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articles/healthcare-apis/iot/data-flow.md

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# The MedTech service data flow
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This article provides an overview of the MedTech service data flow. You'll learn about the different data processing stages within the MedTech service that transforms device data into Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR®)-based [Observation](https://www.hl7.org/fhir/observation.html) resources.
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Data from health-related devices or medical devices flows through a path in which the MedTech service transforms data into FHIR, and then data is stored on and accessed from the FHIR service. The health data path follows these steps in this order: ingest, normalize, group, transform, and persist. Health data is retrieved from the device in the first step of ingestion. After the data is received, it's processed, or normalized per a user-selected/user-created schema template called the device mapping. Normalized health data is simpler to process and can be grouped. In the next step, health data is grouped into three Operate parameters. After the health data is normalized and grouped, it can be processed or transformed through a FHIR destination mapping, and then saved or persisted on the FHIR service.
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Data from devices flows through a path in which the MedTech service transforms data into FHIR, and then data is stored on and accessed from the FHIR service. The data path follows these steps in this order: ingest, normalize, group, transform, and persist. Data is retrieved from the device in the first step of ingestion. After the data is received, it's processed, or normalized per a user-selected/user-created schema template called the device mapping. Normalized data is simpler to process and can be grouped. In the next step, data is grouped into three Operate parameters. After the data is normalized and grouped, it can be processed or transformed through a FHIR destination mapping, and then saved or persisted on the FHIR service.
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This article goes into more depth about each step in the data flow. The next steps are [Choose a deployment method for the MedTech service](deploy-new-choose.md) by using a device mapping (the normalization step) and a FHIR destination mapping (the transformation step).
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This next section of the article describes the stages that IoMT (Internet of Medical Things) device data goes through as it processed through the MedTech service.
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This next section of the article describes the stages that IoT (Internet of Things) device data goes through as it processed through the MedTech service.
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:::image type="content" source="media/data-flow/iot-data-flow.png" alt-text="Screenshot of IoMT data as it flows from IoT devices into an Azure event hub. IoMT data is ingested by the MedTech service as it is normalized, grouped, transformed, and persisted in the FHIR service." lightbox="media/data-flow/iot-data-flow.png":::
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> All identity look ups are cached once resolved to decrease load on the FHIR service. If you plan on reusing devices with multiple patients it is advised you create a virtual device resource that is specific to the patient and send virtual device identifier in the message payload. The virtual device can be linked to the actual device resource as a parent.
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If no Device resource for a given device identifier exists in the FHIR service, the outcome depends upon the value of `Resolution Type` set at the time of creation. When set to `Lookup`, the specific message is ignored, and the pipeline will continue to process other incoming messages. If set to `Create`, the MedTech service will create a bare-bones Device and Patient resources on the FHIR service.
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If no Device resource for a given device identifier exists in the FHIR service, the outcome depends upon the value of `Resolution Type` set at the time of creation. When set to `Lookup`, the specific message is ignored, and the pipeline will continue to process other incoming messages. If set to `Create`, the MedTech service will create a bare-bones Device and Consumer resources on the FHIR service.
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## Persist
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Once the Observation FHIR resource is generated in the Transform stage, the resource is saved into the FHIR service. If the Observation FHIR resource is new, it will be created on the FHIR service. If the Observation FHIR resource already existed, it will get updated.

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# Get started with the MedTech service in the Azure Health Data Services
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This article will show you how to get started with the Azure MedTech service in the [Azure Health Data Services](../healthcare-apis-overview.md). There are six steps you need to follow to be able to deploy and process MedTech service to ingest health data from a medical device using Azure Event Hubs service, persist the data to Azure Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR®) service as Observation resources, and link FHIR service Observations to patient and device resources. This article provides an architecture overview to help you follow the six steps of the implementation process.
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This article will show you how to get started with the Azure MedTech service in the [Azure Health Data Services](../healthcare-apis-overview.md). There are six steps you need to follow to be able to deploy and process MedTech service to ingest data from a device using Azure Event Hubs service, persist the data to Azure Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR®) service as Observation resources, and link FHIR service Observations to user and device resources. This article provides an architecture overview to help you follow the six steps of the implementation process.
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## Architecture overview of the MedTech service
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The following diagram outlines the basic architectural path that enables the MedTech service to receive data from a medical device and send it to the FHIR service. This diagram shows how the six-step implementation process is divided into three key development stages: deployment, post-deployment, and data processing.
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The following diagram outlines the basic architectural path that enables the MedTech service to receive data from a device and send it to the FHIR service. This diagram shows how the six-step implementation process is divided into three key development stages: deployment, post-deployment, and data processing.
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:::image type="content" source="media/get-started/get-started-with-iot.png" alt-text="Diagram showing MedTech service architectural overview." lightbox="media/get-started/get-started-with-iot.png":::
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# What is the MedTech service?
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The MedTech service in Azure Health Data Services is a Platform as a service (PaaS) that enables you to gather data from diverse medical devices and convert it into a Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR®) service format. The MedTech service's device data translation capabilities make it possible to transform a wide variety of data into a unified FHIR format that provides secure health data management in a cloud environment.
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The MedTech service in Azure Health Data Services is a Platform as a service (PaaS) that enables you to gather data from diverse devices and convert it into a Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR®) service format. The MedTech service's device data translation capabilities make it possible to transform a wide variety of data into a unified FHIR format that provides secure data management in a cloud environment.
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The MedTech service is important because healthcare data can be difficult to access or lost when it comes from diverse or incompatible devices, systems, or formats. If medical information isn't easy to access, it may have a negative effect on gaining clinical insights and a patient's health and wellness. The ability to transform many types of medical device data into a unified FHIR format enables the MedTech service to successfully link devices, health data, labs, and remote in-person care to support the clinician, care team, patient, and family. As a result, this capability can facilitate the discovery of important clinical insights and trend capture. It can also help make connections to new device applications and enable advanced research projects.
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The MedTech service is important because data can be difficult to access or lost when it comes from diverse or incompatible devices, systems, or formats. If this information isn't easy to access, it may have a negative effect on gaining key insights and capturing trends. The ability to transform many types of device data into a unified FHIR format enables the MedTech service to successfully link device data with other datasets to support the end user. As a result, this capability can facilitate the discovery of important clinical insights and trend capture. It can also help make connections to new device applications and enable advanced research projects.
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In order to implement the MedTech service, you need to have an Azure subscription, set up a workspace, and set up a namespace to deploy three Azure services: MedTech service, FHIR service, and Event Hubs service. This setup creates the PaaS configuration required to receive and process data from Internet of Things (IoT) devices.
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The MedTech service data processing is complete when the new FHIR Observation resource is successfully persisted, saved into the FHIR service, and ready for use.
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The MedTech service delivers your data to FHIR service in Azure Health Data Services, ensuring that your data has unparalleled security and advanced threat protection. The FHIR service isolates your data in a unique database per API instance and protects it with multi-region failover. In addition, the MedTech service uses [Azure role-based access control (Azure RBAC)](../../role-based-access-control/overview.md) and a [system-assigned managed identity](../../active-directory/managed-identities-azure-resources/overview.md) for extra security and control of your MedTech service assets.
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