Azure services for storing and exchanging healthcare data using FHIR and DICOM. This product is distinct from the retired standalone Azure API for FHIR.
Last reviewed: 2026-10-03
Azure Health Data Services includes managed services for FHIR records and DICOM images. Its workspace model groups healthcare resources while individual services expose their own interfaces. It is distinct from Azure API for FHIR, whose documented retirement date was September 30, 2026.
Build a synthetic-record exercise that creates, reads, and exports a small FHIR dataset. Test the least-privileged roles your application needs and document how images and records are associated. Review region and service requirements before bringing the workflow into an existing healthcare environment.
No. Azure Health Data Services is a suite containing a FHIR service and other healthcare services. Follow Microsoft's migration guidance for an older Azure API for FHIR deployment.
No diagnosis capability is implied by this entry. It describes the data services on which separately evaluated applications can be built.