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. 2016 Feb 17;23(5):899–908. doi: 10.1093/jamia/ocv189

Table 1:

SMART on FHIR vs. FHIR Alone

SMART on FHIR FHIR DSTU1 Alone
Authorization OAuth2 None built in
Authentication OpenID Connect None built in
Data Models (From FHIR) FHIR Resources (∼50 DSTU1 resources)
Profiles SMART profiles (∼10 use cases) None built in
Data Access (From FHIR) FHIR REST API
Data Format (From FHIR) FHIR JSON or XML
EHR UI Integration SMART launch specification including EHR context and UI embedding for Web apps None built in
Documentation http://docs.smarthealthit.org/ http://hl7.org/fhir