How to Get a Patient's Health Record in 2026?
You'd think I'd tell you about APIs or tools. The key is in understanding legal coverage.
Sidharth Ramesh's Articles
We believe healthcare deserves better software. Follow our journey building open infrastructure for the future of health.
I Built Something A Few Weeks Ago
My mother-in-law needed a clinical trial. My wife and I, both doctors, had a hard time finding the right one. I decided to try to solve it.
What If We're Overcomplicating Healthcare IT?
I make the case that SQL could be the solution to simplifying the layers of complexity in health data architecture. This is a written version of my talk at EHRCON 25.
I Am Terrible at Directions
But that hasn't mattered in years.
CDS Hooks Matter More Than You Think
CDS Hooks are more than alerts: they’re real-time EHR webhooks that can surface a card and launch a SMART on FHIR app, letting you run workflows outside the EHR. The key is relevance + low latency, and rising adoption.
No More Service Partners
We tried scaling with service partners, but it didn't work. Learn what went wrong, how we're fixing it, and why we're returning to our lean in-house team.
Couchbase + FHIR for healthcare at scale | DHH Podcast
In this Digital Health Hackers episode, I discuss the Couchbase FHIR Server CE with Krishna Prasad Doddi, exploring our collaborative build and insights.
The $10 Million Mistake Toyota Refused to Make
What can car factories from the 70s teach us about health data exchange?
Why do AI Agents Fail on EHR Data?
Benchmark results and a failure deep-dive expose the real gap in healthcare data: missing semantic models, and the value-set workarounds they force.
Catalonia's openEHR CDR for 8 Million People
Catalonia wanted an openEHR Clinical Data Repository for 8 million people. Medblocks worked with IBM and vitagroup to design the sync layer for hospitals.
GE HealthCare x Medblocks - Simplifying Cancer Care Decisions
Here we explore a real-world project we did with GE HealthCare, where we tackled the challenges of data normalization in oncology care.
Announcing Medblocks openFHIR: An open-source engine that bridges openEHR and FHIR
Introducing openFHIR, an open-source bidirectional mapping engine converting between openEHR and FHIR standards. Built on FHIRConnect, Apache 2.0.
How to Enable FHIR Profile Validation with HAPI FHIR JPA Server
Walkthrough on how to configure HAPI FHIR to do profile validation for you, and few fundamental concepts of FHIR Profiles.
FHIR vs. Traditional HL7: What Makes This Standard So Different?
Discover why FHIR is changing healthcare IT. Learn its advantages over HL7 v2, C-CDA and v3, its rapid adoption, and simplified data exchange.
What is FHIR? A Beginner's Guide
Learn 5 Key HL7 FHIR Concepts - Resources, Data Elements, Profiles, Exchange Paradigms, and Implementation Guides.
HL7 CDS Hooks Explained: How EHRs Integrate Real-Time Clinical Decision Support
Learn how HL7 CDS Hooks lets EHRs call external APIs for real-time clinical alerts, covering drug interactions, pre-authorization, and quality measures. With code examples.
Case Study - Implementing ABDM for the Government of Andhra Pradesh
Medblocks implemented all 3 ABDM milestones for Andhra Pradesh's Health Ministry, overcoming API, webhook, encryption, and FHIR transformation challenges.
The Story of Medblocks
Medblocks evolved from blockchain to address healthcare data challenges using openEHR, FHIR, SNOMED, LOINC standards and OAuth2.
Introducing Medblocks UI
Medblocks UI, open-source alternative to Better EHR Studio for auto-generating forms from openEHR templates, now available under Apache 2 license.
Setting up a SNOMED CT Terminology Server using Hermes
Set up a SNOMED CT terminology server using Docker and Hermes: Clone Hermes, index SNOMED CT files, execute index.sh, start server with docker-compose up.
Case Study - Vijay Williams Covid Care, India
Dr. Sidharth and team developed a Covid care application for Dr. Sunil Gokavi's facility during the second wave, enhancing patient data analysis.
Frontend Frameworks - Why you should reconsider
Exploring web components for front-end development, moving from Vue to Svelte for Medblocks UI, focusing on lit-html for framework-independent UI.