Implementation Guide CH VACD, published by HL7 Switzerland. This guide is not an authorized publication; it is the continuous build for version 7.0.0-ballot-ci-build built by the FHIR (HL7® FHIR® Standard) CI Build. This version is based on the current content of https://github.com/hl7ch/ch-vacd/ and changes regularly. See the Directory of published versions

REST API

Since this IG was originally created as a specification for a document-based exchange format, it did not contain any specific documentation on the FHIR RESTful API.

Nevertheless, the resource profiles defined in this IG can be used in the context of a server with FHIR RESTful API. This also includes uploading and downloading CH VACD documents.

In a fully based FHIR environment client applications - i.e. patient vaccination app or a healthcare provider system - will communicate using the FHIR API. The endpoint can be a fully FHIR server incl. a repository for persistance or a FHIR facade connecting to a MR application.

Next to the endpoints of the resources used in a vaccination context an export operation $export-document can be provided to export the data into an vaccination record document or an immunization recommendation request message.

See the Capability Statement of a FHIR server with focus on vaccination with more details.