# QICore Device - QI-Core Implementation Guide v7.0.2

* [**Table of Contents**](toc.md)
* [**Artifacts Summary**](artifacts.md)
* **QICore Device**

## Resource Profile: QICore Device 

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| *Official URL*:http://hl7.org/fhir/us/qicore/StructureDefinition/qicore-device | *Version*:7.0.2 | |
| * Standards status: *[Trial-use](http://hl7.org/fhir/R4/versions.html#std-process) | [Maturity Level](http://hl7.org/fhir/versions.html#maturity): 4 | *Computable Name*:QICoreDevice |

 
Profile of Device for decision support/quality metrics. Defines the core set of elements and extensions for quality rule and measure authors. 

"Must Have", "QI Elements" and "primary code path" are defined in the
[QI-Core Must Support section](index.md#mustsupport-flag).

**QI Elements:**
* patient: (QI) Patient to whom Device is affixed

**Primary code path:**type

(PCPath) This element is the primary code path for this resource
[CQL Retrieve](https://cql.hl7.org/02-authorsguide.html#retrieve)

**Usage** 
FHIR defines the [Device Resource](http://hl7.org/fhir/R4/device.html) as a type of a manufactured item that is used in the provision of healthcare without being substantially changed through that activity. The device may be a medical or non-medical device. FHIR and US Core further differentiate devices into two “classes”: 
* Devices that interact with the human body but do not stay in it are referred to as non-implantable medical devices.
* Implantable devices are those which stay in the human body with a medical objective for an extended period of time, or even a lifetime.
 [Definition reference: Imam W. How to use ISO 13485:2016 to manage implantable devices, ISO 13485 Blog. July 4, 2016. Available at: [https://advisera.com/13485academy/blog/2017/07/04/how-to-use-iso-134852016-to-manage-implantable-medical-devices/](https://advisera.com/13485academy/blog/2017/07/04/how-to-use-iso-134852016-to-manage-implantable-medical-devices/). Accessed 28 January 2020.] 
 

The FHIR Device Resource addresses both implantable and non-implantable devices. US Core only references Implantable Device. QI-Core uses Implantable Device from US Core. Separately, builds directly from FHIR to address non-implantable devices with QI-Core profiles as the device resource.

Therefore, when creating an expression for an eCQM or a CDS artifact, assure you are using the appropriate Device or Implantable Device resource.

  See the [patterns](patterns.md) page for implementation and usage patterns.  

### Examples

 

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| [General Device Example](Device-example.md) |

 

**Usages:**

* Refer to this Profile: [QICore AdverseEvent](StructureDefinition-qicore-adverseevent.md), [QICore Communication](StructureDefinition-qicore-communication.md), [QICore CommunicationRequest](StructureDefinition-qicore-communicationrequest.md), [QICore DeviceRequest](StructureDefinition-qicore-devicerequest.md)... Show 5 more, [QICore DeviceUseStatement](StructureDefinition-qicore-deviceusestatement.md), [QICore ImagingStudy](StructureDefinition-qicore-imagingstudy.md), [QICore NonPatient Observation](StructureDefinition-qicore-nonpatient-observation.md), [QICore QuestionnaireResponse](StructureDefinition-qicore-questionnaireresponse.md) and [QICore ServiceRequest](StructureDefinition-qicore-servicerequest.md)
* Examples for this Profile: [Device/example](Device-example.md)

You can also check for [usages in the FHIR IG Statistics](https://packages2.fhir.org/xig/hl7.fhir.us.qicore|current/StructureDefinition/qicore-device)

### Formal Views of Profile Content

 [Description of Profiles, Differentials, Snapshots and how the different presentations work](http://build.fhir.org/ig/FHIR/ig-guidance/readingIgs.html#structure-definitions). 

 

Other representations of profile: [CSV](StructureDefinition-qicore-device.csv), [Excel](StructureDefinition-qicore-device.xlsx), [Schematron](StructureDefinition-qicore-device.sch) 



## Resource Content

```json
{
  "resourceType" : "StructureDefinition",
  "id" : "qicore-device",
  "extension" : [{
    "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/cqf-modelInfo-primaryCodePath",
    "valueString" : "type"
  },
  {
    "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/cqf-modelInfo-isIncluded",
    "valueBoolean" : true
  },
  {
    "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/cqf-modelInfo-isRetrievable",
    "valueBoolean" : true
  },
  {
    "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/cqf-modelInfo-label",
    "valueString" : "Device"
  },
  {
    "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-wg",
    "valueCode" : "cqi"
  },
  {
    "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-fmm",
    "valueInteger" : 4,
    "_valueInteger" : {
      "extension" : [{
        "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-conformance-derivedFrom",
        "valueCanonical" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/us/qicore/ImplementationGuide/us-qicore"
      }]
    }
  },
  {
    "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-standards-status",
    "valueCode" : "trial-use",
    "_valueCode" : {
      "extension" : [{
        "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/structuredefinition-conformance-derivedFrom",
        "valueCanonical" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/us/qicore/ImplementationGuide/us-qicore"
      }]
    }
  }],
  "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/us/qicore/StructureDefinition/qicore-device",
  "version" : "7.0.2",
  "name" : "QICoreDevice",
  "title" : "QICore Device",
  "status" : "active",
  "experimental" : false,
  "date" : "2018-08-22",
  "publisher" : "HL7 International / Clinical Quality Information",
  "contact" : [{
    "name" : "Clinical Quality Information WG",
    "telecom" : [{
      "system" : "url",
      "value" : "http://www.hl7.org/Special/committees/cqi"
    }]
  }],
  "description" : "Profile of Device for decision support/quality metrics. Defines the core set of elements and extensions for quality rule and measure authors.",
  "jurisdiction" : [{
    "coding" : [{
      "system" : "urn:iso:std:iso:3166",
      "code" : "US"
    }]
  }],
  "fhirVersion" : "4.0.1",
  "mapping" : [{
    "identity" : "rim",
    "uri" : "http://hl7.org/v3",
    "name" : "RIM Mapping"
  },
  {
    "identity" : "w5",
    "uri" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/fivews",
    "name" : "FiveWs Pattern Mapping"
  },
  {
    "identity" : "udi",
    "uri" : "http://fda.gov/UDI",
    "name" : "UDI Mapping"
  }],
  "kind" : "resource",
  "abstract" : false,
  "type" : "Device",
  "baseDefinition" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Device",
  "derivation" : "constraint",
  "differential" : {
    "element" : [{
      "id" : "Device",
      "path" : "Device"
    },
    {
      "id" : "Device.patient",
      "extension" : [{
        "url" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/us/qicore/StructureDefinition/qicore-keyelement",
        "valueBoolean" : true
      }],
      "path" : "Device.patient",
      "short" : "(QI) Patient to whom Device is affixed",
      "min" : 1,
      "max" : "1",
      "type" : [{
        "code" : "Reference",
        "targetProfile" : ["http://hl7.org/fhir/us/qicore/StructureDefinition/qicore-patient"]
      }]
    }]
  }
}

```
