Azure Health Data Services documentation

Collect, transform, and analyze health data that meets privacy and compliance requirements.

Overview

What is Azure Health Data Services?

What's new

Release notes

How-To Guide

Get an access token

How-To Guide

Migrate your data from Azure API for FHIR

Training

Azure Health Data Services

Get started with Azure Health Data Services

• Set up a workspace
• Deploy Azure Health Data Services
• Register an application
• Set up user access and permissions
• Grant permissions to a managed identity

FHIR data

• FHIR service overview
• Deploy the FHIR service
• Configure cross-origin resource sharing (CORS)
• Configure customer-managed keys (CMK)
• CMS operability and patient access

Imaging data

• DICOM service overview
• Deploy the DICOM service
• Configure customer-managed keys (CMK)
• Use image data for analytics
• Use image data for digital pathology

Device data

• MedTech service overview
• Choose a deployment method
• Monitor service health in Azure portal
• Troubleshoot with the Mapping debugger
• Troubleshoot service log errors

Automate and optimize data workflows

• Events overview
• Deploy events in Azure portal
• Use event metrics
• Disable events
• Troubleshoot events

De-identify health data

• De-identification service overview
• Deploy the de-identification service
• Manage access with Azure role-based access control (RBAC)
• Use managed identities
• De-identify health data using the .NET SDK

Tools & resources

Azure Health Data & AI workflows

Sample apps, converters, and code

REST API for Azure Health Data Services

REST API reference for Healthcare APIs

Quickstart templates

Sample Azure Resource Manager (ARM) templates

Healthcare & Life Sciences blog

Insights, best practices, and innovations

Other services

Azure API for FHIR

This service is retiring on September 30, 2026.