National Directory of Healthcare Providers & Services (NDH) Implementation Guide, published by HL7 International / Patient Administration. This guide is not an authorized publication; it is the continuous build for version 1.0.0-ballot built by the FHIR (HL7® FHIR® Standard) CI Build. This version is based on the current content of https://github.com/HL7/fhir-us-ndh/ and changes regularly. See the Directory of published versions
This Implementation Guide (IG) summarizes the Local Directory APIs into the following types:
For each type of the directory, the IG provides two FHIR Restful API guidance:
This IG also provides the FHIR Restful API guidance for the Payer Provider Network Local Directories.
The following table enumerates the recommended CapabilityStatements for a range of Local directories:
| Profile/Capability | Endpoint Basic | Endpoint Expanded | Health and Human Service Basic | Health and Human Service Expanded | Human Service Basic | Human Service Expanded | Provider Basic | Provider Expanded | Payer Provider Network |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CareTeam | MAY | MAY | MAY | SHOULD | MAY | MAY | MAY | MAY | |
| Endpoint | SHALL | SHALL | SHALL | SHALL | SHALL | SHALL | SHALL | SHALL | SHALL |
| HealthcareService | MAY | SHALL | MAY | SHALL | SHALL | SHALL | SHOULD | SHALL | SHALL |
| InsurancePlan | MAY | MAY | MAY | SHALL | MAY | SHALL | MAY | SHOULD | SHALL |
| Location | SHOULD | SHALL | SHALL | SHALL | SHALL | SHALL | SHALL | SHALL | SHALL |
| Network | MAY | MAY | SHALL | SHALL | SHOULD | SHALL | MAY | SHOULD | SHALL |
| Organization | SHALL | SHALL | SHALL | SHALL | SHALL | SHALL | SHALL | SHALL | SHALL |
| OrganizationAffiliation | MAY | MAY | MAY | SHALL | SHOULD | SHALL | SHOULD | SHALL | SHALL |
| Practitioner | SHOULD | SHALL | SHALL | SHALL | MAY | MAY | SHALL | SHALL | SHALL |
| PractitionerRole | SHOULD | SHALL | SHOULD | SHALL | SHOULD | SHALL | SHALL | SHALL | SHALL |
| Restriction | MAY | MAY | MAY | MAY | MAY | MAY | MAY | MAY | |
| Validation | MAY | MAY | MAY | MAY | MAY | MAY | MAY | MAY |
Notes: