Table 1.

A list of FHIR resources that are most relevant to radiology with a short description of each and an example of a potential use in integrated radiology software

Resource	Description	Potential use in radiology software
AllergyIntolerance	A record of allergies and adverse reactions to substances	Checking allergic reaction to contrast material
Condition	A record of diagnoses, problems, and clinical conditions	Displaying a patient’s active medical diagnoses. This resource can also be used for machine discoverability of studies for artificial intelligence research [11]
DiagnosticOrder (ProcedureRequest in FHIR Release 3)	The orders and requests placed by clinicians for imaging or laboratory studies	Generating a worklist based on requested imaging studies
DiagnosticReport	The reports for laboratory, pathology, and imaging tests	Storing and retrieving radiology reports
ImagingStudy	A representation of a DICOM imaging study	Accessing DICOM information to allow for image retrieval from the appropriate DICOM server
Observation	A general location for lab results, vitals, and other patient measurements	Accessing relevant lab data such as last creatinine
Patient	The information about the patient receiving the health care service	Obtaining basic information such as date of birth and gender