NHS England FHIR Implementation Guide (deprecated)

Important Announcement regarding this Implementation Guide
  • As of 04/10/2023, this implementation guide has been deprecated and all development on the legacy NHS England FHIR Implementation Guide assets has ceased.
  • Therefore, vendors looking to start new implementations or looking to update existing implementations should use the new NHS England Implementation Guide. Vendors continuing to implement legacy NHS England FHIR Implementation Guide based solutions do so at their own risk and on the understanding that no maintenance or support will be available.

NHSDigital-Provenance


NHSDigital-Provenance is used to convey the prescription digital signature.





recordedΣ1..1instant
policy0..*uri
reason0..*CodeableConceptBinding
activity0..1CodeableConceptBinding


who-referenceagent.who - An identifier reference or resource reference must be providedwarning(reference.exists() or identifier.exists())


target

A resource reference to the target of the Provenance (i.e. the resource being signed)

"target": [
        {
            "type": "MedicationRequest",
            "identifier": {
                "system": "https://fhir.nhs.uk/Id/prescription-order-item-number",
                "value": "a54219b8-f741-4c47-b662-e4f8dfa49ab6"
            }
        }
    ]


agent.who

Actors who have responsibility for the target resource.

It is recommended practitioner professional (e.g. GMC, GMP, etc) and/or organisation ODS codes are used. However SDS id's are permitted.

This SHOULD use identifier references.

"agent": [
        {
            "who": {
                "identifier": {
                    "system": "https://fhir.hl7.org.uk/Id/gmc-number",
                    "value": "C9876543"
                }
            }
        }
    ],


signature.type

type must be provided.

"signature": [
        {
            "type": [
                {
                    "system": "urn:iso-astm:E1762-95:2013",
                    "code": "1.2.840.10065.1.12.1.1"
                }
            ]
        }
    ]


signature.when

The dateTime the signature was signed.

"signature": [
        {
            "when": "2008-02-27T11:38:00+00:00"
        }
    ]


signature.who

A resource reference to a PractitionerRole resource which is normally present in the same FHIR Message.

"signature": [
        {
            "who": {
                "reference": "urn:uuid:16708936-6397-4e03-b84f-4aaa790633e0"
            }
    ]


signature.data

Base 64 encoded signature.

"signature": [
        {
            "data": "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"
        }
    ]

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