# MHD DocumentReference Minimal - Mobile access to Health Documents (MHD) v4.2.4-current

* [**Table of Contents**](toc.md)
* [**Artifacts Summary**](artifacts.md)
* **MHD DocumentReference Minimal**

## Resource Profile: MHD DocumentReference Minimal 

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| *Official URL*:https://profiles.ihe.net/ITI/MHD/StructureDefinition/IHE.MHD.Minimal.DocumentReference | *Version*:4.2.4-current |
| Active as of 2026-01-13 | *Computable Name*:MinimalDocumentReference |

 
A profile on the DocumentReference resource for MHD with minimal metadata constraints. 
* MHD is based on the [IHE Document Sharing](https://profiles.ihe.net/ITI/HIE-Whitepaper/index.html) model,
* the [3:4.1 Abstract Metadata Model](https://profiles.ihe.net/ITI/TF/Volume3/ch-4.1.html#4.1), and
* the use defined here is FHIR DocumentReference implementation of the
* ebRIM implementation at [3:4.2.3.2 Document Entry](https://profiles.ihe.net/ITI/TF/Volume3/ch-4.2.html#4.2.3.2).
* with use-cases and constraints found in [3:4.3 Additional Document Sharing Requirements](https://profiles.ihe.net/ITI/TF/Volume3/ch-4.3.html#4.3)
 

**Usages:**

* Derived from this Profile: [MHD DocumentReference Comprehensive UnContained References Option](StructureDefinition-IHE.MHD.UnContained.Comprehensive.DocumentReference.md)
* Use this Profile: [MHD Find Document References Response message](StructureDefinition-IHE.MHD.FindDocumentReferencesResponseMessage.md) and [MHD Minimal Provide Document Bundle](StructureDefinition-IHE.MHD.Minimal.ProvideBundle.md)
* Examples for this Profile: [DocumentReference/ex-DocumentReferenceMinimal](DocumentReference-ex-DocumentReferenceMinimal.md) and [DocumentReference/ex-DocumentReferenceMinimalEncounter](DocumentReference-ex-DocumentReferenceMinimalEncounter.md)
* CapabilityStatements using this Profile: [Document Consumer (client)](CapabilityStatement-IHE.MHD.DocumentConsumer.md) and [Document Responder (server)](CapabilityStatement-IHE.MHD.DocumentResponder.md)

You can also check for [usages in the FHIR IG Statistics](https://packages2.fhir.org/xig/ihe.iti.mhd|current/StructureDefinition/IHE.MHD.Minimal.DocumentReference)

### Formal Views of Profile Content

 [Description of Profiles, Differentials, Snapshots and how the different presentations work](http://build.fhir.org/ig/FHIR/ig-guidance/readingIgs.html#structure-definitions). 

 

Other representations of profile: [CSV](StructureDefinition-IHE.MHD.Minimal.DocumentReference.csv), [Excel](StructureDefinition-IHE.MHD.Minimal.DocumentReference.xlsx), [Schematron](StructureDefinition-IHE.MHD.Minimal.DocumentReference.sch) 



## Resource Content

```json
{
  "resourceType" : "StructureDefinition",
  "id" : "IHE.MHD.Minimal.DocumentReference",
  "url" : "https://profiles.ihe.net/ITI/MHD/StructureDefinition/IHE.MHD.Minimal.DocumentReference",
  "version" : "4.2.4-current",
  "name" : "MinimalDocumentReference",
  "title" : "MHD DocumentReference Minimal",
  "status" : "active",
  "date" : "2026-01-13T00:00:58+00:00",
  "publisher" : "IHE IT Infrastructure Technical Committee",
  "contact" : [
    {
      "telecom" : [
        {
          "system" : "url",
          "value" : "https://www.ihe.net/ihe_domains/it_infrastructure/"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "telecom" : [
        {
          "system" : "email",
          "value" : "iti@ihe.net"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name" : "IHE IT Infrastructure Technical Committee",
      "telecom" : [
        {
          "system" : "email",
          "value" : "iti@ihe.net"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "description" : "A profile on the DocumentReference resource for MHD with minimal metadata constraints. \n- MHD is based on the [IHE Document Sharing](https://profiles.ihe.net/ITI/HIE-Whitepaper/index.html) model, \n- the [3:4.1 Abstract Metadata Model](https://profiles.ihe.net/ITI/TF/Volume3/ch-4.1.html#4.1), and \n- the use defined here is FHIR DocumentReference implementation of the \n- ebRIM implementation at [3:4.2.3.2 Document Entry](https://profiles.ihe.net/ITI/TF/Volume3/ch-4.2.html#4.2.3.2).\n- with use-cases and constraints found in [3:4.3 Additional Document Sharing Requirements](https://profiles.ihe.net/ITI/TF/Volume3/ch-4.3.html#4.3)",
  "jurisdiction" : [
    {
      "coding" : [
        {
          "system" : "http://unstats.un.org/unsd/methods/m49/m49.htm",
          "code" : "001",
          "display" : "World"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "fhirVersion" : "4.0.1",
  "mapping" : [
    {
      "identity" : "DocumentEntry-Mapping",
      "uri" : "urn:ihe:iti:xds:documententry",
      "name" : "XDS and MHD Mapping"
    },
    {
      "identity" : "workflow",
      "uri" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/workflow",
      "name" : "Workflow Pattern"
    },
    {
      "identity" : "fhircomposition",
      "uri" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/composition",
      "name" : "FHIR Composition"
    },
    {
      "identity" : "rim",
      "uri" : "http://hl7.org/v3",
      "name" : "RIM Mapping"
    },
    {
      "identity" : "cda",
      "uri" : "http://hl7.org/v3/cda",
      "name" : "CDA (R2)"
    },
    {
      "identity" : "w5",
      "uri" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/fivews",
      "name" : "FiveWs Pattern Mapping"
    },
    {
      "identity" : "v2",
      "uri" : "http://hl7.org/v2",
      "name" : "HL7 v2 Mapping"
    },
    {
      "identity" : "xds",
      "uri" : "http://ihe.net/xds",
      "name" : "XDS metadata equivalent"
    }
  ],
  "kind" : "resource",
  "abstract" : false,
  "type" : "DocumentReference",
  "baseDefinition" : "http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/DocumentReference",
  "derivation" : "constraint",
  "differential" : {
    "element" : [
      {
        "id" : "DocumentReference",
        "path" : "DocumentReference",
        "mapping" : [
          {
            "identity" : "DocumentEntry-Mapping",
            "map" : "XDS DocumentEntry: Used in the context of the IHE MHD ImplementationGuide"
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "id" : "DocumentReference.meta.profile",
        "path" : "DocumentReference.meta.profile",
        "mapping" : [
          {
            "identity" : "DocumentEntry-Mapping",
            "map" : "DocumentEntry.limitedMetadata"
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "id" : "DocumentReference.modifierExtension",
        "path" : "DocumentReference.modifierExtension",
        "max" : "0"
      },
      {
        "id" : "DocumentReference.identifier",
        "path" : "DocumentReference.identifier",
        "slicing" : {
          "discriminator" : [
            {
              "type" : "value",
              "path" : "type"
            }
          ],
          "rules" : "open"
        },
        "min" : 1,
        "mustSupport" : true,
        "mapping" : [
          {
            "identity" : "DocumentEntry-Mapping",
            "map" : "DocumentEntry.entryUUID and DocumentEntry.uniqueId"
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "id" : "DocumentReference.identifier:entryUUID",
        "path" : "DocumentReference.identifier",
        "sliceName" : "entryUUID",
        "short" : "Business identifier for the DocumentReference",
        "definition" : "The Business identifier for the DocumentReference which maps to the DocumentEntry.entryUUID in XDS. This is used to refer to the DocumentReference itself as a record of the Document's metadata, as opposed to the UniqueId element which identifies the document which is pointed at by the document reference.",
        "min" : 0,
        "max" : "1",
        "type" : [
          {
            "code" : "Identifier",
            "profile" : [
              "https://profiles.ihe.net/ITI/MHD/StructureDefinition/IHE.MHD.EntryUUID.Identifier"
            ]
          }
        ],
        "mustSupport" : true
      },
      {
        "id" : "DocumentReference.identifier:uniqueId",
        "path" : "DocumentReference.identifier",
        "sliceName" : "uniqueId",
        "short" : "Unique identifier for the referenced Document",
        "definition" : "The unique identifier for the referenced Document which maps to the DocumentEntry.uniqueId in XDS. This is used to identify the document which is pointed at by the DocumentReference Resource, as opposed to the entryUUID element which identifies the DocumentReference Resource itself.",
        "min" : 1,
        "max" : "1",
        "type" : [
          {
            "code" : "Identifier",
            "profile" : [
              "https://profiles.ihe.net/ITI/MHD/StructureDefinition/IHE.MHD.UniqueIdIdentifier"
            ]
          }
        ],
        "mustSupport" : true
      },
      {
        "id" : "DocumentReference.status",
        "path" : "DocumentReference.status",
        "binding" : {
          "strength" : "required",
          "valueSet" : "https://profiles.ihe.net/ITI/MHD/ValueSet/DocumentReferenceStats"
        },
        "mapping" : [
          {
            "identity" : "DocumentEntry-Mapping",
            "map" : "DocumentEntry.availabilityStatus"
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "id" : "DocumentReference.docStatus",
        "path" : "DocumentReference.docStatus",
        "max" : "0"
      },
      {
        "id" : "DocumentReference.type",
        "path" : "DocumentReference.type",
        "mustSupport" : true,
        "mapping" : [
          {
            "identity" : "DocumentEntry-Mapping",
            "map" : "DocumentEntry.typeCode"
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "id" : "DocumentReference.category",
        "path" : "DocumentReference.category",
        "max" : "1",
        "mustSupport" : true,
        "mapping" : [
          {
            "identity" : "DocumentEntry-Mapping",
            "map" : "DocumentEntry.classCode"
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "id" : "DocumentReference.subject",
        "path" : "DocumentReference.subject",
        "type" : [
          {
            "code" : "Reference",
            "targetProfile" : ["http://hl7.org/fhir/StructureDefinition/Patient"]
          }
        ],
        "mustSupport" : true,
        "mapping" : [
          {
            "identity" : "DocumentEntry-Mapping",
            "map" : "DocumentEntry.patientId"
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "id" : "DocumentReference.date",
        "path" : "DocumentReference.date",
        "mustSupport" : true
      },
      {
        "id" : "DocumentReference.author",
        "path" : "DocumentReference.author",
        "mustSupport" : true,
        "mapping" : [
          {
            "identity" : "DocumentEntry-Mapping",
            "map" : "DocumentEntry.author"
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "id" : "DocumentReference.authenticator",
        "path" : "DocumentReference.authenticator",
        "mapping" : [
          {
            "identity" : "DocumentEntry-Mapping",
            "map" : "DocumentEntry.legalAuthenticator"
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "id" : "DocumentReference.custodian",
        "path" : "DocumentReference.custodian",
        "mapping" : [
          {
            "identity" : "DocumentEntry-Mapping",
            "map" : "not mapped"
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "id" : "DocumentReference.relatesTo",
        "path" : "DocumentReference.relatesTo",
        "mustSupport" : true,
        "mapping" : [
          {
            "identity" : "DocumentEntry-Mapping",
            "map" : "DocumentEntry Associations"
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "id" : "DocumentReference.relatesTo.code",
        "path" : "DocumentReference.relatesTo.code",
        "mapping" : [
          {
            "identity" : "DocumentEntry-Mapping",
            "map" : "DocumentEntry Associations.type"
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "id" : "DocumentReference.relatesTo.target",
        "path" : "DocumentReference.relatesTo.target",
        "mapping" : [
          {
            "identity" : "DocumentEntry-Mapping",
            "map" : "DocumentEntry Associations.reference"
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "id" : "DocumentReference.description",
        "path" : "DocumentReference.description",
        "mapping" : [
          {
            "identity" : "DocumentEntry-Mapping",
            "map" : "DocumentEntry.comments"
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "id" : "DocumentReference.securityLabel",
        "path" : "DocumentReference.securityLabel",
        "mustSupport" : true,
        "mapping" : [
          {
            "identity" : "DocumentEntry-Mapping",
            "map" : "DocumentEntry.confidentialityCode"
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "id" : "DocumentReference.content",
        "path" : "DocumentReference.content",
        "definition" : "The document and format referenced.",
        "max" : "1"
      },
      {
        "id" : "DocumentReference.content.attachment.contentType",
        "path" : "DocumentReference.content.attachment.contentType",
        "min" : 1,
        "mapping" : [
          {
            "identity" : "DocumentEntry-Mapping",
            "map" : "DocumentEntry.mimeType"
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "id" : "DocumentReference.content.attachment.language",
        "path" : "DocumentReference.content.attachment.language",
        "mustSupport" : true,
        "mapping" : [
          {
            "identity" : "DocumentEntry-Mapping",
            "map" : "DocumentEntry.languageCode"
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "id" : "DocumentReference.content.attachment.data",
        "path" : "DocumentReference.content.attachment.data",
        "max" : "0"
      },
      {
        "id" : "DocumentReference.content.attachment.url",
        "path" : "DocumentReference.content.attachment.url",
        "min" : 1,
        "mapping" : [
          {
            "identity" : "DocumentEntry-Mapping",
            "map" : "DocumentEntry.repositoryUniqueId+DocumentEntry.uniqueId or DocumentEntry.URI"
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "id" : "DocumentReference.content.attachment.size",
        "path" : "DocumentReference.content.attachment.size",
        "mapping" : [
          {
            "identity" : "DocumentEntry-Mapping",
            "map" : "DocumentEntry.size"
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "id" : "DocumentReference.content.attachment.hash",
        "path" : "DocumentReference.content.attachment.hash",
        "mapping" : [
          {
            "identity" : "DocumentEntry-Mapping",
            "map" : "DocumentEntry.hash"
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "id" : "DocumentReference.content.attachment.title",
        "path" : "DocumentReference.content.attachment.title",
        "mapping" : [
          {
            "identity" : "DocumentEntry-Mapping",
            "map" : "DocumentEntry.title"
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "id" : "DocumentReference.content.attachment.creation",
        "path" : "DocumentReference.content.attachment.creation",
        "mustSupport" : true,
        "mapping" : [
          {
            "identity" : "DocumentEntry-Mapping",
            "map" : "DocumentEntry.creationTime"
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "id" : "DocumentReference.content.format",
        "path" : "DocumentReference.content.format",
        "mustSupport" : true,
        "binding" : {
          "strength" : "preferred",
          "valueSet" : "http://ihe.net/fhir/ihe.formatcode.fhir/ValueSet/formatcode"
        },
        "mapping" : [
          {
            "identity" : "DocumentEntry-Mapping",
            "map" : "DocumentEntry.formatCode"
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "id" : "DocumentReference.context.encounter",
        "path" : "DocumentReference.context.encounter",
        "mapping" : [
          {
            "identity" : "DocumentEntry-Mapping",
            "map" : "DocumentEntry.referenceIdList with CXi encoding for urn:ihe:iti:xds:2015:encounterId"
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "id" : "DocumentReference.context.event",
        "path" : "DocumentReference.context.event",
        "mapping" : [
          {
            "identity" : "DocumentEntry-Mapping",
            "map" : "DocumentEntry.eventCodeList"
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "id" : "DocumentReference.context.period",
        "path" : "DocumentReference.context.period",
        "mustSupport" : true
      },
      {
        "id" : "DocumentReference.context.period.start",
        "path" : "DocumentReference.context.period.start",
        "mapping" : [
          {
            "identity" : "DocumentEntry-Mapping",
            "map" : "DocumentEntry.serviceStartTime"
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "id" : "DocumentReference.context.period.end",
        "path" : "DocumentReference.context.period.end",
        "mapping" : [
          {
            "identity" : "DocumentEntry-Mapping",
            "map" : "DocumentEntry.serviceStopTime"
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "id" : "DocumentReference.context.facilityType",
        "path" : "DocumentReference.context.facilityType",
        "mustSupport" : true,
        "mapping" : [
          {
            "identity" : "DocumentEntry-Mapping",
            "map" : "DocumentEntry.healthcareFacilityTypeCode"
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "id" : "DocumentReference.context.practiceSetting",
        "path" : "DocumentReference.context.practiceSetting",
        "mustSupport" : true,
        "mapping" : [
          {
            "identity" : "DocumentEntry-Mapping",
            "map" : "DocumentEntry.practiceSettingCode"
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "id" : "DocumentReference.context.sourcePatientInfo",
        "path" : "DocumentReference.context.sourcePatientInfo",
        "mustSupport" : true
      },
      {
        "id" : "DocumentReference.context.sourcePatientInfo.reference",
        "path" : "DocumentReference.context.sourcePatientInfo.reference",
        "mapping" : [
          {
            "identity" : "DocumentEntry-Mapping",
            "map" : "DocumentEntry.sourcePatientInfo"
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "id" : "DocumentReference.context.sourcePatientInfo.identifier",
        "path" : "DocumentReference.context.sourcePatientInfo.identifier",
        "mapping" : [
          {
            "identity" : "DocumentEntry-Mapping",
            "map" : "DocumentEntry.sourcePatientId"
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "id" : "DocumentReference.context.related",
        "path" : "DocumentReference.context.related",
        "mapping" : [
          {
            "identity" : "DocumentEntry-Mapping",
            "map" : "DocumentEntry.referenceIdList using CXi encoding for type when possible"
          }
        ]
      }
    ]
  }
}

```
