R4 Ballot #3 (Special Normative Re-ballot)

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For the Terminology/Conformance ballot, the following 3 changes are open for comment:

Remove VSD-11 - Changes in invariant list, definitions; also changes to definitions for ValueSet.status and ValueSet.expansion (see Tasks 18564 and 18685 )
Remove rule to use subsumes extension on CodeSystem - changes to Narrative (see Task 19307 )
Remove "definition" from allowed types of designation: changes to value set definition (see Task 18593 )

For the Observation ballot, the following 2 changes are open for comment:

Change Observation.comment to Observation.note : Annotation [0..*]: Changes in table and definitions (see Task 17576 )
Explicitly mark the rule to use the vital signs profiles as Trial Use (since those profiles are trial use): Changes in narrative (see Task 16371 )

0 Welcome to FHIR®

FHIR is a standard for health care data exchange, published by HL7®.

First time here?
See the executive summary, the developer's introduction, clinical introduction, or architect's introduction, and then the FHIR overview / roadmap & Timelines. See also the open license (and don't miss the full Table of Contents and the Community Credits or you can search this specification).

Level 1 Basic framework on which the specification is built

Foundation

Base Documentation, XML, JSON, Data Types, Extensions

Level 2 Supporting implementation and binding to external specifications

Level 3 Linking to real world concepts in the healthcare system

Administration

Patient, Practitioner, CareTeam, Device, Organization, Location, Healthcare Service

Level 4 Record-keeping and Data Exchange for the healthcare process

Clinical

Allergy, Problem, CarePlan, DetectedIssue, RiskAssessment, etc.

Diagnostics

Observation, Report, Specimen, ImagingStudy, Genomics, etc.

Medications

Medication,
Request,
Dispense,
Administration,
Statement,
Immunization, etc.

Workflow

Task, Appointment, Schedule, Referral, PlanDefinition, etc.

Financial

Claim, Account, Coverage, CoverageEligibilityRequest, ExplanationOfBenefit, etc.

Level 5 Providing the ability to reason about the healthcare process

Clinical Reasoning

Library, PlanDefinition & GuidanceResponse, Measure/MeasureReport, etc.

External Links:

Implementation Guides

Specifications based on the FHIR standard

FHIR Foundation

Enabling health interoperability through FHIR

Translations

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