bonfireDB — Building on FHIR, explained https://bonfiredb.dev/blog Plain-English guides for developers and clinician-founders shipping FHIR-safe outpatient healthcare apps. en-us What is a SMART-on-FHIR app — and how to make your app interoperable https://bonfiredb.dev/blog/smart-on-fhir-interop https://bonfiredb.dev/blog/smart-on-fhir-interop Thu, 18 Jun 2026 15:00:00 GMT Plain English: FHIR is the data layer, SMART is the auth layer. EHR launch vs standalone, scopes and PKCE, and the playbook for interoperability — without hand-rolling a FHIR server. How to build an outpatient app in an afternoon (behavioral health) https://bonfiredb.dev/blog/build-outpatient-app https://bonfiredb.dev/blog/build-outpatient-app Tue, 16 Jun 2026 15:00:00 GMT End to end: create a patient, capture a PHQ-9 as a QuestionnaireResponse, write notes, and render a fresh timeline — on typed clinical primitives with FHIR underneath. Why build on FHIR (and when you shouldn't) https://bonfiredb.dev/blog/why-build-on-fhir https://bonfiredb.dev/blog/why-build-on-fhir Tue, 16 Jun 2026 15:00:00 GMT The custom-schema trap, the interoperability expectation, and why FHIR makes you agent-ready — plus an honest look at when FHIR is the wrong call. The backend for an AI medical scribe: architecture & the part you can’t fake https://bonfiredb.dev/blog/ai-scribe-backend https://bonfiredb.dev/blog/ai-scribe-backend Mon, 15 Jun 2026 15:00:00 GMT Where transcripts and SOAP notes actually go, the data model a scribe needs, and the regulated parts (BAA, audit, signed-note provenance, FHIR export) you cannot vibe-code. Build an AI scribe in a weekend (without a HIPAA lawyer) https://bonfiredb.dev/blog/build-ai-scribe-weekend https://bonfiredb.dev/blog/build-ai-scribe-weekend Sun, 14 Jun 2026 15:00:00 GMT Step by step: capture audio → transcribe → AI draft → clinician signs with provenance → store as a FHIR DocumentReference → export → audit. Can you vibe-code a HIPAA-compliant app? https://bonfiredb.dev/blog/vibe-code-hipaa https://bonfiredb.dev/blog/vibe-code-hipaa Fri, 12 Jun 2026 15:00:00 GMT AI tools can build the app — but a BAA on your coding tool doesn't make the app compliant, and they emit compliant-looking code that isn't. Where the line really is. FHIR, explained for app developers https://bonfiredb.dev/blog/fhir-explained https://bonfiredb.dev/blog/fhir-explained Wed, 10 Jun 2026 15:00:00 GMT The no-jargon guide: what FHIR actually is, why it exists, why building your app directly on it hurts, and what to do instead.