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 each is designed to solve.
  • The fundamentals of terminology and classification standards, including LOINC, SNOMED CT, and ICD-11.
  • How data exchange standards such as 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 can work together within modern digital health architectures.
  • A future-oriented view of how healthcare data standards complement each other to support interoperable and sustainable healthcare systems.

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About the educator

Katarina Simanić

Katarina Simanić is a Healthcare IT Specialist at Better, combining a Master’s degree in Nursing with a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science. Having navigated the transition from clinical practice to health technology herself, she helps others understand complex concepts in a structured way, focusing not only on how systems work but also on why they matter for clinicians and patients.
 
With clinical experience in both Canada and the United States, she now focuses on international markets, contributing to digital health projects and supporting stakeholders in understanding product capabilities, interoperability, and the practical application of openEHR and FHIR-based solutions.

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