FHIR at Scale Taskforce
Testing and Certification Tiger Team Charter
July 19, 2018
Opportunity Statement (Problem)
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A prerequisite to using FHIR at Scale is the ability to demonstrate basic FHIR Conformance. Systems can only claim FHIR Conformance for functionality described in the applicable CapabilityStatement. To provide details about specific usage of the frameworks and resource contents, FHIR provides a conformance layer that implementers, national/regional programs, and other profiling organizations such as IHE, can use to provide a computable statement about how the resources and their exchange paradigms are used to solve particular use cases. The conformance layer itself is implemented using the following key resources:
Value Set | Defines a set of coded values (see "Using Codes" for more details) |
StructureDefinition | Makes rules about how a resource (or type) and its data elements are used in a particular context, including defining how extensions are used. A structure definition references value sets for the coded elements in a resource |
CapabilityStatement | A statement of the kinds of resources and operations provided and/or consumed by an application. The Capability Statement references profiles to describe specific use of resources by the application |
Implementation Guide | A single coherent collection of capability statements, profiles, extensions, value sets, and documentation describing a set of interoperable applications |
FHIR at Scale:
In order to assure scalability, the FHIR at Scale Task Force (FAST) will develop requirements around core competencies in each of the following areas: ecosystem, identity, directory, security, and exchange process.
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