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OperationDefinition: Populate Questionnaire Link

Official URL: http://hl7.org/fhir/uv/sdc/OperationDefinition/Questionnaire-populatelink Version: 3.0.0
Standards status: Trial-use Maturity Level: 3 Computable Name: SDCQuestionnairePopulateLink

Generates a link to a web page to be used to answer a specified Questionnaire. The form at the specified location will be pre-filled with answers to questions where possible based on information provided as part of the operation or already known by the server about the subject of the Questionnaire. If the operation is not called at the instance level, one and only one of the identifier, questionnaire or questionnaireRef in parameters must be provided. If called at the instance level, these parameters will be ignored. The response will contain a url for the web page to direct the user to. The page will allow the user to complete/verify the questionnaire answers and to submit the form. The specified page will be populated with an unanswered set of questions following the group and question structure of the specified Questionnaire. If content parameters were specified or the local parameter was set to true, some of the questions may have answers filled in as well. In the case of repeating questions or groups, typically only one repetition will be provided unless answer values exist that would support populating multiple repetitions. Population of the page with appropriate data is dependent on the questions and/or groups in the Questionnaire having metadata that allows the server to recognize the questions. Guidance on mechanisms to perform population can be found here. Regardless of the mechanism used to link the questions in a questionnaire to a “known” mappable concept, solutions using this operation should ensure that the details of the question and associated linkage element are sufficiently similar as to safely allow auto-population; i.e. the question text and context must be sufficiently the same, the value set for the question must fall within the value set for the mapped element, the data types must be the same or convertible, etc.

SDCQuestionnairePopulateLink

OPERATION: SDCQuestionnairePopulateLink

The official URL for this operation definition is:

http://hl7.org/fhir/uv/sdc/OperationDefinition/Questionnaire-populatelink

Generates a link to a web page to be used to answer a specified Questionnaire. The form at the specified location will be pre-filled with answers to questions where possible based on information provided as part of the operation or already known by the server about the subject of the Questionnaire. If the operation is not called at the instance level, one and only one of the identifier, questionnaire or questionnaireRef in parameters must be provided. If called at the instance level, these parameters will be ignored. The response will contain a url for the web page to direct the user to. The page will allow the user to complete/verify the questionnaire answers and to submit the form. The specified page will be populated with an unanswered set of questions following the group and question structure of the specified Questionnaire. If content parameters were specified or the local parameter was set to true, some of the questions may have answers filled in as well. In the case of repeating questions or groups, typically only one repetition will be provided unless answer values exist that would support populating multiple repetitions. Population of the page with appropriate data is dependent on the questions and/or groups in the Questionnaire having metadata that allows the server to recognize the questions. Guidance on mechanisms to perform population can be found here. Regardless of the mechanism used to link the questions in a questionnaire to a "known" mappable concept, solutions using this operation should ensure that the details of the question and associated linkage element are sufficiently similar as to safely allow auto-population; i.e. the question text and context must be sufficiently the same, the value set for the question must fall within the value set for the mapped element, the data types must be the same or convertible, etc.

URL: [base]/Questionnaire/$populatelink

URL: [base]/Questionnaire/[id]/$populatelink

Parameters

UseNameCardinalityTypeBindingDocumentation
INidentifier0..1Identifier

A logical questionnaire identifier (i.e. Questionnaire.identifier). The server must know the questionnaire or be able to retrieve it from other known repositories.

INcanonical0..1uri

The canonical identifier for the questionnaire (optionally version-specific).

INquestionnaire0..1Questionnaire

The Questionnaire is provided directly as part of the request. Servers may choose not to accept questionnaires in this fashion

INquestionnaireRef0..1Reference

The Questionnaire is provided as a resource reference. Servers may choose not to accept questionnaires in this fashion or may fail if they cannot resolve or access the referenced questionnaire.

INcontext0..*

Resources containing information to be used to help populate the QuestionnaireResponse. These will typically be FHIR resources, though alternative population mechanisms might allow consumption of binaries containing FHIR documents, CDA documents or other source materials. Servers might not support all possible source materials and may ignore materials they do not recognize. (They MAY provide warnings if ignoring submitted resources.)

INcontext.name0..*string

The name of the launchContext or root Questionnaire variable the passed content should be used as for population purposes. The name SHALL correspond to a launchContext or variable delared at the root of the Questionnaire.

INcontext.content0..*Reference

The actual resource (or resources) to use as the value of the launchContext or variable.

INlocal0..1boolean

If specified and set to true (and the server is capable), the server should use what resources and other knowledge it has about the referenced subject when pre-populating answers to questions.

OUTlink1..1uri

The URL for the web form that supports capturing the information defined by questionnaire, possibly partially (or fully)-populated with a set of answers for the specified Questionnaire

OUTissues0..1OperationOutcome

A list of hints and warnings about problems encountered while populating the questionnaire. These might be show to the user as an advisory note. Note: if the questionnaire cannot be populated at all, then the operation should fail, and an OperationOutcome is returned directly with the failure, rather than using this parameter

While it is theoretically possible for the questionnaire response to be completely auto-populated and submitted without human review, the intention of this transaction is merely to reduce redundant data entry. The web page SHOULD ensure that a human submitter has an opportunity to review the auto-populated answers to confirm correctness as well as to complete or expand on information provided by the auto-population process. Complex form designs with conditional logic or tight constraints on cardinalities may be challenging to auto-populate. A server MAY choose to traverse the questionnaire as if it were a human respondent, answering only those questions that are enabled based on previously answered questions. However, doing so may result in minimal population. Alternatively, systems may choose to populate all known answers, independent of dependencies and other constraints. This may cause questions to be answered that should not be answered. The web form is responsible for pruning the final populated questionnaire once human review has taken place. Invoking this operation with the content parameter may involve the disclosure of personally identifiable healthcare information to the system which is performing the population process. No such disclosures should be made unless the system on which the operation is being invoked is a "trusted" system and appropriate agreements are in place to protect the confidentiality of any information shared with that system.