You are invited to register to participate in Sprint 1 of the clinical and technical assurance process of a first set of components for inclusion in the candidate ‘HL7 FHIR® UK Core Implementation Guide R4’ in development. The ‘HL7 FHIR® UK Core Implementation Guide R4’ is proposed to form a foundation for derivative FHIR Implementation Guides in development in a UK context and is based on the international standard that is common in other countries such as Canada, the US and Australia. The scope for Sprint 1 is five resource profiles:
- Location
- Organization
- Patient
- Practitioner
- PractitionerRole
Along with other associated FHIR conformance assets such as Extension, CodeSystems, ValueSets and ConceptMaps.
The purpose of the Sprint 1 is to the test the clinical and technical assurance process for an initial set of limited FHIR conformance assets, based on use cases identified as needed to support to date, ahead of a Minimum Viable Product candidate release of a candidate ‘HL7 FHIR® UK Core Implementation Guide R4’ which is planned would go through an HL7 UK ballot process. Based on the feedback the scope of further sprints will be developed working with the community and will be used to improve the process. Future Clinical and technical assurance will target prioritised use cases from the service, vendors, and NHS arm’s length bodies. The key value add of the process is the multi-disciplinary collaboration in an agile team and ability to improve quality of the product. It helps stakeholders, including vendors, to understand the rationale and details behind the design based on use cases. The vendors can raise implementation issues and resolve these issues before the specifications are published. The process promotes consistency in FHIR assets across different programmes and use cases to support interoperability.
The current schedule for the Sprint 1 is as below:
- Proposed review pack review
- Initial kick off call: 24th November 11:00-13:00
- Second call: 26th November 11:00-13:00
- Third call: 1st December 11:00-13:00
- Publication of final review pack: 7th December
- Wider community review period of final review pack: 3 weeks, 7th December - 8th January
- Consolidated feedback review and disposition call: 22nd January 9:30-11:30
Option 1: Register interest in joining the three calls starting on the 24th November, where you will be given access to proposed ‘review pack’ at the first call and can input into a final ‘review pack’ with a planned release date of 7th December. You can also join the call on 22nd January to discuss consolidated feedback on the final ‘review pack’.
Option 2: Register interest in being sent details of the final ‘review pack’ that will be released on the 7th December and be part of a review panel where you can submit feedback on the specification by the 8th January. You will also be able to join the call on the 22nd January to discuss the consolidated feedback.
If you would like to register your interest to be involved, please email us with your preferred option and we will send you the invites.