This page is part of the Immunization Decision Support Forecast FHIR IG (v0.1.0: STU 1 Ballot 1) based on FHIR R3. The current version which supercedes this version is 1.0.0. For a full list of available versions, see the Directory of published versions

CDS-Immunization Forecast Implementation Guide

This is a pre-release (ballot version) of what will be the first Trial Use Version of the CDS-Immunization Forecast Implementation Guide. For a full list of available versions, see the Directory of published versions .

Overview

Clinical Decision Support for Immunizations is increasingly being used in health information systems to indicate which vaccinations a patient is due for next. Many of these expert systems are built as stand-alone systems that respond to web service requests. While these independent systems have similar requirements and outputs they use different web service standards. This project aims to create a common FHIR implementation guide that these expert systems may use to provide a common consistent interface. This common interface will be used for two main purposes:

Provide a common interface that health information systems may write to and gain access to their choice of CDS engines.

Provide a common interface that may be used for testing and verifying the output of CDS engines.

Operation

The proposed new FHIR operation defining this new standard interface is found here: CDS-Immunization Forecast Operation Definition

Profiles

The proposed new FHIR profiles to be used in this new standard interface are found here: CDS-Immunization Profiles

The following table lists the profiles and the base FHIR Resources from which they were derived. Each profile defines the minimum mandatory elements, extensions and terminology requirements that **MUST** be present. For each profile requirements and guidance are given in a simple narrative summary. A formal hierarchical table that presents a logical view of the content in both a differential and snapshot view is also provided along with references to appropriate terminologies and examples.

CDS-Immunization Profile	Base Resource
CDS-Immunization Immunization	Immunization
CDS-Immunization ImmunizationRecommendation	ImmunizationRecommendation
CDS-Immunization Patient	Patient