The Contents of That Dumpster Are Private

Nikhil Krishnan wrote a great piece recently arguing that open source is healthcare's moment. The business models exist (Red Hat, GitLab). AI is lowering the contribution barrier. The ecosystem is ready. He's right. But there's a punchline missing from the open-standards conversation that anyone who's actually built against healthcare APIs knows intimately: The standard exists. Nobody follows it the same way. FHIR (Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources) is the anointed standard. ONC mandate