Vital Records Death Reporting (VRDR) FHIR Implementation Guide, published by HL7 International / Public Health. This guide is not an authorized publication; it is the continuous build for version 3.0.0-cibuild built by the FHIR (HL7® FHIR® Standard) CI Build. This version is based on the current content of https://github.com/HL7/vrdr/ and changes regularly. See the Directory of published versions

Credits

Project Team

Project Facilitators

• Jenny Couse, Health Scientist (Informatics), CDC/National Center for Health Statistics
• Alaina Gregory, IT Specialist, CDC/National Center for Health Statistics
• Veronique Benie, Computer Scientist, CDC/National Center for Health Statistics
• Kate Brett, Director of Research Science, CDC/National Center for Health Statistics
• Cynthia Bush, Health Scientist (Informatics), CDC/National Center for Health Statistics
• Prachi Mehta, Health Scientist (Informatics), CDC/National Center for Health Statistics

Business Requirements Analysts/Modeling facilitators

• AbdulMalik Shakir, President and Chief Informatic Scientist, Hi3 Solutions
• Salimah Shakir, Business Systems Analyst, Hi3 Solutions

Specification Developers

• AbdulMalik Shakir Sr., Hi3 Solutions
• AbdulMalik Shakir Jr., Hi3 Solutions
• Salimah Shakir, Hi3 Solutions
• Saul A. Kravitz, MITRE
• Pete Krautscheid, MITRE

Development Team

• MITRE, a not-for-profit organization working in the public interest across federal, state and local governments, as well as industry and academia.
• Georgia Institute of Technology (GTRI), a leading research university committed to improving the human condition through advanced science and technology
• Hi3 Solutions Corporation, a leading HIT vendor providing software solutions and professional services that promote evidence-based best practices in health.

Acknowledgements

• The development of the VRDR implementation guide by the development team was performed under contract to CDC/NCHS/DVS under the direction of the project facilitators.
• The content of this implementation guide draws heavily upon Standard Death Record Implementation Guide developed by MITRE.
• The published content of this guide was developed using FHIR Shorthand syntax and the SUSHI tookit, a free, open source toolchain from the MITRE. Generous guidance on FHIR Shorthand and SUSHI was provided by Chris Moesel. FSH annotations of the example instances were produced using the fshtomd.rb script developed by Saul Kravitz. The data dictionaries were produced using the makemarkdownfromexcel.rb script developed by Saul Kravitz.
• Earlier drafts of this guide were developed using Trifolia-on-FHIR and professional guidance provided by Lantana Consulting Group.
• The VRDR FHIR IG is a work product of the HL7 Public Health Workgroup. The HL7 Project Insight reference number for this project is 1475.
• Informatics consultation for planning and testing of VRDR FHIR profiles and IHE harmonization provided by eHealthsign, LLC.

Testing Partners

The VRDR project team would like to express a special thanks to the following testing partners in their contribution to the VRDR:

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention:
  • Division of Cancer Prevention and Control
• Jurisdictional Vital Records Community:
  • California Department of Public Health
  • Delaware Department of Health and Social Services
  • District of Columbia Health
  • Georgia Department of Public Health
  • Michigan Department of Health & Human Services
  • National Association for Public Health Statistics and Information Systems
  • New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services
  • New York State Department of Health
  • Utah Department of Health
• Vendor community
  • Altarum
  • Axiell
  • CNSI
  • Genesis
  • Outcome Healthcare
  • Ruvos
  • VitalChek