Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (http://hl7.org/fhir) - FHIR – is a standards framework created by Health Level 7 (HL7). FHIR combines the features of HL7's previous health data interchange standards including HL7 v2 , HL7 v3 and CDA. FHIR improves on previous standards by using more modern web standards for data exchange, supports many programming languages, and promostes human readability.
Start by reading through this first: "FHIR Drills" https://fhir-drills.github.io/index.html
- Python Client: http://docs.smarthealthit.org/client-py/
- Java Client: http://hapifhir.io/doc_rest_client.html