Health Administration
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Patient Registers
Frameworks and Implementation Guides
- IHE Patient Demographics Query for Mobile (PDQm)
- IHE Patient Identifier Cross-Reference for Mobile (PIXm)
- IHE Patient Master Identity Registry (PMIR)
Specifications and API's
- Personal Demographics Service - FHIR API is NHS Englands API for the master NHS Number registry and partially implements IHE PDQm and IHE PIXmm.
- Personal Demographics Service Notifications - FHIR is an event based system for notification of patient demographic. This is related to IHE PMIR
Case Loads and Clinical Categorisations
Most clinical activities occur grouped in some way. Long term care is typically covered by an EpisodeOfCare, whereas short term care is covered by encounters.
In NHS Acute care and other sectors this is Admission, Discharge and Transfers (ADT) and has a high level of support from suppliers primarily using the HL7 v2 ADT standard.
It is likely these events will often be HL7 v2 based with HL7 FHIR being used to query the data using
- GET /Encounter See also
IHE QEDM - GET /EpisodeOfCare
Frameworks and Implementation Guides
Service Provider Directory
Frameworks and Implementation Guides
Specifications and API's
- NHS England API Catalogue A series of care directory APIs to support service discovery in England.
Scheduling and Appointments
Frameworks and Implementation Guides
- HSCIC ITK - HL7v2 Admission, Discharge and Transfers (ADT) See ADT_A05 for Appointment notifications.
Specifications and API's
- NHS API Catalogue A series of referral and booking APIs in England.