SMART Health IT · FinOps Profile

Smarthealthit Finops

FinOps view of SMART Health IT usage. There is no vendor invoice anywhere in the picture - the specifications are open standards, the sandboxes (r4.smarthealthit.org, launch.smarthealthit.org, bulk-data.smarthealthit.org) are free public test services, and the client libraries and reference servers are open source. The costs that do exist for an adopting team are indirect: engineering time to build against SMART App Launch and FHIR, your own infrastructure if you self-host the open source launcher or bulk data server for private testing, and - once you move to production - whatever terms apply in each EHR vendor's developer program, which is a separate provider relationship.

Smarthealthit Finops is the FinOps profile for SMART Health IT on the APIs.io network, aligned with the FinOps Foundation Framework.

It defines 3 billable meters, billed in USD, on a none cycle, and pricing category free.

The profile maps 8 FOCUS columns for cost-allocation reporting.

Tagged areas include SMART on FHIR, FHIR, Health IT, Open Standards, and FinOps.

Category: Healthcare Interoperability Pricing: Free Billing: None FOCUS v1.3
SMART on FHIRFHIRHealth ITOpen StandardsFinOpsCost ManagementFOCUS

Framework Alignment

Framework
FinOps Foundation Framework
Data Spec
FOCUS v1.3

Charge Categories

Usage

FOCUS Columns

BillingCurrency
USD
ChargeCategory
Usage
InvoiceIssuerName
None (no billing relationship)
PricingCategory
Free
ProviderName
SMART Health IT
PublisherName
SMART Health IT
ServiceCategory
Healthcare Interoperability
ServiceName
SMART Health IT Sandboxes

Meters

sandbox_requests
Unit: requests
FHIR REST requests against the open sandboxes; free, tracked only for your own usage awareness.
bulk_exports
Unit: jobs
Bulk Data $export jobs run against the reference server; free, sized by simulated patient count.
self_hosted_compute
Unit: hours
Infrastructure cost of self-hosting the open source launcher or bulk data server for private testing (no SMART Health IT invoice).

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