Evidence Based Medicine on FHIR Implementation Guide
1.0.0-ballot2 - STU 1 ballot
Evidence Based Medicine on FHIR Implementation Guide
1.0.0-ballot2 - STU 1 ballot
Evidence Based Medicine on FHIR Implementation Guide, published by HL7 International / Clinical Decision Support. This guide is not an authorized publication; it is the continuous build for version 1.0.0-ballot2 built by the FHIR (HL7® FHIR® Standard) CI Build. This version is based on the current content of https://github.com/HL7/ebm/ and changes regularly. See the Directory of published versions
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