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EMPI Reference Implementation

9 min read
Rahul Agarwal
Medplum Core Team

Patient record-keeping systems often have duplicate patient records, which can affect patient care and service delivery. One of the Medplum use cases is the the Enterprise Mater Patient Index (EMPI), database used in healthcare settings to maintain accurate and consistent unique identifiers for patients across various departments and services. A great EMPI implementation will improve patient safety, enhance the quality of care, facilitate data sharing among disparate healthcare systems, AND speed payer contracting.

YC Open Source Founders - Q&A

7 min read
Reshma Khilnani
Medplum Core Team

YC invites alumni (like us - Medplum is YC S22) to come speak for the current batch and share our experiences. We were excited when our YC Partners Diana and Nicolas invited Medplum to come and speak to Open Source and devtools companies two weeks ago.

Demystifying FHIR Systems

5 min read
Rahul Agarwal
Medplum Core Team

One of the main sources of confusion when starting an implementation is with FHIR system strings.

This field is ubiquitous across FHIR elements, but many developers who are new to healthcare don't understand its purpose or how to set it properly. They are used in even the most basic implementations, and even the sample data we provide for prototyping has many system identifiers.