2nd DSTU Draft For Comment

This page is part of the FHIR Specification (v0.4.0: DSTU 2 Draft). The current version which supercedes this version is 5.0.0. For a full list of available versions, see the Directory of published versions

2.14.0 Implementation Guides defined as part of FHIR

An Implementation Guide is a collection of Profiles, Conformance requirements, ValueSets and other resources, together with textual guidance, that provides instruction on how to make use of FHIR in a particular problem space. Implementation guides may be developed and published as part of a FHIR release or as separate specifications. Additional support and tooling for implementation guides is being developed, so the content provided here should be considered "preliminary" from a publication perspective.

At present, implementation guides are published in conjunction with the FHIR specification because tooling that supports straightforward independent publication is not yet developed. However, the intention is that in the future implementation guides will be published separately from the core FHIR specification and can be subject to separate approval processes.

The predominance of US implementation guides in this specification is a result of the fact that the US doesn't have an independent affiliate body to support balloting and publishing of US realm-specific content. It should in no way be interpreted as suggesting that FHIR is a US-centric specification.

Name Usage
Argonaut Project A joint task force of the HIT Standards and Policy Committees: a first-generation FHIR-based API and Core Data Services specification
Data Access Framework A U.S. Realm guide for making use of FHIR resources to support queries between systems within an enterprise and across enterprises.
EHRS Functional model - Record Lifecycle Events Describes the use of the Provenance and SecurityEvent resources to support meeting the needs of the EHRS functional model requirements for tracking record lifecycle.
Structured Data Capture A U.S. Realm guide for making use of Data Elements, Questionnaires and QuestionnaireAnswers to support pre-population and auto-population of forms.
Structured Data Capture - Data Element Exchange A U.S. Realm guide for supporting the exchange and maintenance of Data Elements by and between data element registries.
US Laboratory Order A US Realm guide making use of Diagnostic Order and FHIR resources referenced by them to support ordering of laboratory tests in ambulatory care.
US Laboratory Report A US Realm guide making use of Diagnostic Report, and FHIR resources referenced by them to support reporting of laboratory tests in ambulatory care.
US Laboratory Report to Public Health A US Realm guide making use of Diagnostic Report, and FHIR resources referenced by them to support reporting of reportable lab tests to Public Health jurisdictions.