CH EPR FHIR (R4)
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CH EPR FHIR (R4), published by eHealth Suisse. This guide is not an authorized publication; it is the continuous build for version 4.0.1-ballot-2 built by the FHIR (HL7® FHIR® Standard) CI Build. This version is based on the current content of https://github.com/ehealthsuisse/ch-epr-fhir/ and changes regularly. See the Directory of published versions

Mobile Care Services Discovery (mCSD)

This section specifies Swiss national extensions to Mobile Care Services Discovery (mCSD). mCSD is published as an IHE ITI Trial Implementation profile.

Scope

In the Swiss EPR, the mCSD profile ensures that different systems can search for healthcare organizations and professionals. It also allows systems to provide updated information about healthcare organizations and professionals.

Use Cases

A primary system wants to search for healthcare organizations or professionals. It can perform an ITI-90 request with search parameters to get a list of matched resources and retrieve a resource with its identifier. It offers an alternative to the HPD ITI-58 transaction, which is SOAP-based.

The Request Care Services Updates [ITI-91] transaction is not used in this national extension.

A primary system wants to provide updated information about its healthcare organizations or professionals to a directory. It can perform a CH:mCSD-1 request to update a resource. It offers an alternative to the HPD ITI-59 transaction, which is SOAP-based.

Actors and Transactions, Content Specifications

mCSD Actor DiagramCare Services Selective SupplierCare Services Selective ConsumerCare Services SourceCare Services DirectoryITI-90 Find Matching Care ServicesCH:mCSD-1 Care Services Feed

This figure shows the actors directly involved in the Mobile Care Services Discovery Profile and the relevant transactions between them.

Actor Options

The Swiss national extension does not implement the 'Location Distance Option'.

Required Actor Grouping

This national extension enforces authentication and authorization for access control. Therefore, actors of this profile must be grouped with actors of other profiles according to the following table:

Actor Required Grouping Optionality
Care Services Selective Consumer IUA Authorization Client R
Care Services Selective Supplier IUA Resource Server R
Care Services Source IUA Authorization Client R
Care Services Directory IUA Resource Server R
Table 1: Grouping of mCSD actors required by this national extension.

Security Consideration

This national extension enforces authentication and authorization of access to the Care Services Selective Supplier using the IUA profile with basic access token as described in IUA.

Examples

The Swiss extension uses examples from eHealthSuisse: LDAP examples