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May 14, 2026
2 min read
Configuring and Tuning a Patient Matching Model: A Practical Guide

How to configure and fine-tune a patient matching model in MDMbox — from defining match criteria and model structure to blocking, training, and manual tuning.

May 12, 2026
8 min read
Aidbox HTTP Queue: Behavior, Failure Modes, and Control

How Aidbox handles concurrent requests through its HTTP queue — three load scenarios, common failure modes, and how to tune worker capacity for stable performance.

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May 8, 2026
8 min read
@atomic-ehr/codegen: US Core Profiles in TypeScript

Generate typed profile classes from the US Core IG with @atomic-ehr/codegen. Build compliant Patients and BP observations with typed factories, typed extensions and slices, profile-aware validation, type guards, and typed bundles.

May 7, 2026
3 min read
Aidbox & Formbox 2604: Analytical Workflows Closer to the FHIR Layer

Aidbox 2604 brings HIPAA Safe Harbor de-identification in SQL-on-FHIR, Databricks Lakebase token auth, a reworked SQL Console, and Formbox SMART on FHIR integration.

Apr 22, 2026
10 min read
HIPAA Safe Harbor De-Identification in Aidbox: From FHIR to Analytics Without Exposing Patient Data

Aidbox supports HIPAA Safe Harbor de-identification directly in ViewDefinitions. Transform FHIR data into compliant, analytics-ready tables with per-column control — and map results back when needed.

Apr 20, 2026
8 min read
MPI Vendors Couldn't Agree. We Solved Patient Merge

FHIR's Patient/$merge assumes the server knows how to merge. Two decades of MPI vendor configs, EHR vendor divergence, and national registry policy show why one algorithm cannot serve every organization.

Apr 9, 2026
8 min read
Beyond Patient/$merge: A Resource-Agnostic, Client-Driven Merge for FHIR

FHIR R5's Patient/$merge is a start, but production MDM needs more. We built a resource-agnostic $merge with client-driven plans, atomic audit trails, and a generic $referencing operation.

Apr 8, 2026
5 min read
Performance at Scale: Benchmarking FHIR Servers Under Real-World Load

We're benchmarking popular open-source FHIR servers and Aidbox across CRUD, batch processing, and search workloads. Here's what we're testing and why.

Apr 6, 2026
5 min read
Aidbox & Formbox: March 2603 Release

Aidbox 2603 brings BigQuery streaming, Databricks Lakebase support, FHIR package dependency overrides, and Formbox improvements.

Apr 3, 2026
10 min read
FHIR Package Management: Pinning, Tree-Shaking, and Why Runtime Resolution Had to Go

How Aidbox moved canonical resolution from runtime to configuration time — with pinning, tree-shaking, and a deterministic candidate selection algorithm.

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