Notice
- Important: This guidance is under active development by NHS England and content may be added or updated on a regular basis.
- This Implementation Guide is currently in Draft and SHOULD NOT be used for development or active implementation without express direction from the NHS England Genomics Unit.
Request Bundle contents
Genetic Testing Request
The genetic testing information is exchanged using FHIR Transaction Bundle. This section shows the Bundle structure and the relationship between the resources which make up the Bundle.
The Bundle uses the following resource to carry the related business entity information:
Test Request Summary - This business entity is used to capture details of the test and supporting information from the requester and uses the ServiceRequest FHIR resource.
The data items and resources used in the Request Bundle are mapped from the Genomics Minimum Dataset (Clinical headings) and are defined in FHIR through the GraphDefinition-Genomics-Test-Order GraphDefinition.
The following diagram illustrates key fhir resources included within a Genetic Testing Request bundle, and how these resources are related.