This page is part of the US Drug Formulary (v2.1.0: STU2) based on FHIR (HL7® FHIR® Standard) R4. This is the current published version. For a full list of available versions, see the Directory of published versions

Conformance Expectations

This implementation guide uses specific terminology such as SHALL, SHOULD, MAY to flag statements that have relevance for the evaluation of conformance with the guide. As well, profiles in this implementation guide make use of the mustSupport element. Base expectations for the intepretations of these terms are set in the FHIR core specification and general Da Vinci-wide expectations are defined in HRex

Additional conformance expectations specific to this guide are as follows:

Conformance Expectations

• This guide inherits all conformance expectations identified in the Health Record Exchange (Hrex) Conformance Expectations section. All systems claiming conformance to this guide SHALL conform to the requirements listed in that section.

• Server systems claiming conformance to this guide SHALL meet the capability statement expectation requirements identified in the US Drug Formulary Server Capability Statement and SHALL have a CapabilityStatement that has a CapabilityStatement.instantiates with a URL of http://hl7.org/fhir/us/davinci-drug-formulary/CapabilityStatement/usdf-server or a URL to the appropriate version of the CapabilityStatement.

MustSupport

• The must support requirements for this IG are taken directly from the Conformance Expectations section of the Da Vinci HRex IG and from US Core.