FAQs

If you are running a recent version of Epic, Cerner, InterSystems, or one of the other major vendors supporting ‘SMART on FHIR’ / HL7 FHIR APIs, then most likely yes.

HL7 FHIR is a universal standard for healthcare data systems. (It is now a requirement that all EHR systems developed in the US use HL7 FHIR, and incorporate SMART on FHIR application programming interfaces (APIs) that allow them to interface with other systems.)

SMART on FHIRis an Application Programming Interface (API). It provides a conduit that allows us to securely ‘plug in’ one system to another, accessing data on-demand.

100% yes! HL7 FHIR is seen as the future for general interoperability between internal system, so this is future proofing the hospital.

Once you have concept mapped your data to FHIR resources, you will be in a position to develop your own add-on apps to the EHR or purchase other applications now available.

This isn’t usually a concern. Many research departments input the medication history into systems such as Epic and Cerner, at patient visits during the study. Providing this has been entered and coded correctly, Archer will pick it up from the FHIR feeds. Our technical support teams can help you review this during the setup process.

The site investigator is always in control of the data. Regulatory-grade data is securely transferred to the EDC via the cloud and no data is retained within Archer.

Archer integrates with all leading study databases, for example, Rave, Castor and Cisiv. IgniteData’s Archer technology is actively being used or integrated with some of the largest sponsors and CROs in the world.

Analysis of a live study indicated that using Archer automation in place of manual data entry yields a 96%-time saving per patient visit.

Archer’s cloud-based technology embeds directly into your EHR: it transports regulatory-grade, clinically-validated patient data from leading hospital Electronic Health Record systems (EHRs) to sponsors’ Electronic Data Capture systems (EDCs) using HL7® FHIR®-based APIs.

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