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Example OperationDefinition/EpisodeOfCare-everything (XML)

Patient Administration Work GroupMaturity Level: N/AStandards Status: Informative

Raw XML (canonical form + also see XML Format Specification)

Operation Definition

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

<OperationDefinition xmlns="http://hl7.org/fhir">
  <id value="EpisodeOfCare-everything"/> 
  <text> 
    <status value="extensions"/> 
    <div xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
      <p> URL: [base]/EpisodeOfCare/[id]/$everything</p> 
      <p> Parameters</p> 
      <table class="grid">
        <tr> 
          <td> 
            <b> Use</b> 
          </td> 
          <td> 
            <b> Name</b> 
          </td> 
          <td> 
            <b> Scope</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> _since</td> 
          <td/>  
          <td> 0..1</td> 
          <td> 
            <a href="datatypes.html#instant">instant</a> 
          </td> 
          <td/>  
          <td> 
            <div> 
              <p> Resources updated after this period will be included in the response. The intent
                 of this parameter is to allow a client to request only records that have changed
                 since the last request, based on either the return header time, or or (for asynchronous
                 use), the transaction time</p> 

            </div> 
          </td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
          <td> IN</td> 
          <td> _type</td> 
          <td/>  
          <td> 0..*</td> 
          <td> 
            <a href="datatypes.html#code">code</a> 
          </td> 
          <td/>  
          <td> 
            <div> 
              <p> One or more parameters, each containing one or more comma-delimited FHIR resource
                 types to include in the return resources. In the absense of any specified types,
                 the server returns all resource types</p> 

            </div> 
          </td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
          <td> IN</td> 
          <td> _count</td> 
          <td/>  
          <td> 0..1</td> 
          <td> 
            <a href="datatypes.html#integer">integer</a> 
          </td> 
          <td/>  
          <td> 
            <div> 
              <p> See discussion below on the utility of paging through the results of the $everything
                 operation</p> 

            </div> 
          </td> 
        </tr> 
        <tr> 
          <td> OUT</td> 
          <td> return</td> 
          <td/>  
          <td> 1..1</td> 
          <td> 
            <a href="bundle.html">Bundle</a> 
          </td> 
          <td/>  
          <td> 
            <div> 
              <p> The bundle type is &quot;searchset&quot;</p> 

            </div> 
          </td> 
        </tr> 
      </table> 
      <div> 
        <p> The key differences between this operation and simply searching the episodeofcare
           compartment are:</p> 

        <ul> 

          <li> unless the client requests otherwise, the server returns the entire result set
             in a single bundle (rather than using paging)</li> 

          <li> the server is responsible for determining what resources to return as included
             resources (rather than the client specifying which ones)</li> 

        </ul> 

        <p> This frees the client from needing to determine what it could or should ask for,
           particularly with regard to included resources. Servers should consider returning
           appropriate Provenance and AuditTrail on the returned resources, even though these
           are not directly part of the patient compartment.</p> 

        <p> It is assumed that the server has identified and secured the context appropriately,
           and can either associate the authorization context with a single episodeofcare,
           or determine whether the context has the rights to the nominated episodeofcare,
           if there is one, or can determine an appropriate list of episodeofcares to provide
           data for from the context of the request.  If there is no nominated episodeofcare
           (GET /[base]/EpisodeOfCare/$everything) and the context is not associated with
           a single episodeofcare record, the actual list of episodeofcares is all episodeofcares
           that the user associated with the request has access to. In such cases, the server
           may choose to return an error rather than all the records. Specifying the relationship
           between the context, a user and episodeofcare records is outside the scope of this
           specification (though see 
          <a href="http://hl7.org/fhir/smart-app-launch">The Smart App Launch Implementation Guide</a> .
        </p> 

        <p> When this operation is used to access multiple episodeofcare records at once, the
           return bundle could be rather a lot of data; servers may choose to require that
           such requests are made 
          <a href="async.html">asynchronously</a> , and associated with 
          <a href="resource-formats.html#bulk">bulk data formats</a> . Alternatively, clients may choose to page through the result set (or servers
           may require this). Paging through the results is done the same as for 
          <a href="http.html#paging">Searching</a> , using the 
          <a href="search.html#count">_count</a>  parameter, and Bundle links. Implementers should note that paging will be slower
           than simply returning all the results at once (more network traffic, multiple latency
           delays) but may be required in order not to exhaust available memory reading or
           writing the whole response in a single package. Unlike searching, there is no inherent
           user-display order for the $everything operation. Servers might consider sorting
           the returned resources in descending order of last record update, but are not required
           to do so. Servers should consider returning appropriate Provenance and AuditTrail
           on the returned resources, even though these are not directly part of the patient
           compartment.
        </p> 

        <p> The _since parameter is provided to support periodic queries to get additional
           information that has changed about the episodeofcare since the last query. This
           means that the _since parameter is based on record time. The value of the _since
           parameter should be set to the time from the server. If using direct response,
           this is the timestamp in the response header. If using the async interface, this
           is the transaction timestamp in the json response. Servers should ensure that the
           timestamps a managed such that the client does not miss any changes. Clients should
           be able to handle getting the same response more than once in the case that the
           transaction falls on a time boundary. Clients should ensure that the other query
           parameters are constant to ensure a coherent set of records when doing periodic
           queries.</p> 

      </div> 
    </div> 
  </text> 
  <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-fmm">
    <valueInteger value="2"/> 
  </extension> 
  <extension url="http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-standards-status">
    <valueCode value="trial-use"/> 
  </extension> 
  <url value="http://hl7.org/fhir/OperationDefinition/EpisodeOfCare-everything"/> 
  <version value="5.0.0"/> 
  <name value="Everything"/> 
  <title value="Fetch EpisodeOfCare Record"/> 
  <status value="draft"/> 
  <kind value="operation"/> 
  <experimental value="false"/> 
  <date value="2023-03-26T15:21:02+11:00"/> 
  <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="This operation is used to return all the information related to an episodeofcare
   described in the resource on which this operation is invoked. The response is a
   bundle of type &quot;searchset&quot;. At a minimum, the episodeofcare resource
   itself is returned, along with any other resources that the server has available
   for the given episodeofcare for the user. The server also returns whatever resources
   are needed to support the records - e.g. linked practitioners, locations, organizations
   etc. The principle intended use for this operation is to provide a patient with
   access to their record, or to allow a client to retrieve everything for an episodeofcare
   for efficient display).

The server SHOULD return all resources it has that:

* are included in the episodeofcare compartment for the identified episodeofcare
   (have a reference to the episodeofcare)
* are referenced by the standard extension for associating an episodeofcare (where
   no reference element exists) http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/workflow-episodeOfCare
* the server believes are relevant to the context of the episodeofcare for any
   other reason (internally defined/decided)
* any resource referenced by the above, including binaries and attachments (to
   make a more complete package)"/> 
  <jurisdiction> 
    <coding> 
      <system value="http://unstats.un.org/unsd/methods/m49/m49.htm"/> 
      <code value="001"/> 
      <display value="World"/> 
    </coding> 
  </jurisdiction> 
  <affectsState value="false"/> 
  <code value="everything"/> 
  <comment value="The key differences between this operation and simply searching the episodeofcare
   compartment are:  

* unless the client requests otherwise, the server returns the entire result set
   in a single bundle (rather than using paging) 
* the server is responsible for determining what resources to return as included
   resources (rather than the client specifying which ones)

This frees the client from needing to determine what it could or should ask for,
   particularly with regard to included resources. Servers should consider returning
   appropriate Provenance and AuditTrail on the returned resources, even though these
   are not directly part of the patient compartment. 

It is assumed that the server has identified and secured the context appropriately,
   and can either associate the authorization context with a single episodeofcare,
   or determine whether the context has the rights to the nominated episodeofcare,
   if there is one, or can determine an appropriate list of episodeofcares to provide
   data for from the context of the request.  If there is no nominated episodeofcare
   (GET /[base]/EpisodeOfCare/$everything) and the context is not associated with
   a single episodeofcare record, the actual list of episodeofcares is all episodeofcares
   that the user associated with the request has access to. In such cases, the server
   may choose to return an error rather than all the records. Specifying the relationship
   between the context, a user and episodeofcare records is outside the scope of this
   specification (though see [The Smart App Launch Implementation Guide](http://hl7.org/fhir/sma
  rt-app-launch).   

When this operation is used to access multiple episodeofcare records at once, the
   return bundle could be rather a lot of data; servers may choose to require that
   such requests are made [asynchronously](async.html), and associated with [bulk
   data formats](resource-formats.html#bulk). Alternatively, clients may choose to
   page through the result set (or servers may require this). Paging through the results
   is done the same as for [Searching](http.html#paging), using the [_count](search.html#count)
   parameter, and Bundle links. Implementers should note that paging will be slower
   than simply returning all the results at once (more network traffic, multiple latency
   delays) but may be required in order not to exhaust available memory reading or
   writing the whole response in a single package. Unlike searching, there is no inherent
   user-display order for the $everything operation. Servers might consider sorting
   the returned resources in descending order of last record update, but are not required
   to do so. Servers should consider returning appropriate Provenance and AuditTrail
   on the returned resources, even though these are not directly part of the patient
   compartment.

The _since parameter is provided to support periodic queries to get additional
   information that has changed about the episodeofcare since the last query. This
   means that the _since parameter is based on record time. The value of the _since
   parameter should be set to the time from the server. If using direct response,
   this is the timestamp in the response header. If using the async interface, this
   is the transaction timestamp in the json response. Servers should ensure that the
   timestamps a managed such that the client does not miss any changes. Clients should
   be able to handle getting the same response more than once in the case that the
   transaction falls on a time boundary. Clients should ensure that the other query
   parameters are constant to ensure a coherent set of records when doing periodic
   queries."/> 
  <resource value="EpisodeOfCare"/> 
  <system value="false"/> 
  <type value="false"/> 
  <instance value="true"/> 
  <parameter> 
    <name value="_since"/> 
    <use value="in"/> 
    <min value="0"/> 
    <max value="1"/> 
    <documentation value="Resources updated after this period will be included in the response. The intent
     of this parameter is to allow a client to request only records that have changed
     since the last request, based on either the return header time, or or (for asynchronous
     use), the transaction time"/> 
    <type value="instant"/> 
  </parameter> 
  <parameter> 
    <name value="_type"/> 
    <use value="in"/> 
    <min value="0"/> 
    <max value="*"/> 
    <documentation value="One or more parameters, each containing one or more comma-delimited FHIR resource
     types to include in the return resources. In the absense of any specified types,
     the server returns all resource types"/> 
    <type value="code"/> 
  </parameter> 
  <parameter> 
    <name value="_count"/> 
    <use value="in"/> 
    <min value="0"/> 
    <max value="1"/> 
    <documentation value="See discussion below on the utility of paging through the results of the $everything
     operation"/> 
    <type value="integer"/> 
  </parameter> 
  <parameter> 
    <name value="return"/> 
    <use value="out"/> 
    <min value="1"/> 
    <max value="1"/> 
    <documentation value="The bundle type is &quot;searchset&quot;"/> 
    <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.