HL7 Europe Imaging Study Report, published by HL7 Europe. This guide is not an authorized publication; it is the continuous build for version 0.1.0-build built by the FHIR (HL7® FHIR® Standard) CI Build. This version is based on the current content of https://github.com/oijauregui/ehdsimaging/ and changes regularly. See the Directory of published versions
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Official URL: http://hl7.eu/fhir/imaging-r5/ImplementationGuide/hl7.fhir.eu.imaging-r5
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Computable Name: HL7EuImagingStudyReport
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The structure and contents of a FHIR imaging studies and reports.
Different options for publishing and searching for such studies and reports.
Discovery of available mechanisms to access the imaging data.
The specification is to be used in a variety of deployment models, which includes the EHDS use cases: exchange data within healthcare organizations, across nations/regions and cross border information exchange. In all of these use cases it is important that it is compatible with the existing ecosystem.
Current approaches within Europe use different approaches to information exchange:
Document based exchange, the document is represented as a FHIR Document Bundle.
REST API based access to documents, a Composition and DiagnosticReport for each document including instances of the referred resources
REST API based access to resources, as the previous but the (important) resources are harmonized, meaning that all documents point to the same Patient, Organization and other resources.
The specification is being designed in such a way that it can be used in all of these deployment scenarios.
Timeline:
Feb 2025, kick-off during HL7-EU WGM.
May 2025, first planned ballot to be tested during May 2025 HL7 WGM in Madrid.
June 2025, testing in IHE-EU plug-a-thon in Vienna/
August 2025, first version
Purpose
The goal of this Implementation Guide is to define an European standard for the Imaging Study Report to facilitate the harmonization among the national initiatives and prepare the ground for the European EHR eXchange Format (E-EHRxF).
The development of this implementation guide is promoted by HL7 Europe, but realized in collaboration with several other European and national organizations and projects. The aspiration of this guide is to be used as basis for European National Guides, the European EHRxF ,and - consequently - by MyHealth@EU for the EU cross-border services.
IHE-IDR, draft version as discussed on Jan 19 2025
IHE-RAD is working on a machine readable specification for diagnostic reports of (common) radiology procedures. The draft results of this activity have been taken along in the definition of this IG.
This specification defines an European standard for the Laboratory Report to facilitate the harmonization among the national initiatives and prepare the ground for the European EHR eXchange Format (E-EHRxF).
This specification defines an European standard for the Hospital Discharge Report to facilitate the harmonization among the national initiatives and prepare the ground for the European EHR eXchange Format (E-EHRxF)."
This IG defines the global extensions - the ones defined for everyone. These extensions are always in scope wherever FHIR is being used (built Mon, Feb 10, 2025 21:45+1100+11:00)
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This IG defines the global extensions - the ones defined for everyone. These extensions are always in scope wherever FHIR is being used (built Mon, Feb 10, 2025 21:45+1100+11:00)
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International Patient Summary (IPS) FHIR Implementation Guide (built Tue, Nov 22, 2022 03:24+0000+00:00)
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This guide lists the extensions speciifed for the European REALM. (built Wed, Apr 30, 2025 13:56+0200+02:00)
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This guide lists the extensions speciifed for the European REALM. (built Wed, Apr 30, 2025 13:56+0200+02:00)
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This guide collects base and core profiles to be used in the European context. It also includes common artifacts, such as the profiles describing the European Health Insurance Card. (built Tue, May 6, 2025 08:06+0200+02:00)
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