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Section 1c: FHIR®
Section 3: Implementation Guides

HL7 FHIR® Implementation Guide: Vital Records Birth and Fetal Death Reporting, Release 1 - US Realm

DESCRIPTION

This is a FHIR IG that defines birth and fetal death reporting in the USA. Birth and fetal death reporting includes the transmission of data from health care providers to jurisdictional Vital Records Offices and national health statistics agencies. This includes data associated with the mother of the baby or fetus as well as data associated directly with the labor and delivery encounter at the responsible healthcare facility.

 

See the specification at http://hl7.org/fhir/us/bfdr/STU1

ALTERNATIVE NAMES

HL7 FHIR® Implementation Guide: Vital Records Birth and Fetal Death Reporting, Release 1 - US Realm may also go by the following names or acronyms:

"HL7 FHIR® IG: Vital Records Birth and Fetal Death Reporting (BFDR), R1", BFDR, BFDR FHIR, FHIR for Birth and Fetal Death Reporting

BENEFITS

  • Provide national data standards that will support interoperability among public health systems
  • Supports the implementation of FHIR for NCHS, Jurisdictional partners and EHR vendors.

IMPLEMENTATIONS/CASE STUDIES

  • Three states (Georgia, Michgan, and Utah) are involved in the pilot program
  • Genesis Systems
  • Altarum
  • Epic.

DEVELOPMENT BACKGROUND

This implementation guide (IG) defines a series of FHIR profiles on the Composition resource to represent electronic birth and fetal death reporting (BFDR) reports. It includes the content of medical/health information on live births and fetal deaths for select state and federal birth and fetal death reporting, as indicated in the 2003 Revision of the U.S. Standard Certificate of Live Birth and the U.S. Standard Report of Fetal Death. Additionally, it includes the content that is exchanged between electronic health record (EHR) systems, jurisdictions, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/ National Center for Health Statistics (CDC/NCHS).

RELATED DOCUMENTS

HL7 FHIR® Implementation Guide: Vital Records Birth and Fetal Death Reporting, Release 1 - US Realm

STU DOCUMENTS

HL7 FHIR® Implementation Guide: Vital Records Birth and Fetal Death Reporting, Release 1 See the standard at http://hl7.org/fhir/us/bfdr/STU1. (Submit Feedback on STU)

TOPIC

  • Public Health

BALLOT TYPE

  • STU

STATUS DATE

2021-10-22

RESPONSIBLE WORK GROUP

Public Health

PRODUCT TYPE

  • Implementation Guide

STAKEHOLDERS

  • Clinical and Public Health Laboratories
  • EHR, PHR Vendors
  • Healthcare Institutions
  • Local and State Departments of Health

FAMILY

  • FHIR

CURRENT STATE

  • Active

REALM

  • US Realm