This page is part of the Healthcare Associated Infection Implementation Guide (v2.1.0: STU2) based on FHIR R4. This is the current published version in its permanent home (it will always be available at this URL). For a full list of available versions, see the Directory of published versions

Design Considerations

This IG specifies a FHIR Questionnaire-based approach. This approach takes advantage of the FHIR Questionnaire resource that has been designed as an organized collection of questions intended to solicit information from individuals involved in the healthcare domain. This closely mirrors the actual NHSN forms.

• The Questionnaire profile Healthcare Associated Infection Single-Person Report Questionnaire defines constraints that all HAI NHSN single-person report forms (Questionnaire instances) must conform to.

• The QuestionnaireResponse profile Healthcare Associated Infection Single-Person Report QuestionnaireResponse defines constraints that all hospital-completed responses to HAI NHSN single-person report forms (QuestionnaireResponse instances) must conform to.

• The Questionnaire profile Healthcare Associated Infection Population Summary Report Questionnaire defines constraints that all HAI NHSN population summary report forms (Questionnaire instances) must conform to.

• The QuestionnaireResponse profile Healthcare Associated Infection Population Summary Report QuestionnaireResponse defines constraints that all hospital-completed responses to HAI NHSN population summary report forms (QuestionnaireResponse instances) must conform to.

• The Questionnaire Instances section has links to:
  • Questionnaire instances that define the questions and possible answers for all the reports in this guide
• The QuestionnaireResponse Examples section has links to:
  • QuestionnaireResponse examples of completed QuestionnaireResponses for all the reports in this guide