This page is part of the National Directory of Healthcare Providers and Services (NDH) Implementation Guide (v1.0.0-ballot: STU1 Ballot 1) based on FHIR R4. . For a full list of available versions, see the Directory of published versions

Exchange Capability Satement

Exchange Capability Statements

Conformance Requirements

The primary focus of this implementation guide is a RESTful API for obtaining data from a FHIR-enabled Exchange from a National Directory of Healthcare Providers & Services (NDH). This API supports a unidirectional flow of information from a FHIR-enabled NDH Exchange Directory to distributed directories and/or applications. (e.g., supports GET but not PUT or POST)

The capability statement for NDH requires support of all of the associated resources defined for the NDH. However, to facilitate the use of the NHD IG by local environments that may act, in their sphere of influence as reference directories, this IG supports two less restrictive exchange capability statements:

1. NDH Exchange Base Expanded – requires (SHALL) support all of the resources except for CareTeam, InsurancePlan, and Network which are SHOULD support.
2. NDH Exchange Base – limits required (SHALL) support to the following resources: Endpoint, Location, Organization, Practitioner, and PractitionerRole. The remaining resources are noted as SHOULD support.