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4.4.1.3 Value Set http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/resource-security-category

FHIR Infrastructure Work Group Maturity Level: 0Informative Use Context: Any

This is a value set defined by the FHIR project.

Summary

Defining URL:http://hl7.org/fhir/ValueSet/resource-security-category
Version:4.5.0
Name:ResourceSecurityCategory
Title:ResourceSecurityCategory
Definition:

Provides general guidance around the kind of access Control to Read, Search, Create, Update, or Delete a resource.

Committee:FHIR Infrastructure Work Group
OID:2.16.840.1.113883.4.642.3.1403 (for OID based terminology systems)
Source ResourceXML / JSON

This value set is used in the following places:

4.4.1.3.1 Content Logical Definition

 

4.4.1.3.2 Expansion

This expansion generated 20 Aug 2020

This value set contains 5 concepts

Expansion based on ResourceSecurityCategory v4.5.0 (CodeSystem)

All codes from system http://terminology.hl7.org/CodeSystem/resource-security-category

CodeDisplayDefinition
anonymousAnonymous READ Access ResourceThese resources tend to not contain any individual data, or business sensitive data. Most often these Resources will be available for anonymous access, meaning there is no access control based on the user or system requesting. However these Resources do tend to contain important information that must be authenticated back to the source publishing them, and protected from integrity failures in communication. For this reason server authenticated https (TLS) is recommended to provide authentication of the server and integrity protection in transit. This is normal web-server use of https.
businessBusiness Sensitive ResourceThese Resources tend to not contain any individual data, but do have data that describe business or service sensitive data. The use of the term Business is not intended to only mean an incorporated business, but rather the more broad concept of an organization, location, or other group that is not identifable as individuals. Often these resources will require some for of client authentication to assure that only authorized access is given. The client access control may be to individuals, or may be to system identity. For this purpose possible client authentication methods such as: mutual-authenticated-TLS, APIKey, App signed JWT, or App OAuth client-id JWT For example: a App that uses a Business protected Provider Directory to determine other business endpoint details.
individualIndividual Sensitive ResourceThese Resources do NOT contain Patient data, but do contain individual information about other participants. These other individuals are Practitioners, PractitionerRole, CareTeam, or other users. These identities are needed to enable the practice of healthcare. These identities are identities under general privacy regulations, and thus must consider Privacy risk. Often access to these other identities are covered by business relationships. For this purpose access to these Resources will tend to be Role specific using methods such as RBAC or ABAC.
patientPatient SensitiveThese Resources make up the bulk of FHIR and therefore are the most commonly understood. These Resources contain highly sesitive health information, or are closely linked to highly sensitive health information. These Resources will often use the security labels to differentiate various confidentiality levels within this broad group of Patient Sensitive data. Access to these Resources often requires a declared Purpose Of Use. Access to these Resources is often controlled by a Privacy Consent.
not-classifiedNot classifiedSome Resources can be used for a wide scope of use-cases that span very sensitive to very non-sensitive. These Resources do not fall into any of the above classifications, as their sensitivity is highly variable. These Resources will need special handling. These Resources often contain metadata that describes the content in a way that can be used for Access Control decisions.

 

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