WHO SMART Guidelines - Measles Immunization
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WHO SMART Guidelines - Measles Immunization, published by WHO. This guide is not an authorized publication; it is the continuous build for version 0.1.0 built by the FHIR (HL7® FHIR® Standard) CI Build. This version is based on the current content of https://github.com/WorldHealthOrganization/smart-example-immz/ and changes regularly. See the Directory of published versions

Concepts

Key concepts and abbreviations are described here. Additional terms are defined in the Glossary and List of Abbreviations in the WHO Digital Adaptation Kit: SMART Guidelines for Immunizations (link forthcoming), as well as in the WHO Digital Documentation of COVID-19 Certificates FHIR Implementation Guide.

Concepts

Term Description
Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical code (ATC) A unique code assigned to a medicine according to the organ or system it works on and how it works.
Certificate A document attesting a fact. In the context of the vaccination certificate, it attests to the fact that a vaccine has been administered to an individual.
Clinical practice guidelines (CPG) Clinical practice guidelines are statements that include recommendations intended to optimize patient care that are informed by a systematic review of evidence and an assessment of the benefits and harms of alternative care options.
Clinical Quality Language (CQL) This is a HL7 specification for the expression of clinical knowledge that can be used within both the Clinical Decision Support (CDS) and Clinical Quality Measurement (CQM) domains.
Data dictionary A centralized repository of information about the data elements that contains their definition, relationships, origin, usage, and type of data. For this digital adaptation kit, the data dictionary is provided as a spreadsheet.
Data element A unit of data that has specific and precise meaning.
Defaulter A person who has missed the scheduled dose of a vaccine.
Electronic Immunization Registry (EIR) See Immunization Information System (IIS).
Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR) A standard describing data formats and elements and an application programming interface for exchanging electronic health records.
Functional requirement Capabilities the system must have in order to meet the end-users’ needs and achieve tasks within the business process.
Immunization Information System (IIS) Also called an Electronic Immunization Registry (EIR). Serves as a digital tracking and decision-support tool. IIS facilitate monitoring and tracking of individual immunization schedules and contain individuals’ immunization histories; supporting health workers to determine whether an individual is up to date on their immunization schedule and whether that individual has been vaccinated in a timely manner.
Implementation Guide (IG) A set of rules about how FHIR resources are used (or should be used) to solve a particular problem, with associated documentation to support and clarify the usage. This IG is based on WHO guidance, as it is represented in the Digital Adaptation Kit: SMART Guidelines for Immunizations, to support the adoption of open standards for interoperability.
Indicator Summary measures that capture relevant information on different attributes and dimensions of health status and performance of a health system.
International Patient Summary (IPS) An electronic health record extract containing essential healthcare information about a client.
Non-functional requirement General attributes and features of the digital system to ensure usability and overcome technical and physical constraints. Examples of non-functional requirements include ability to work offline, multiple language settings, and password protection.
Systemized Nomenclature of Medicine – Clinical Terms Global Patient Set (SNOMED CT GPS) A systematically organized computer-processable collection of medical terms providing codes, terms, synonyms and definitions used in clinical documentation and reporting.

Abbreviations

Term Description
BPMN Business Process Model and Notation
CDC Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
CDS Clinical decision support
CHW Community health worker
CQL Clinical Quality Language
DAK Digital Adaptation Kit
DE Data element
DMN Decision Model and Notation
DT Decision support table
DTDS Digital tracking and decision support
ED Event-driven
eHealth Electronic health
EIR Electronic immunization registry
EMR Electronic medical record
EPI Expanded Programme on Immunization
FHIR Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources
HW Health Worker
HL7 Health Level Seven International
HMIS Health management information system
ICD International Classification of Diseases
ICD-11 International Classification of Diseases (version 11)
ICF International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health
ICHI International Classification of Health Interventions
ID Identification
IG Implementation guide
IHE Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise
IIS Immunization Information System
ISCO International Standard for Classification of Occupations
ITU International Telecommunication Union
LOINC Logical Observation Identifiers Names and Codes
M&E Monitoring and Evaluation
MAPS mHealth Assessment and Planning for Scale
mHealth Mobile Health
MOH Ministry of Health
NMFL National Master Facility List
NFXNREQ Non-functional requirement
OpenHIE Open Health Information Exchange
PrEP pre-exposure prophylaxis
SMART Standards-based, Machine-readable, Adaptive, Requirements-based and Testable
SNOMED CT Systematized Nomenclature of Medicine - Clinical Terms
VVM Vaccine Vial Monitor
WHO World Health Organization