National Directory of Healthcare Providers & Services (NDH) Implementation Guide
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## CapabilityStatement: NDH Server Capability Statement

Official URL: http://hl7.org/fhir/us/ndh/CapabilityStatement/ndh-server | Version: 2.0.0-current
Standards status: Trial-use | Maturity Level: 4 | Computable Name: NdhCapabilityStatement

This Section describes the expected capabilities of the NDH Server which is responsible for providing responses to the queries submitted by the NDH Requestors. The complete list of FHIR profiles, RESTful operations, and search parameters supported by NDH Servers are defined. NDH Clients have the option of choosing from this list to access necessary data based on their local use cases and other contextual requirements.

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## NDH Server Capability Statement

- Implementation Guide Version: 2.0.0-current
- FHIR Version: 4.0.1
- Supported Formats: `xml`, `json`
- Published on: 2022-11-01
- Published by: HL7 International / Patient Administration

> Note to Implementers: FHIR Capabilities

> Any FHIR capability may be 'allowed' by the system unless explicitly marked as 'SHALL NOT'. A few items are marked as MAY in the Implementation Guide to highlight their potential relevance to the use case.

## FHIR RESTful Capabilities

### Mode: `server`

NDH Server

### Capabilities by Resource/Profile

#### Summary

The summary table lists the resources that are part of this configuration, and for each resource it lists:

- The relevant profiles (if any)
- The interactions supported by each resource (Read, Search, Update, and Create, are always shown, while VRead, Patch, Delete, History on Instance, or History on Type are only present if at least one of the resources has support for them.
- The required, recommended, and some optional search parameters (if any).
- The linked resources enabled for `_include`
- The other resources enabled for `_revinclude`
- The operations on the resource (if any)

Resource Type | Profile | R | V-R | S | U | C | H-I | H-T | Searches | `_include` | `_revinclude` | Operations
--- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
Endpoint | Supported Profiles NDH Endpoint Profile | Y | Y | Y |  |  | Y | y? | trust-framework-type, dynamic-registration-trust-profile, access-control-mechanism, ihe-connection-type, verification-status, connection-type, identifier, organization, status, _id, _lastUpdated | `Endpoint:organization` | `HealthcareService:endpoint`, `InsurancePlan:endpoint`, `Location:endpoint`, `Organization:endpoint`, `OrganizationAffiliation:endpoint`, `Practitioner:endpoint`, `PractitionerRole:endpoint` |
HealthcareService | Supported Profiles NDH HealthcareService Profile | Y | Y | Y |  |  | Y | y? | new-patient-from-network, eligibility, new-patient, verification-status, location, organization, active, coverage-area, endpoint, identifier, name, program, service-category, service-type, specialty, _id, _lastUpdated | `HealthcareService:coverage-area`, `HealthcareService:endpoint`, `HealthcareService:location`, `HealthcareService:new-patient-from-network`, `HealthcareService:organization` | `OrganizationAffiliation:service`, `PractitionerRole:service` |
InsurancePlan | Supported Profiles NDH InsurancePlan Profile | Y | Y | Y |  |  | Y | y? | coverage-area, coverage-benefit-type, coverage-type, coverage-network, network, plan-network, plan-type, verification-status, address, address-city, address-country, address-postalcode, address-state, administered-by, endpoint, identifier, name, owned-by, status, type, _id, _lastUpdated | `InsurancePlan:administered-by`, `InsurancePlan:endpoint`, `InsurancePlan:owned-by`, `InsurancePlan:coverage-area`, `InsurancePlan:coverage-network`, `InsurancePlan:plan-network`, `InsurancePlan:network` |  |
Location | Supported Profiles NDH Location Profile | Y | Y | Y |  |  | Y | y? | accessibility, contains, verification-status, address, address-city, address-country, address-postalcode, address-state, address-use, endpoint, identifier, name, near, partof, organization, type, _id, _lastUpdated | `Location:endpoint`, `Location:organization`, `Location:partof` | `HealthcareService:coverage-area`, `HealthcareService:location`, `InsurancePlan:coverage-area`, `OrganizationAffiliation:location`, `PractitionerRole:location` |
Organization | Supported Profiles NDH Organization Profile NDH Network Profile | Y | Y | Y |  |  | Y | y? | coverage-area, verification-status, active, address, address-city, address-country, address-postalcode, address-state, address-use, endpoint, identifier, name, partof, type, _id, _lastUpdated | `Organization:endpoint`, `Organization:partof` | `Endpoint:organization`, `HealthcareService:organization`, `HealthcareService:new-patient-from-network`, `InsurancePlan:administered-by`, `InsurancePlan:owned-by`, `InsurancePlan:coverage-network`, `InsurancePlan:plan-network`, `InsurancePlan:network`, `Location:organization`, `OrganizationAffiliation:network`, `OrganizationAffiliation:participating-organization`, `OrganizationAffiliation:primary-organization`, `Practitioner:qualification-issuer`, `PractitionerRole:organization`, `PractitionerRole:network` |
OrganizationAffiliation | Supported Profiles NDH OrganizationAffiliation Profile | Y | Y | Y |  |  | Y | y? | location, participating-organization, primary-organization, verification-status, endpoint, identifier, network, role, service, specialty, _id, _lastUpdated | `OrganizationAffiliation:network`, `OrganizationAffiliation:participating-organization`, `OrganizationAffiliation:primary-organization` |  |
Practitioner | Supported Profiles NDH Practitioner Profile | Y | Y | Y |  |  | Y | y? | endpoint, qualification-issuer, qualification-code, verification-status, active, name, gender, identifier, _id, _lastUpdated | `Practitioner:endpoint`, `Practitioner:qualification-issuer` | `PractitionerRole:practitioner` |
PractitionerRole | Supported Profiles NDH PractitionerRole | Y | Y | Y |  |  | Y | y? | network, location, organization, verification-status, active, endpoint, identifier, practitioner, role, service, specialty, _id, _lastUpdated | `PractitionerRole:endpoint`, `PractitionerRole:location`, `PractitionerRole:network`, `PractitionerRole:organization`, `PractitionerRole:practitioner`, `PractitionerRole:service` |  |
VerificationResult | Supported Profiles NDH Verification | y? | y? | y? |  |  | y? | y? | attestation-who, primarysource-validation-status, primarysource-type, status, target, _id, _lastUpdated | `VerificationResult:target`, `VerificationResult:attestation-who` |  |
Group | Supported Profiles NDH Group | Y | Y | Y |  |  | Y | y? | verification-status, member, managing-entity, type, code, _id, _lastUpdated |  |  |

#### Resource Conformance: SHALLEndpoint

Core FHIR Resource
Endpoint
Reference Policy
`literal`, `local`
Interaction summary

- SHALL support
  `search-type`

  Search all resources of the specified type based on some filter criteria.

  `read`

  Read the current state of the resource

  `vread`

  Read the state of a specific version of the resource

  `history-instance`

  Retrieve the history of the resource

- MAY support
  `history-type`

  Retrieve the history of the resource type

Supported Profiles

NDH Endpoint Profile

Documentation

> Endporint Resource, supportedProfile, interaction, search parameter

Search Parameters

Conformance | Parameter | Type | Documentation
--- | --- | --- | ---
SHALL | trust-framework-type | `token` | Endpoint trust framework type
SHALL | dynamic-registration-trust-profile | `token` | Endpoint dynamic registration trust profile
SHALL | access-control-mechanism | `token` | Endpoint access control mechanism
SHALL | ihe-connection-type | `token` | Endpoint ihe connection type
SHALL | verification-status | `token` | verification status
SHALL | connection-type | `token` | Connection type
SHALL | identifier | `token` | Endpoint identifier
SHALL | organization | `reference` | Organization that manages the Endpoint
SHALL | status | `token` | Endpoint status
SHALL | _id | `token` | Logical id allows to retrieve more than one in a single call
SHALL | _lastUpdated | `date` | Allows filtering for only records that have changed since last query.

#### Resource Conformance: SHALLHealthcareService

Core FHIR Resource
HealthcareService
Reference Policy
`literal`, `local`
Interaction summary

- SHALL support
  `search-type`

  Search all resources of the specified type based on some filter criteria.

  `read`

  Read the current state of the resource

  `vread`

  Read the state of a specific version of the resource

  `history-instance`

  Retrieve the history of the resource

- MAY support
  `history-type`

  Retrieve the history of the resource type

Supported Profiles

NDH HealthcareService Profile

Documentation

> HealthcareService Resource, supportedProfile, interaction, search parameter

Search Parameters

Conformance | Parameter | Type | Documentation
--- | --- | --- | ---
SHALL | new-patient-from-network | `reference` | New patient from network
SHALL | eligibility | `token` | Eligibility
SHALL | new-patient | `token` | New patient
SHALL | verification-status | `token` | verification status
SHALL | location | `reference` | The location of the Healthcare Service
SHALL | organization | `reference` | The organization that provides this Healthcare Service
SHALL | active | `token` | Whether this HealthcareService record is in active use
SHALL | coverage-area | `reference` | Location service is inteded for/available to
SHALL | endpoint | `reference` | Technical endpoints providing access to services operated for the location
SHALL | identifier | `token` | External identifiers for this item
SHALL | name | `string` | A portion of the Healthcare service name
SHALL | program | `token` | One of the Program Names that categorize the service
SHALL | service-category | `token` | Service Category of the Healthcare Service
SHALL | service-type | `token` | The type of service provided by this healthcare service
SHALL | specialty | `token` | Specialties handled by the HealthcareService
SHALL | _id | `token` | Logical id allows to retrive more than one in a single call
SHALL | _lastUpdated | `date` | Allows filtering for only records that have changed since last query.

#### Resource Conformance: SHOULDInsurancePlan

Core FHIR Resource
InsurancePlan
Reference Policy
`literal`, `local`
Interaction summary

- SHOULD support
  `search-type`

  Search all resources of the specified type based on some filter criteria.

  `read`

  Read the current state of the resource

  `vread`

  Read the state of a specific version of the resource

  `history-instance`

  Retrieve the history of the resource

- MAY support
  `history-type`

  Retrieve the history of the resource type

Supported Profiles

NDH InsurancePlan Profile

Documentation

> InsurancePlan Resource, supportedProfile, interaction, search parameter

Search Parameters

Conformance | Parameter | Type | Documentation
--- | --- | --- | ---
SHOULD | coverage-area | `reference` | InsurancePlan coverage area
SHOULD | coverage-benefit-type | `token` | InsurancePlan coverage benefit type
SHOULD | coverage-type | `token` | InsurancePlan coverage type
SHOULD | coverage-network | `reference` | InsurancePlan coverage network
SHOULD | network | `reference` | InsurancePlan network
SHOULD | plan-network | `reference` | InsurancePlan plan network
SHOULD | plan-type | `token` | InsurancePlan plan type
SHOULD | verification-status | `token` | Verification status
SHOULD | address | `string` | InsurancePlan contact address
SHOULD | address-city | `string` | InsurancePlan contact address-city
SHOULD | address-country | `string` | InsurancePlan contact address-country
SHOULD | address-postalcode | `string` | InsurancePlan contact address-postalcode
SHOULD | address-state | `string` | InsurancePlan contact address-state
SHOULD | administered-by | `reference` | InsurancePlan administered by
SHOULD | endpoint | `reference` | InsurancePlan endpoint
SHOULD | identifier | `token` | InsurancePlan identifier
SHOULD | name | `string` | InsurancePlan name
SHOULD | owned-by | `reference` | InsurancePlan owned by
SHOULD | status | `token` | InsurancePlan status
SHOULD | type | `token` | InsurancePlan type
SHOULD | _id | `token` | Logical id allows to retrive more than one in a single call
SHOULD | _lastUpdated | `date` | Allows filtering for only records that have changed since last query.

#### Resource Conformance: SHALLLocation

Core FHIR Resource
Location
Reference Policy
`literal`, `local`
Interaction summary

- SHALL support
  `search-type`

  Search all resources of the specified type based on some filter criteria.

  `read`

  Read the current state of the resource

  `vread`

  Read the state of a specific version of the resource

  `history-instance`

  Retrieve the history of the resource

- MAY support
  `history-type`

  Retrieve the history of the resource type

Supported Profiles

NDH Location Profile

Documentation

> Location Resource, supportedProfile, interaction, search parameter

Search Parameters

Conformance | Parameter | Type | Documentation
--- | --- | --- | ---
SHALL | accessibility | `token` | Location accessibility
SHALL | contains | `special` | Location contains
SHALL | verification-status | `token` | Verification status
SHALL | address | `string` | Location address
SHALL | address-city | `string` | Location address-city
SHALL | address-country | `string` | Location address-country
SHALL | address-postalcode | `string` | Location address-postalcode
SHALL | address-state | `string` | Location address-state
SHALL | address-use | `token` | Location address-use
SHALL | endpoint | `reference` | Location endpoint
SHALL | identifier | `token` | Location identifier
SHALL | name | `string` | Location name
SHALL | near | `special` | Location position
SHALL | partof | `reference` | Location partof
SHALL | organization | `reference` | Location organization
SHALL | type | `token` | Location type
SHALL | _id | `token` | Logical id allows to retrive more than one in a single call
SHALL | _lastUpdated | `date` | Allows filtering for only records that have changed since last query.

#### Resource Conformance: SHALLOrganization

Core FHIR Resource
Organization
Reference Policy
`literal`, `local`
Interaction summary

- SHALL support
  `search-type`

  Search all resources of the specified type based on some filter criteria.

  `read`

  Read the current state of the resource

  `vread`

  Read the state of a specific version of the resource

  `history-instance`

  Retrieve the history of the resource

- MAY support
  `history-type`

  Retrieve the history of the resource type

Supported Profiles

NDH Organization Profile
NDH Network Profile

Documentation

> Organization Resource, supportedProfile, interaction, search parameter

Search Parameters

Conformance | Parameter | Type | Documentation
--- | --- | --- | ---
SHALL | coverage-area | `reference` | network organization type is needed for searching network coverage area
SHALL | verification-status | `token` | Verification status
SHALL | active | `token` | Organization active
SHALL | address | `string` | Organization address
SHALL | address-city | `string` | Organization address-city
SHALL | address-country | `string` | Organization address-country
SHALL | address-postalcode | `string` | Organization address-postalcode
SHALL | address-state | `string` | Organization address-state
SHALL | address-use | `token` | Organization address-use
SHALL | endpoint | `reference` | Organization endpoint
SHALL | identifier | `token` | Organization identifier
SHALL | name | `string` | Organization name
SHALL | partof | `reference` | Organization partof
SHALL | type | `token` | Organization type
SHALL | _id | `token` | Logical id allows to retrive more than one in a single call
SHALL | _lastUpdated | `date` | Allows filtering for only records that have changed since last query.

#### Resource Conformance: SHALLOrganizationAffiliation

Core FHIR Resource
OrganizationAffiliation
Reference Policy
`literal`, `local`
Interaction summary

- SHALL support
  `history-instance`

  Retrieve the history of the resource

  `read`

  Read the current state of the resource

  `search-type`

  Search all resources of the specified type based on some filter criteria.

  `vread`

  Read the state of specific version of the resource

- MAY support
  `history-type`

  Retrieve the history of the resource type

Supported Profiles

NDH OrganizationAffiliation Profile

Documentation

> OrganizationAffiliation Resource, supportedProfile, interaction, search parameter

Search Parameters

Conformance | Parameter | Type | Documentation
--- | --- | --- | ---
SHALL | location | `reference` | OrganizationAffiliation location
SHALL | participating-organization | `reference` | OrganizationAffiliation participating-organization
SHALL | primary-organization | `reference` | OrganizationAffiliation primary-organization
SHALL | verification-status | `token` | Verification status
SHALL | endpoint | `reference` | OrganizationAffiliation endpoint
SHALL | identifier | `token` | OrganizationAffiliation identifier
SHALL | network | `reference` | OrganizationAffiliation network
SHALL | role | `token` | OrganizationAffiliation role
SHALL | service | `reference` | OrganizationAffiliation service
SHALL | specialty | `token` | OrganizationAffiliation specialty
SHALL | _id | `token` | Logical id allows to retrive more than one in a single call
SHALL | _lastUpdated | `date` | Allows filtering for only records that have changed since last query.

#### Resource Conformance: SHALLPractitioner

Core FHIR Resource
Practitioner
Reference Policy
`literal`, `local`
Interaction summary

- SHALL support
  `read`

  Read the current state of the resource

  `search-type`

  Search all resources of the specified type based on some filter criteria.

  `vread`

  Read the state of specific version of the resource

  `history-instance`

  Retrieve the history of the resource

- MAY support
  `history-type`

  Retrieve the history of the resource type

Supported Profiles

NDH Practitioner Profile

Documentation

> Practitioner Resource, supportedProfile, interaction, search parameter

Search Parameters

Conformance | Parameter | Type | Documentation
--- | --- | --- | ---
SHALL | endpoint | `reference` | Practitioner endpoint
SHALL | qualification-issuer | `reference` | Practitioner qualification issuer
SHALL | qualification-code | `token` | Practitioner qualification code
SHALL | verification-status | `token` | Verification status
SHALL | active | `token` | Whether this practitioner's record is in active use
SHALL | name | `string` | A portion of either family or given name of the practitioner
SHALL | gender | `token` | Practitioner gender
SHALL | identifier | `token` | A practitioner's Identifier
SHALL | _id | `token` | Logical id allows to retrive more than one in a single call
SHALL | _lastUpdated | `date` | Allows filtering for only records that have changed since last query.

#### Resource Conformance: SHALLPractitionerRole

Core FHIR Resource
PractitionerRole
Reference Policy
`literal`, `local`
Interaction summary

- SHALL support
  `read`

  Read the current state of the resource

  `search-type`

  Search all resources of the specified type based on some filter criteria.

  `vread`

  Read the state of specific version of the resource

  `history-instance`

  Retrieve the history of the resource

- MAY support
  `history-type`

  Retrieve the history of the resource type

Supported Profiles

NDH PractitionerRole

Documentation

> PractitionerRole Resource, supportedProfile, interaction, search parameter

Search Parameters

Conformance | Parameter | Type | Documentation
--- | --- | --- | ---
SHALL | network | `reference` | PractitionerRole network
SHALL | location | `reference` | One of the locations at which this practitioner provides care
SHALL | organization | `reference` | The identity of the organization the practitioner represents / acts on behalf of
SHALL | verification-status | `token` | Verification status
SHALL | active | `token` | Whether this practitioner's record is in active use
SHALL | endpoint | `reference` | Technical endpoints providing access to services operated for the practitioner with this role
SHALL | identifier | `token` | A practitioner's Identifier
SHALL | practitioner | `reference` | Practitioner that is able to provide the defined services for the organization
SHALL | role | `token` | The practitioner can perform this role at for the organization
SHALL | service | `reference` | The list of healthcare services that this worker provides for this role's Organization/Location
SHALL | specialty | `token` | The practitioner has this specialty at an organization
SHALL | _id | `token` | Logical id allows to retrive more than one in a single call
SHALL | _lastUpdated | `date` | Allows filtering for only records that have changed since last query.

#### Resource Conformance: MAYVerificationResult

Core FHIR Resource
VerificationResult
Reference Policy
`literal`, `local`
Interaction summary

- MAY support
  `read`

  Read the current state of the resource

  `search-type`

  Search all resources of the specified type based on some filter criteria.

  `vread`

  Read the state of specific version of the resource

  `history-instance`

  Retrieve the history of the resource

  `history-type`

  Retrieve the history of the resource type

Supported Profiles

NDH Verification

Documentation

> Verification Resource, supportedProfile, interaction, search parameter

Search Parameters

Conformance | Parameter | Type | Documentation
--- | --- | --- | ---
MAY | attestation-who | `reference` | VerificationResult attestation who
MAY | primarysource-validation-status | `token` | VerificationResult primarysource validation-status
MAY | primarysource-type | `token` | VerificationResult primarysource type
MAY | status | `token` | VerificationResult status
MAY | target | `reference` | VerificationResult target
MAY | _id | `token` | Logical id allows to retrive more than one in a single call
MAY | _lastUpdated | `date` | Allows filtering for only records that have changed since last query.

#### Resource Conformance: SHOULDGroup

Core FHIR Resource
Group
Reference Policy
`literal`, `local`
Interaction summary

- SHOULD support
  `read`

  Read the current state of the resource

  `search-type`

  Search all resources of the specified type based on some filter criteria.

  `vread`

  Read the state of specific version of the resource

  `history-instance`

  Retrieve the history of the resource

- MAY support
  `history-type`

  Retrieve the history of the resource type

Supported Profiles

NDH Group

Documentation

> Group Resource, supportedProfile, interaction, search parameter

Search Parameters

Conformance | Parameter | Type | Documentation
--- | --- | --- | ---
SHOULD | verification-status | `token` | Verification status
SHOULD | member | `reference` | Group member
SHOULD | managing-entity | `reference` | Group managing entity
SHOULD | type | `token` | Group type
SHOULD | code | `token` | Group code
SHOULD | _id | `token` | Logical id allows to retrieve more than one in a single call
SHOULD | _lastUpdated | `date` | Allows filtering for only records that have changed since last query.