FHIR (Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources)

Regulatory and Compliance Services

Pharmaceutical and Life Sciences Solutions

DCL partners with pharmaceutical and life sciences organizations to meet the challenges of a data-driven healthcare ecosystem, enhancing efficiency, ensuring compliance, and advancing patient care. With deep expertise in content conversion, structuring, and enrichment, DCL plays a pivotal role in helping pharmaceutical companies adopt and implement FHIR (Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources) standards effectively.

A key reason for HL7 FHIR becoming a standard is its ability to facilitate the delivery of electronic product information (ePI/ePIL) as digital leaflets (e-leaflets) on mobile apps.

Explore how DCL helps pharma and life sciences with the FHIR standard:

Transforming Legacy Content into FHIR-Compliant Formats

Vast amounts of legacy content are often stored in proprietary or outdated formats. By providing automated services and solutions that streamline the conversion process, your organization saves time, resources, and money. DCL can

Convert content and data into FHIR-compliant formats (JSON, XML)
Verify accuracy with post-conversion QA/QC checks that ensure content meets the highest standards of quality and compliance.

Aligning SPL with FHIR

DCL is the global leader in SPL conversion services. DCL can align SPL data with FHIR resources to

Facilitate interoperability between SPL data and electronic health records (EHRs).
Enable the seamless integration of pharmaceutical data into clinical workflows using FHIR.
Enhance patient safety by improving access to accurate medication and labeling information.

Enriching and Validating Content and Data

DCL’s quality control and data enrichment expertise ensures that:

Content and data converted to FHIR are accurate, complete, and compliant with regulatory standards.
Enriched data supports advanced analytics, clinical decision-making, and improved patient outcomes.

Supporting Regulatory Compliance

DCL supports pharma and life sciences companies in complying with regulatory requirements such as:

The FDA's requirements for electronic submissions and data exchange.
International data-sharing initiatives where FHIR is a mandated standard.
Ensuring consistent data quality for cross-border clinical trials or product launches.

Integrating FHIR into Digital Health Applications

DCL's technology services and solutions help

Enable mobile health (mHealth) apps and digital therapeutics using FHIR APIs.
Optimize the delivery of patient-centric data for better engagement and outcomes.
Leverage FHIR for real-time data sharing and interoperability with research platforms.

Custom Content and Data Management Solutions

Each pharma and life sciences organization is as unique as the work they do. DCL can help

Design tailored workflows and processes to integrate FHIR into existing systems.
Provide consultancy on best practices for adopting and scaling FHIR-based solutions.
Offer ongoing support and training to ensure a smooth transition to FHIR standards.

What is XML conversion?

XML conversion is the process of transforming content or data to the eXtensible Markup Language. The XML file format makes it possible and affordable to create content once and use it many times in print and digital formats.
What types of XML conversion projects are your specialty?

Data Conversion Laboratory specializes in a broad range of XML conversion services. Following are some of the most common conversion projects we manage: Word to XML conversion HTML to XML conversion PDF to XML conversion Excel to XML conversion Text to XML conversion XML to XML conversion NLM XML to JATS XML conversion
What formats can your XML conversion service output?

Our data conversion system is able to convert from practically any data source into any desired format, including: DITA & DITA Specializations DITA Learning & Training DITA for Publishers PubMed JATS JATS and NLM DTDs BITS NISO STS MathML Bookshelf MARC NIMAS DAISY ATA S1000D Mil-STD SGML SPL (Structured Product Labeling) Mets/Alto Prism
Can you convert legacy data to XML?

Many companies and organizations have legacy software systems that use proprietary data formats that are difficult to access or incompatible with newer platforms. Our team of data engineers can develop a custom-tailored XML conversion solution for you. DCL's human and AI-based QA checkpoints can achieve up to 99.9% conversion accuracy.
What is the DCL Conversion Hub?

The DCL Conversion Hub is a system we designed to streamline the process of converting data in practically from any format into any other format. This Hub-and-Spoke software architecture accepts inputs in any format, then normalizes it into an XML-based superset that can output into any other structured format.
Can you convert paper documents to XML?

Yes, we can digitize papers using Optical Character Recognition (OCR), then run that data through our XML conversion services. Learn more about our OCR services.
Can you convert data from multiple sources or file types?

Yes, DCL's Conversion Hub system can take in data from various sources, such as file servers, web serviers, databases, data feeds, etc., then output it in your desired format. This enables you to centralize and unfify data that might otherwise be unavailable to other parts of your organization.
What is DITA conversion?

DITA stands for Darwin Information Typing Architecture. DITA is an XML data model for authoring and publishing content. The DITA architecture was originally developed by IBM for IBM technical publications. DITA is a standard for technical publications and documentation. DITA enables the Interchange and interoperation of XML content from a wide variety of sources without requiring everyone involved to agree on a single overarching document type definition Reuse of content among different publications and within the same publication
What is S1000D conversion?

S1000D is an international XML specification for the procurement and production of technical publications. The specification is primarly used in the aerospace and defense industries.