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ADT on FHIR

Automation in the protocol and processes to establish exchange with IIS.

FHIR TEFCA

Bulk Data Exchange (FHIR Bulk Data)

Enables large-scale retrieval of patient immunization data using FHIR APIs rather than individual QBP queries. This supports population-level use cases such ...

Advanced Access FHIR

Bulk FHIR Query

Public health query to healthcare for demographic/other updates.

FHIR TEFCA

CDS Contextual Conditions

Expands immunization decision support by including additional patient contextual conditions such as medical conditions, occupation, or risk factors. This sup...

CDS FHIR HL7 v2

Clinical Decision Support (CDS Hooks)

Supports displaying immunization recommendations within an EHR workflow using the CDS Hooks standard. This is primarily an EHR-facing capability, but IIS or ...

Advanced Access CDS FHIR

Digital Vaccine Cards (SMART Health Cards)

Supports issuing verifiable digital vaccination records using SMART Health Cards, originally implemented for COVID-19 vaccines. Some IIS have deployed this c...

Consumer Access FHIR

Digital Vaccine Cards (SMART Health Links)

Provides a standardized way to issue verifiable digital vaccination records to individuals. Developed during the COVID-19 pandemic using FHIR-based data mode...

Consumer Access FHIR

Estimated Vaccination Dates

When obtaining historical information from patients about when they received vaccines, sometimes the exact dates of the vaccine administration aren't known. ...

Data Quality FHIR HL7 v2

Event-Based Exchange (FHIR Subscriptions)

Enables systems to receive updates when data changes, rather than polling IIS with repeated queries. This uses FHIR Subscription resources to support event-d...

Advanced Access FHIR

FHIR Dev Days

FHIR DevDays is the world’s leading international conference dedicated to HL7 FHIR (Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources). It brings together developer...

FHIR

FHIR Open Tickets

Review of open tickets in JIRA for FHIR relating to immunizations.

FHIR

HL7 v2 to FHIR Translation

Translation of HL7 v2.5.1 to FHIR and/or FHIR to v2.5.1.

FHIR HL7 v2 TEFCA

IIS Terminology Services

Supports publishing the set of codes used by an IIS, including standard codes such as CVX and local codes like organization identifiers. This could improve t...

FHIR Terminology

IIS to EHR Query

IIS querying EHR for non-IIS Data via FHIR. Overlaps with CDS. Would IIS even want this?

CDS FHIR TEFCA

Immunization CDS (ImmDS + HALO)

Defines a structured approach for requesting and returning immunization evaluations and recommendations, including contextual factors. This separates CDS log...

CDS FHIR Support

Immunization Decision Support (ImmDS)

Defines a standard approach for requesting and returning immunization forecasts from CDS engines. It focuses on structured evaluation and recommendation logi...

CDS FHIR Modularity Support

Immunization Focus Group (IFG)

HL7 meeting that operates under the HL7 Public Health Work Group to hold discussions about new and emerging standards, in particular FHIR based projects.

FHIR National

Immunization Vocabularies Collaboration (IVC)

Supports the CDC in maintaining and expanding the CVX code system to represent any vaccination, given at any time, to any person, anywhere in the world. This...

FHIR Terminology

Interface Security

Explores the security architecture used by immunization information systems and their external interfaces for HL7 v2, FHIR, SOAP, REST, and other forms of he...

FHIR HL7 v2

International Patient Summary (IPS)

Supports sharing a standardized summary of patient health data, including immunizations, across countries or systems. This uses FHIR-based profiles designed ...

Consumer Access FHIR

Patient Record Matching

General topic about improving matching, including how patients are identified and how these identities are resolved between systems during interoperability.

Consumer Access FHIR HL7 v2

Patient Record Matching Integration

Addresses how IIS integrate with or standardize patient matching processes. All IIS perform matching, but there is no common standard for how matching servic...

FHIR HL7 v2 Modularity Support

Pharmacy Integration

Supports reporting of vaccinations from pharmacies to IIS and potential bidirectional exchange. Pharmacies are a major source of immunization data, especiall...

FHIR HL7 v2

Population Analytics

Supports analysis of immunization data for public health insights, reporting, and decision-making. This is not a specific interoperability standard but often...

Advanced Access FHIR

Product Identifiers/Serialization

Identification of specific products with serialized identification codes.

FHIR

QBP on FHIR

Query/response with public health/IIS via FHIR. This is a discussion on the alternative FHIR solution(s) HL7 v2 QBP/RSP. The alternative solution(s) include ...

FHIR TEFCA

SMART Applications (SMART on FHIR)

Explores how SMART on FHIR applications could interact with IIS to provide user-facing tools or enhanced workflows. This could enable third-party apps to sec...

Advanced Access FHIR

Vaccine Inventory Management

Addresses tracking and reporting of vaccine inventory levels within IIS or connected systems. This is a programmatic need that may be supported by HL7 v2 or ...

FHIR Inventory

VXU on FHIR

Update/acknowledgement with public health/IIS via FHIR. This means providing an alternative FHIR method to the HL7 v2 VXU and ACK messages, This includes the...

FHIR TEFCA