutions.