Mobile Care Services Discovery (mCSD), published by IHE IT Infrastructure Technical Committee. This guide is not an authorized publication; it is the continuous build for version 4.0.0-current built by the FHIR (HL7® FHIR® Standard) CI Build. This version is based on the current content of https://github.com/IHE/ITI.mCSD/ and changes regularly. See the Directory of published versions

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Official URL: https://profiles.ihe.net/ITI/mCSD/ImplementationGuide/ihe.iti.mcsd				Version: 4.0.0-current
Active as of 2025-03-18				Computable Name: IHE_ITI_mCSD

The Mobile Care Services Discovery (mCSD) Profile supports RESTful queries across related care services resources.

The loosely coupled design and flexible querying capability of the mCSD Profile means it can be deployed within a variety of eHealth architectures and support a wide array of care workflows.

Organization of This Guide

This guide is organized into the following main sections:

1. Volume 1: Profiles
   1. Introduction
   2. Actors, Transactions, and Content Modules
   3. Actor Options
   4. Required Groupings
   5. Overview
   6. Security Considerations
   7. Cross-Profile Considerations
   8. Deployment Considerations
   9. Endpoint Usage Considerations
2. Volume 2: Transaction Detail
   1. Find Matching Care Services [ITI-90]
   2. Request Care Services Updates [ITI-91]
   3. Care Services Feed [ITI-130]
3. Other
   1. Changes to Other IHE Specifications
   2. Download and Analysis
   3. Test Plan

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Conformance Expectations

IHE uses the normative words: “REQUIRED”, “REQUIRED NOT”, “REQUIRED”, “SHALL”, “SHALL NOT”, “SHOULD”, “SHOULD NOT”, “RECOMMENDED”, “MAY”, and “OPTIONAL” according to standards conventions.

Required Support

The use of RequiredSupport in StructureDefinition profiles is equivalent to the IHE use of R2 as defined in Appendix Z.

RequiredSupport of true - only has a meaning on items that are minimal cardinality of zero (0), and applies only to the source actor populating the data. The source actor SHALL populate the elements marked with RequiredSupport, if the concept is supported by the actor, a value exists, and security and consent rules permit. The consuming actors SHOULD handle these elements being populated or being absent/empty. Note that sometimes RequiredSupport will appear on elements with a minimal cardinality greater than zero (0), this is due to inheritance from a less constrained profile.