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# Welcome to FHIR®

FHIR is a standard for health care data exchange, published by HL7®.

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**First time here?** [READ THIS FIRST!](https://confluence.hl7.org/display/FHIR/Welcome+to+the+FHIR+Community)  
Then see the [executive summary](summary), the [developer's introduction](overview-dev), [clinical introduction](overview-clinical), [patient introduction](overview-patient), or [architect's introduction](overview-arch), and then the FHIR [overview](overview) & [how FHIR versions work](versions). See also the [open license (CC0)](license) (and don't miss the full [Table of Contents](toc) and the [Community Credits](credits) or you can [search this specification](search.cfm)).

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**External Links:**

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**Implementation Guides**

Specifications based on the FHIR standard

-   [Curated list of Implementation Guides](http://www.fhir.org/guides/registry)
-   [All publicly available FHIR specification artifacts](https://registry.fhir.org/)
-   [Index of all Implementation Guides](https://packages2.fhir.org/xig)

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**[FHIR Community](http://fhir.org)**

Enabling health interoperability through FHIR

-   [FHIR Community Discussions](http://chat.fhir.org/)
-   [FHIR Confluence (working & internal documentation)](https://confluence.hl7.org/display/FHIR)
-   [HL7 Face to Face Events](https://www.hl7.org/events/index.cfm?showallevents&ref=nav)
-   [Weekly Virtual meetings](https://www.hl7.org/concalls/)

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**[Implementation Links](http://fhir.org)**

Useful support for FHIR Implementers

-   [Registry of Software Implementations](https://confluence.hl7.org/display/FHIR/Public+Test+Servers)
-   [Public Test Servers](https://confluence.hl7.org/display/FHIR/Public+Test+Servers)
-   [Useful Tools for Implementers](https://confluence.hl7.org/display/FHIR/Public+Test+Servers)

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