Maintenance & freshness
Last reviewed: 2026-06-28.
Health & life science is a fast-moving target: regulations phase in, cloud services rename, and standards version. This page is the bootcamp's freshness policy — how the material is kept current and what to re-check yourself before relying on a date-sensitive claim.
Review policy
- Every chapter carries a
Last reviewed:line under its title. - The whole book is reviewed at least quarterly, and on any major regulatory or standards change (a new FDA guidance, a CMS/ONC rule, a USCDI/FHIR version, an EHDS milestone).
- Regulatory and pricing specifics are dated on purpose — treat them as "true as of the review date" and confirm against the primary source (each chapter links them) before betting a design on them.
- See the CHANGELOG for what changed and when.
Time-sensitive watchlist
These are the moving targets most likely to age. Re-check these before citing them:
| Topic | As of 2026-06-28 | Re-check |
|---|---|---|
| CMS-0057-F (payer FHIR + prior-auth APIs) | Prior-auth ops from 2026; API compliance generally Jan 1, 2027 | Each year through 2027 |
| ONCHTI-1 (Predictive DSI / FAVES transparency) | In effect for certified health IT since Jan 1, 2025; HTI-2 proposed | When HTI-2 finalizes |
| USCDI | v5 (2024), v6 (2025) — advances roughly yearly | Annually |
| EHDS | In force Mar 2025; implementing acts ~2027; primary-use categories ~2029 | 2027, 2029 milestones |
| FHIR version | R4 is the deployed/mandated standard; R6 targeting ~2027 | When R6 normative |
| FDA AI/ML | PCCP final guidance (Dec 2024); CSA final (Sep 2025) | New FDA AI guidance |
| TEFCA | In production via QHINs; FHIR exchange rolling out | Periodically |
| Cloud services | Names/limits change (e.g. Azure AD→Entra, S3 Tables GA) | Each review |
Reporting stale content
Spotted something out of date? The materials are proprietary (see the LICENSE) but corrections are very welcome — see Contributing. Cite a primary source so the fix can be verified quickly.
Last-reviewed by part
All parts were last reviewed 2026-06-28. The most volatile parts (and the ones to re-check first) are: