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Operation-measure-care-gaps.xml

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Operation Definition

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<OperationDefinition xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
  <id value="Measure-care-gaps"/> 
  <text> 
    <status value="extensions"/> 
    <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
      <h2> CareGaps</h2> 
      <p> OPERATION: CareGaps</p> 
      <p> The official URL for this operation definition is: </p> 
      <pre> http://hl7.org/fhir/OperationDefinition/Measure-care-gaps</pre> 
      <div> 
        <p> The care-gaps operation is used to determine gaps-in-care based on the results of quality
           measures</p> 

      </div> 
      <p> URL: [base]/Measure/$care-gaps</p> 
      <p> Parameters</p> 
      <table class="grid">
        <tr> 
          <td> 
            <b> Use</b> 
          </td> 
          <td> 
            <b> Name</b> 
          </td> 
          <td> 
            <b> Cardinality</b> 
          </td> 
          <td> 
            <b> Type</b> 
          </td> 
          <td> 
            <b> Binding</b> 
          </td> 
          <td> 
            <b> Documentation</b> 
          </td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
          <td> IN</td> 
          <td> periodStart</td> 
          <td> 1..1</td> 
          <td> 
            <a href="datatypes.html#date">date</a> 
          </td> 
          <td/>  
          <td> 
            <div> 
              <p> The start of the measurement period. In keeping with the semantics of the date parameter
                 used in the FHIR search operation, the period will start at the beginning of the period
                 implied by the supplied timestamp. E.g. a value of 2014 would set the period s</p> 

            </div> 
          </td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
          <td> IN</td> 
          <td> periodEnd</td> 
          <td> 1..1</td> 
          <td> 
            <a href="datatypes.html#date">date</a> 
          </td> 
          <td/>  
          <td> 
            <div> 
              <p> The end of the measurement period. The period will end at the end of the period implied
                 by the supplied timestamp. E.g. a value of 2014 would set the period end to be 2014-12-31T23:59:59
                 inclusive</p> 

            </div> 
          </td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
          <td> IN</td> 
          <td> topic</td> 
          <td> 1..1</td> 
          <td> 
            <a href="datatypes.html#string">string</a> 
          </td> 
          <td/>  
          <td> 
            <div> 
              <p> The topic to be used to determine which measures are considered for the care gaps report.
                 Any measure with the given topic will be included in the report</p> 

            </div> 
          </td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
          <td> IN</td> 
          <td> subject</td> 
          <td> 1..1</td> 
          <td> 
            <a href="datatypes.html#string">string</a> 
            <br/>  (
            <a href="search.html#reference">reference</a> )
          </td> 
          <td/>  
          <td> 
            <div> 
              <p> Subject for which the care gaps report will be produced</p> 

            </div> 
          </td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
          <td> OUT</td> 
          <td> return</td> 
          <td> 1..1</td> 
          <td> 
            <a href="bundle.html">Bundle</a> 
          </td> 
          <td/>  
          <td> 
            <div> 
              <p> The result of the care gaps report will be returned as a document bundle with a MeasureReport
                 entry for each included measure</p> 

            </div> 
          </td> 
        </tr> 
      </table> 
      <div> 
        <p> The effect of invoking this operation is to calculate a set of measures for a particular
           topic (e.g. Preventive Care and Screening) and return a document describing the results
           of each measure for the given subject. Note that it is up to the server to determine whether
           or not the generated care gaps report is persisted. If the server does not persist the
           results, the operation does not affect state and can be invoked with a GET</p> 

      </div> 
    </div> 
  </text> 
  <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-fmm">
    <valueInteger value="3"/> 
  </extension> 
  <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-standards-status">
    <valueCode value="trial-use"/> 
  </extension> 
  <url value="http://hl7.org/fhir/OperationDefinition/Measure-care-gaps"/> 
  <version value="4.3.0"/> 
  <name value="CareGaps"/> 
  <title value="Care Gaps"/> 
  <status value="draft"/> 
  <kind value="operation"/> 
  <experimental value="false"/> 
  <date value="2022-05-28T12:47:40+10:00"/> 
  <publisher value="HL7 (FHIR Project)"/> 
  <contact> 
    <telecom> 
      <system value="url"/> 
      <value value="http://hl7.org/fhir"/> 
    </telecom> 
    <telecom> 
      <system value="email"/> 
      <value value="fhir@lists.hl7.org"/> 
    </telecom> 
  </contact> 
  <description value="The care-gaps operation is used to determine gaps-in-care based on the results of quality
   measures"/> 
  <affectsState value="false"/> 
  <code value="care-gaps"/> 
  <comment value="The effect of invoking this operation is to calculate a set of measures for a particular
   topic (e.g. Preventive Care and Screening) and return a document describing the results
   of each measure for the given subject. Note that it is up to the server to determine whether
   or not the generated care gaps report is persisted. If the server does not persist the
   results, the operation does not affect state and can be invoked with a GET"/> 
  <resource value="Measure"/> 
  <system value="false"/> 
  <type value="true"/> 
  <instance value="false"/> 
  <parameter> 
    <name value="periodStart"/> 
    <use value="in"/> 
    <min value="1"/> 
    <max value="1"/> 
    <documentation value="The start of the measurement period. In keeping with the semantics of the date parameter
     used in the FHIR search operation, the period will start at the beginning of the period
     implied by the supplied timestamp. E.g. a value of 2014 would set the period s"/> 
    <type value="date"/> 
  </parameter> 
  <parameter> 
    <name value="periodEnd"/> 
    <use value="in"/> 
    <min value="1"/> 
    <max value="1"/> 
    <documentation value="The end of the measurement period. The period will end at the end of the period implied
     by the supplied timestamp. E.g. a value of 2014 would set the period end to be 2014-12-31T23:59:59
     inclusive"/> 
    <type value="date"/> 
  </parameter> 
  <parameter> 
    <name value="topic"/> 
    <use value="in"/> 
    <min value="1"/> 
    <max value="1"/> 
    <documentation value="The topic to be used to determine which measures are considered for the care gaps report.
     Any measure with the given topic will be included in the report"/> 
    <type value="string"/> 
  </parameter> 
  <parameter> 
    <name value="subject"/> 
    <use value="in"/> 
    <min value="1"/> 
    <max value="1"/> 
    <documentation value="Subject for which the care gaps report will be produced"/> 
    <type value="string"/> 
    <searchType value="reference"/> 
  </parameter> 
  <parameter> 
    <name value="return"/> 
    <use value="out"/> 
    <min value="1"/> 
    <max value="1"/> 
    <documentation value="The result of the care gaps report will be returned as a document bundle with a MeasureReport
     entry for each included measure"/> 
    <type value="Bundle"/> 
  </parameter> 
</OperationDefinition> 

Usage note: every effort has been made to ensure that the examples are correct and useful, but they are not a normative part of the specification.